My ex-partner and I have acquired several condominiums together and rent them out as a GbR (civil law partnership). Due to our separation, we now want to divide the apartments. Currently, each of us holds 50% of the GbR and also of the apartments acc...
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 ...
Hello, my grandparents (both around 90 years old) have lived in your single-family house in Dresden for many years. Unfortunately, they had to move to a nursing home (full care) in the neighboring city of Radebeul. We have re-registered them and cha...
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...
I am a freelancer and have 2 leased cars in my business assets. Apart from the leasing costs of the 2 cars, I have no significantly high expenses in my previously prepared income statement or in the monthly sales tax returns for last year. 1. Car A ...
Donation of a paid-off photovoltaic system (annual profit approx. 5000 euros) from grandfather to minor grandchild. Is this possible? Can the 2-year-old child act as a small business owner towards the tax office? Does a separate tax return need to be...
Our daughter, 23, a student, received a share in a GbR from her grandfather in 2018 and therefore has to submit a separate determination. Her tax software indicates that she needs to enter a tax number and otherwise the submission of the determinatio...
I am Dutch, 66 years old, and have been registered as a commercial real estate dealer with the tax office in Korbach for more than 10 years. I buy, renovate, and sell old houses from foreclosure auctions as a hobby, but my earnings have been very lim...
Hello, I am a ticket reseller. My business is still just below 17,500€ this year, but I will exceed this amount next year and will have to pay the 7% sales tax. My question is how I should prove the purchase of my tickets, as this seems impossible fo...
Dear Sir or Madam, Are costs for reissuing the Class A driving license justified as an exceptional burden for the business owner, provided that the license is used for business purposes? The costs of reissuance include: Application for reissuance o...
Dear Sir or Madam, In 2004 I purchased a house for a price of 400,000 euros. The house was divided into two residential units, a practice part on the upper floor and a residential part on the ground floor (the value for the upper apartment was estim...
I received a real estate gift from my grandparents in 2015. I paid for the notary and land registry costs myself, except for the costs for the deletion of the existing mortgages, which amounted to a few hundred euros and were covered by the donor. Th...
Dear Sir or Madam, Below are my questions regarding the income tax return as an employee with limited tax liability in the year of moving out of Germany. My Situation: Since March 2013, I (German citizen) have been employed by a company in Thuring...
As a freelance UI/UX designer, I travel from place to place for most of the year and work remotely. Every few months, I come back to Germany before continuing on. Consequently, there are regular travel expenses such as taxi/Uber, flights, and accommo...
In the context of a real estate acquisition, inventory worth 10,000 euros is acquired. The property is leased to a business owner for their company with a waiver of VAT exemption. The inventory is deducted at a rate of 33% per annum from rental incom...
The question should actually appear in 2 parts, but it is not formatted correctly. The first part - Confirmation of tax-free sale, the 2nd part - Explanation of the procedure. I am German and have been living in the UK since around 2007, paying my t...
Dear Sir or Madam, In 2014, we renewed the fitted kitchen in our rented condominium. The invoice amount was approximately €6,300. The condominium has been in our ownership since 2002 and has been rented out since 2007. The old kitchen was installed ...
Financing is on both spouses. The husband is the sole owner in the land register. Bills for the construction of the house are mostly in both spouses' names, with some only in the husband's name. First question: Can only the husband act as the landlo...
Dear Sir or Madam, I am a small business owner according to § 19 of the German Value Added Tax Act. Last month, I purchased goods in a third country (Ras Al Khaimah), a free trade zone with 0% VAT, via the internet using PayPal. These were digital g...
Hello everyone, I have a question regarding the calculation of parental leave benefits. We are both working and expecting our child at the end of July (due date is 28.7.2015). My wife will take 12 months of parental leave and I will use the two par...
We are a GmbH, a painting company. We would like to purchase wine in Italy, which will be delivered to our office in Germany. For this purpose, we have applied for and received a consumption tax number from customs. 1. Question: How should the delive...
Hello, first some facts about my current situation: I am employed full-time and operate a sole proprietorship as a sideline business (of course with the consent of my employer), both are broadly speaking services in the IT industry. As the business ...
Hello everyone, the following situation: My grandmother passed away and left a condominium to her children, thus creating a community of heirs to which my mother belongs. I bought the apartment following this process: At the notary, two sales contr...
I would like to privately purchase a single-family house with a small granny flat. As I run a small business (legal form UG), the granny flat, as well as a garage and two additional basement rooms in the house, should be rented out to the company. Th...
Dear Sir or Madam, Over the past years, I have invested as a private investor in three companies through a limited partnership (GmbH & Co KG). Unfortunately, all three companies have gone into insolvency due to the unwillingness of the banks involve...
