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...
I would like to participate as a 50% shareholder in a newly founded GmbH in Germany. I will NOT be the managing director. I am German, but not liable to tax in Germany. I live in Dubai (moved away from Germany for more than 5 years, no connection to...
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...
Good day: Here is my situation.. My employment is terminated on the initiative of the employer for operational reasons by mutual agreement as of 30.09.2015. Until that date, I am released from work with continued payment of my current salary. An seve...
I was offered a severance agreement with a payout by December 31, 2014. I can choose the date of the payout for 2014, 2015, or 2016. Since I am expecting other income in 2015 (a temporary employment in another company), I wanted to choose the payout ...
Since this year, smoke detectors have been mandatory in Baden-Württemberg, and now I would like to start my own business as a part-time specialist for smoke detectors. This would involve selling, installing, and maintaining smoke detectors. I could d...
Siblings A and B own a house X and a plot of land Y as joint heirs after the death of their father. The joint inheritance is to be dissolved for the house X (A buys B's half), while they both want to continue owning the plot of land together. Pleas...
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...
I am the managing sole shareholder of a GmbH, previously the GmbH was a sole proprietorship that was transferred into the GmbH. I have a gross salary of 4,000 euros, unchanged since the founding of the GmbH in 01/2008. Net profit in 2008 was 48,212 e...
I am currently living in Germany (I am a German citizen) and planning to move to England (Coventry) for tax optimization purposes. I already have a house in England which is currently occupied by relatives. A severance payment of 500,000 euros will ...
I have a small AG (my share is 99.9%). With my AG, I have a board appointment contract that runs until the end of 2013. In the board appointment contract, salary and bonuses are explicitly regulated. EUR 6,000 per month plus a fixed bonus of 10,000 ...
Dear Sir or Madam, I intend to start my own business as a "consulting business economist" or "business consultant". I have informed the tax office about registering a self-employed activity because I believe it falls under a freelance activity (§18 ...
Situation: I am the managing director of the company, with a turnover of 400k EUR. We have no profits, do not pay income tax or trade tax. I am also a shareholder with 49% and person2 with 51%. According to the notary, person2 would transfer his shar...
My wife and I are the sole shareholders of a GmbH that manages our small fortune. The GmbH holds some capital investments (real estate, stakes in other companies, and securities). We will soon need regular distributions from the GmbH to secure our li...
Hello, the following situation: my wife is the owner of a house and wants to optimize the tax structure of the renovation. The total cost of the renovation is approximately 180,000 euros. As I will be using parts of the house for business purposes ...
Hello, I have a short question regarding the double household management. The current situation is as follows: Since 2001, I have been living with my partner in our (still) shared apartment in location A. (The rental contract is in both of our nam...
Hello, we are getting married on Friday. How should we best choose our tax classes? III/V or IV/IV. What are the respective advantages/disadvantages? My data: Annual income approx. 52,700 EUR No church tax obligation Statutory health insurance Mont...
Hello and Good day, I will be leaving my job, where I have been employed since January 1981, through a termination agreement as of December 31, 2010. I do not expect any waiting period as the notice period, due to a social plan, has already expired....
Hello Mr./Mrs. Tax Advisor, After the upcoming (mutually agreed upon according to the social plan) termination, I will receive a larger severance payment (~250,000). What areas/questions, in addition to the five-fifths rule and the timing of the pa...
Hello, The following situation: Employment relationship (existing for 5 years) was terminated by mutual agreement on 30.06.2009. Currently still receiving unemployment benefits (since 01.07.09). Employee with tax class II, regular annual salary of...
Dear Sir or Madam, I have been offered a turbo termination agreement with a severance payment amounting to 107,000 euros after 27 years of service, due to a threatened termination of employment. The legal notice period is 7 months and will be adhere...
The following situation: In 2010, I (married) receive a severance package from my employer (according to §34 Income Tax Act/five-fifths rule) and will be working freelance in 2010. The severance package should be tax-optimized, possibly with a taxabl...
