19.08.2021 | answered by Bernd Thomas
Good day,
in addition to my main job as an employee, I have been working as a freelance voice actor since 2012. (I always take advantage of the small business regulation). Since I have mostly incurred losses, a few years ago, the tax office suspected...
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14.12.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Hello,
I am the managing partner (30% share) of a GmbH, 62 years old.
The GmbH has 3 other shareholders with shares of 30%, 20%, and 20% respectively.
The company has promised me a pension, which will be due in 2022.
The pension has been secured ...
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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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31.07.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
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 ...
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30.05.2018 | answered by Bernd Thomas
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am asking you the following question on behalf of a Polish acquaintance (residing in Frankfurt am Main).
The acquaintance from Poland is working as a self-employed individual in Germany. She has a permanent residence here and h...
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29.03.2018 | answered by Bernd Thomas
As a freelancer, I run a martial arts school. Now two long-time students want to take over training sessions, which of course should not be done for free. This involves amounts of approximately 600 euros per person per year.
How should this be repor...
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21.03.2018 | answered by Bernd Thomas
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am in an employment relationship subject to social security contributions with a home office regulation. Approximately 1 to 2 times a month, I travel by train to the company's headquarters; this is expected by the employer. Acco...
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16.12.2016 | answered by Patrick Färber
Hello,
I am a German and Swiss dual citizen and I own a company in Switzerland, where I have been working for 9 years and also lived almost continuously until two years ago. My wife - who is only a German citizen - is employed at my company as the d...
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31.07.2016 | answered by Frank-Olaf Illiges
Hello, my question is how tax payments work when you are employed full-time and also work as an escort on the side. In this Düsseldorf procedure, each date is billed at a flat rate of 25 euros, including taxes, which are deducted directly and handed ...
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22.05.2016 | answered by Udo Glinka
Dear Sir or Madam,
In March 2015, I started a home job via the internet with the job title "Web Search Evaluator". This is work that I carry out online for the company Appen Butler Hill. This company is based in America and I have been receiving my ...
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21.02.2016 | answered by Patrick Färber
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am considering taking up a position with an international organization in Switzerland. My current place of residence in Germany would be approximately 250km away from my workplace. Of course, I would then rent an apartment in Sw...
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12.12.2015 | answered by Ralph J. Schnaars
I have purchased several $25 Ad Packs on Getprofitadz on the internet. The purchase price of these packages is an investment that will never be repaid. Lifetime advertising revenues are generated for the Ad Packs, which GetprofitAdz distributes to th...
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03.10.2015 | answered by Ralph J. Schnaars
I intend to establish an escort agency in the western Ruhr area.
From a tax perspective, which legal form is most advantageous if I do not primarily need to distribute profits continuously, but rather want to keep them for further projects in the co...
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12.07.2015 | answered by Patrick Färber
Initial situation:
Until 30.09.2015 I am resident in DE and earn income from employment. I live in an apartment in my parents' house and have been paying local rent there (proven) for several years. From 01.10.2015 I will move to Zurich and be emplo...
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25.11.2014 | answered by Tobias Heinrich
Hello,
my workplace is being converted into a home office workplace. For this purpose, my employer has drafted an amendment to the employment contract with the following content:
Amendment to the Employment Contract
Between the company xxx, herein...
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08.02.2014 | answered by Frank-Olaf Illiges
I am an entrepreneur and employ a secretary for 22 hours per week. Due to successful business performance, we both want to increase her weekly working hours to 29.5. However, she is currently in the most unfavorable gross/net situation possible, bein...
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04.12.2013 | answered by Peter Lipp
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am planning to start my own business next year and to create and offer a cultural program with courses (and possibly lectures) in various museums. The courses would be led by freelance lecturers who I would pay. My work involves...
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18.10.2013 | answered by Thomas Textoris
Case
The husband: sole proprietor
Purchased an Audi A6 Avant quattro, which was included in the business assets in December 2012, the tax office has already accepted the 1% rule and the corresponding depreciation.
In the business assets there is als...
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22.07.2013 | answered by Patrick Färber
Hello,
my husband and I own a vacation rental as a GbR, which is exclusively rented out to holiday guests like a hotel and generates an annual revenue of approximately 10,000 euros. He is employed in the industry as his main job.
We have carried out ...
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05.07.2013 | answered by Michael Herrmann
Dear Sir or Madam,
I would like answers to the following questions. My girlfriend and I had our first child on March 16, 2013. My girlfriend took 12 months of parental leave and received parental allowance for this period. I will be taking one month...
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25.06.2013 | answered by Thomas Textoris
Situation: A GmbH managing director who is not subject to mandatory pension insurance takes on a consulting mandate for an external company in addition to his managing director duties, for a scope of 6 hours per week. The fee is to be paid directly t...
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17.12.2012 | answered by Manuela Ponikwar
Dear Sir or Madam,
I have a question regarding the registration of a photovoltaic system.
In our case:
My husband is an employee in tax class 3 and earns approximately 40,000 € gross per year.
I am currently on parental leave (with 3 children, the y...
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30.11.2012 | answered by André Hintz
As the sole shareholder and managing director of two single-member GmbHs in the real estate industry, both based in Bavaria - I want to terminate the activity of one of the GmbHs. Each GmbH has a paid-in share capital of 25,000 euros, the GmbH to be ...
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27.09.2012 | answered by Michael Herrmann
Dear Sir or Madam,
My wife and I purchased a semi-detached house at a bargain price in May 2012. Now we would like to sell it again in August 2014, as prices have increased significantly. Until then, her father is living in the attic and contributin...
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07.07.2012 | answered by André Hintz
Dear Sir or Madam,
As I am currently in Austria this year for the purpose of studying, but also managing my German self-employment (in the IT sector) from here, primarily serving companies in third countries, there are some questions regarding taxat...
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