20.09.2020 | answered by Hannu Wegner
Good day,
I was working in Switzerland from 2016 until the end of 2017 and was considered a cross-border commuter for tax purposes, as I was living in Germany.
After terminating my employment, my money from the pension fund was transferred to a ves...
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12.05.2020 | answered by Knut Christiansen
The following situation:
I am married, have children, and live with my family in location A. I am employed and the company is located in location B.
Location B is approximately 600km away, so when I am there, I stay near my parents' house. The hous...
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08.03.2020 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Is a claimed employee inventor remuneration paid to a UG subject to sales tax? The purpose of the UG is the exploitation and enforcement of employee inventor rights. If the claim is successful, there will be a one-time payment from a former employer ...
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27.12.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Hello,
I am a self-employed photographer and in 2020, for the first time, I am no longer a small business owner and am now subject to VAT.
Many of my jobs are booked in advance, with either a deposit or full payment made the previous year. This inc...
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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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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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23.11.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Hello,
I have an urgent question regarding the speculation tax.
My father, who passed away in 2018, jointly purchased an apartment with my mother in 2004 for 240,000€, which was rented out to my grandmother. In their divorce in 2010, my father acqu...
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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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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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25.07.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
A limited partnership is being liquidated. There is a general partner and a limited partner. Both have capital accounts. The general partner has a negative balance, while the limited partner has a positive one. If the partnership agreement does not s...
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22.05.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Dear Sir or Madam,
I have the following question: I am divorced and jointly own 11 condominiums in Germany with my former wife, which we rent out as an investment. We have a joint bank account through which all income and expenses related to the apa...
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30.03.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Hello, I have sold a sole proprietorship to a GmbH. I have determined and explained the capital gain to the tax office. However, no money will be received from the sale, as the GmbH is insolvent and the debt is uncollectible.
Is it possible to clai...
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24.03.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Hello!
First of all, thank you for your help.
My question is specifically about value-added tax.
I am a streamer (content creator) on the online platform Twitch (similar to YouTube but live).
Twitch is an American company. When I stream there, my vie...
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16.01.2019 | answered by Bernd Thomas
Dear Mr. Tax Advisor,
since March 2012 I have been the owner of a condominium in Berlin. I have had my registration there and have actually been living there. However, as I am often away on business, I occasionally rented out my apartment through Ai...
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05.01.2019 | answered by Bernd Thomas
I will be working for an insurance company in the employed field service starting from 01.02.2019.
Currently, "my" car is registered and insured under my mother's name in order to save money on insurance.
I will have a lot of travel expenses for cust...
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19.06.2018 | answered by Bernd Thomas
Hello,
Over the years, I have landed in the rank of Top Product Reviewer on Amazon.
This has led to manufacturers contacting me since April and offering me products to buy and review on Amazon.
I then receive the money for the product via Paypal. ...
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05.05.2018 | answered by Bernd Thomas
I own various apartments and commercial properties as a sole proprietor. The money flow goes through one account. Can I book directly from the account into the various income statements, or do I have to use a transition account? Do I have to create d...
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18.03.2017 | answered by Oliver Burchardt
Hello,
I am currently going through a divorce and separated from my wife in 2012. I own a single-family house, from which I moved out in July 2012. In 2016, I filed for divorce, which also involved a change in tax class to class 1 starting in Januar...
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30.09.2016 | answered by Oliver Burchardt
Dear experts, my question is:
we want to open a restaurant, there are 3 people (GbR already have a standard contract here). The license should only be applied for by one of us. This means that only one of us is the managing director to the outside, t...
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16.09.2016 | answered by Frank-Olaf Illiges
Dear Sir or Madam,
I have a question regarding the gift tax law within the EU (specifically between Germany and Bulgaria). My uncle is a Bulgarian citizen with only one residence in Bulgaria, but he has a German bank account with a sum of 70,000 eur...
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10.07.2016 | answered by Oliver Burchardt
Hello,
I acquired a multi-family house in May 2016. The house is fully rented out. Each apartment has a fitted kitchen, which was included in the purchase price. The fitted kitchens were mentioned separately in the sales contract, but without a speci...
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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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16.11.2015 | answered by Patrick Färber
Dear Sir or Madam,
I have a question regarding gift tax.
A good family friend (80 years old) would like to gift my wife 20,000 euros. At the same time, she has also gifted our daughter (12 years old) 20,000 euros for her future life. Does my wife n...
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