The question is, on whom it is best to allocate the profits from a GbR and who should be taxed on it. For this, we need to calculate the income tax for 2 persons. Profit of the GbR: 40,000 EUR Person A) Tax class 1, employed with a gross salary of ...
Hello, I have received a letter from the tax office accusing me of engaging in commercial activity. Small parts of my girlfriend's car were sold, and now I am being asked to file a tax return. I receive welfare benefits. How should I behave towards t...
Hello, I am currently preparing my tax return for 2017. I had income from two sources: a) from a part-time job subject to social security contributions (50%) with the option to choose my workplace b) from self-employment on the side I am now a me...
I am likely to work in Spain next year, meaning I will have a Spanish employment contract and receive my salary in Spain. However, I will commute to Germany on weekends and I also want to keep all my insurances (car, life insurance, private health in...
I am planning to buy a house with 3 apartments at the beginning of 2015, and rent out all 3 apartments. Questions: 1) Would it be possible to purchase tools and materials for maintenance measures planned for 2015 still this year, in order to reduce ...
Good evening, Residence in Germany with family (Domicile), self-employed, doctor. Part-time work in Great Britain. Until March 2013 clear: short term visitor as a free lance/self employed in GB not taxable. Everything taxed here. New: Statutory r...
Hello, my wife is Austrian, she inherited her parents' house there about 30 years ago, she has no income of her own and her house is not rented out. I am German and receive a statutory pension as well as company pension. We currently live in Germany...
I am retiring at the end of the year. In addition to my statutory pension, I also receive a company pension and a pension (AVP) from salary conversion. Afterwards, I plan to buy a house in France. However, I also have an apartment in Germany and in S...
Hello, I earned a gross monthly income of 4100 euros from January 1, 2012 to the end of March 2012, and then received a severance payment of 150,000 euros at the end of March 2012. I was unemployed from April 1, 2012 to July 23, 2012 and received u...
Dear tax consultant, My name is Tobiasz Scibiorski. I intend to establish a limited liability company (UG haftungsbeschränkt) starting in Jan. 2013. Unfortunately, when it comes to taxes, I am a blank slate. The core business will be arranging tran...
Which tax class should we choose ?! Hello, it's getting complicated now: We will get married in November. Since January, my husband has been receiving a gross salary of 2,750 EUR with tax class 1. I have been receiving maternity pay of 1,650 EUR unt...
Hello, shortly about my case: I am a medical student, single, and currently in my practical year. As part of this training, I am compensated with approximately 200 € gross per month. This has been classified under tax class 6 since March 2012. For ...
Hello, I am in the process of renting an apartment, the only one in the building. It used to be a manager's apartment, but I am not affiliated with the business; however, I assume that this is not relevant to my question. Attached is a floor plan. I ...
Good day, As a Swiss citizen living in Switzerland since 2001, I receive a 100% disability pension from the government and the pension fund of my former employer, totaling approximately CHF 50,000 per year. I am now 53 years old. I am seriously cons...
Hello! My father (Austrian) has worked in Germany for many years and receives a pension of approximately 500 euros (12 times a year) from there. My mother has no income. He receives the main pension of approximately 600 euros (14 times a year) from ...
1. My wife is a civil servant, will turn 62 years old in October 2011, and plans to retire in approximately 1.5 years (May 2013). She will then receive a monthly pension of around 2,500 euros. The question is how much tax she will have to pay on her ...
Dear tax advisor, I am currently working on long-term projects worldwide. Therefore, I spend most of the year abroad (~48 weeks/year). I am 30 years old and recently bought a condominium in Germany (simply to stop paying rent). Additionally, I will...
My aunt (an Englishwoman living in Spain) wants to sell a property in Lower Saxony, which she bought in 2006 for 40,000 euros, for 59,000 euros now. The apartment is not used by her and is rented out. In the last 3 years, she has renovated the bathro...
A European agency of a Chinese company is offering me a transaction business: they want to transfer about 5000 euros to my account, from which I should withdraw 4000 euros and buy paysafe or ucash vouchers, whose PIN numbers I should then email to th...
Dear Sir or Madam, I have been appointed as the managing director of a Limited company in which I do not have any shares. I receive a monthly fee depending on the company's turnover. Is the fee I receive subject to value-added tax? The managing dire...
My sister, who lived in the shared parental home and also had the property title, has passed away. I have never received any compensation, but I see it as if the house belonged to me half. (We were only 2 sisters). Do I now have to pay inheritance ta...
Dear Sir or Madam, I am currently only working 50% due to my daughter. I would like to start working as a self-employed childminder alongside my current job (I have already completed the necessary training and have received enough inquiries). Howeve...
I have received a gift. Since I am not in a bad financial situation, I would like to give this gift to my life partner - We have been living together for two years and are not married. My question is: Do we both have to pay the gift tax then? So, me ...
My former employer filed for bankruptcy in November 2007, so I received insolvency benefit for November to January. At the same time, I was on parental leave in November and December and only worked on a 10-hour basis. As a result, my income in thos...
Hello, I am married, my wife currently has no income of her own and I have a carryforward loss of approximately 227,000 euros. Recently, I have acquired shares in 4 companies (1 AG, 2 GmbHs, 1 UG). I would like to only partially consume my share of ...
