03.02.2022 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Dear Sir or Madam,
In 2012, I purchased several condominiums in Germany that I now want to sell. In total, there are nine apartments. Normally, by selling nine apartments, corresponding counting objects would be generated, which could classify me as...
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20.12.2020 | answered by Knut Christiansen
A logbook from the tax office is being rejected because it does not include each individual trip, but rather trips per day to the same property management companies or objects. For example, it is stated: 10.12.2018 8.00 - 14.00 Property management X,...
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10.03.2020 | answered by Knut Christiansen
I bought an old farmhouse in 2009. However, I sold the house in 2019, about 6 months before the end of the ten-year period. The tax office is likely to calculate capital gains tax. The question is how I can reduce the profit. The property was rented ...
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04.02.2020 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Dear Sir or Madam,
the following situation: My wife and I bought and paid for a single-family home for our own use in August 2019. The house is financed by a loan. The transfer of the land register took place in January 2020. Due to a contractual ag...
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15.12.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Hello,
In 2016, after the termination of my unit-linked pension insurance, the accumulated fund shares were transferred to my private securities account. The pension insurance was taken out before 1.1.2005, with a minimum term of 12 years, a minimum ...
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12.12.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Good morning,
My question relates to a legal text which I unfortunately can no longer find and due to a reset of my system, I no longer have access to my documents.
It concerns the intended obligation to prepare financial statements, which the tax ...
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11.12.2019 | answered by Bernd Thomas
Hello,
this year I bought a plot of land with my girlfriend, each owning 1/2.
Purchase price 140,000€ / 70,000€ my share
Due to various financial solutions, my girlfriend's parents "advanced" the money. So my girlfriend received 180,000€ as an ant...
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02.12.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
I own a rented condominium (2 rooms, 80 sqm), whose lease has now been terminated. So far, the apartment has only resulted in a small surplus for tax purposes, because for social reasons (elderly, befriended lady) I had set a low rent and have not in...
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21.11.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am currently in training and earn 1300 euros gross (tax class 1). In addition, I have a 450 euro job that brings me exactly 450 euros additional income every month. Now I would like to take on another part-time job. To my knowled...
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14.11.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Hello,
To reduce the risk of individual capital investment, 2 friends and I would like to invest together. The price of the respective investment product would therefore be divided equally among 3 people. What are the options to implement this legall...
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12.11.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Good evening,
I co-own a real estate portfolio in Germany with my ex-wife as a GbR. Each of us owns 50%. The portfolio was not subject to separation of property. We are both registered in the land register. Rental income flows into a joint account, f...
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06.09.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Hello, I am in tax class 3 and my wife (civil servant) is in tax class 5. Our annual gross income is distributed approximately 70% (me)/30% (my wife). We are planning to have a second child and would like to increase my wife's later parental leave be...
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04.09.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Unfortunately, I lost money in stock investments to a financial institution in Japan. The scammers disappeared with the money after a while. A report was made to the German public prosecutor's office but it was dismissed.
Thank you in advance for yo...
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25.08.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
§ 23 EStG Counting property/3 object limit
Within the last 5 years, I acquired an undeveloped piece of land. A neighbor approached me with a request to be able to acquire a narrow strip of land parallel to his property. I agreed to this.
Shortly af...
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21.08.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
In a first step, I am concerned with the question of whether the judgment of October 24, 2017 (file no.: VIII R 13/15) BFH is applicable to the insolvency-related quasi-total loss of ISIN AT0000A0U9J2 - WKN A1MLSS - Scholz Holding, Inh-Schv.V.2012(20...
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16.08.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Hello everyone,
my question is that I am an electrician and my company is based in Odhental near Cologne. It is about the shift work activity.
The TÜV doesn't know that we have a warehouse or an office where I only take my break. I work on the TÜV Rh...
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29.07.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
We (mother, father, and sons) plan to buy a property as a GbR.
1) Does a pure real estate GbR need to be registered with the tax office (tax number)?
2) Can mortgage interest be claimed as a tax deduction if the borrower is not the GbR, but a shareh...
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26.07.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
We are planning to purchase a second property (B) - the notarization is planned. The property is currently rented out and the draft of the purchase contract mentions it as a capital investment with an undisrupted lease agreement. The handover of prop...
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01.07.2019 | answered by Bernd Thomas
Good day,
How to deduct self-financed training costs for adult child from taxes?
Our adult child obtained the Fachholschulreife in August 2018 through the gymnasial leaving certificate after Class 11 and an immediately following "one-year guided in...
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19.06.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
The situation is as follows: With the birth of our second child in May 2014, my wife's entitlement to benefits increased from 50% to 70% (under the official regulations of Rhineland-Palatinate). Accordingly, the private health insurance premium would...
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31.05.2019 | answered by Bernd Thomas
Dear Sir or Madam,
I have some questions regarding entries in the Separate & Unified Tax Assessment.
The situation is as follows: GbR with 2 partners (self-employment, no trade)
One partner has made in-kind contributions (office equipment) and cap...
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26.03.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Dear tax expert,
I am planning to purchase a building complex in the near future, consisting of several single and multi-family houses. Since the property is very large and I believe I can achieve a high selling price by selling the detached houses ...
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19.03.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
I submitted my electronic tax return for the year 2014 to the tax office on 28.12.2018. The printed tax return sent by mail was received by the tax office on 02.01.2019. A assessment was now rejected by the tax office due to the deadline being exceed...
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30.01.2019 | answered by Bernd Thomas
I have a question regarding our non-profit organization and a future economic business operation.
Background:
Non-profit registered association since 2002. Tax number available.
The association wants to start an economic business operation to financ...
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29.01.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Hello dear experts,
I have been to my tax advisor and would like to obtain a second opinion regarding the classification of my UG (German limited liability company).
The situation is as follows: I have founded a holding UG with the business purpose...
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