30.08.2021 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Hello, I have a question regarding the small business regulation. My wife owns garages (sole ownership) with a total turnover (approximately 18,000 euros) that still falls under the small business regulation. She is currently taking advantage of this...
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07.01.2021 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Hello,
I am currently working on the tax return of an asset-managing GbR. We only have income from capital gains, from a foreign bank. As far as I know, to declare the tax for the GbR, only a separate and uniform determination declaration is require...
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26.04.2020 | answered by Knut Christiansen
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...
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26.02.2020 | answered by Henriette Regulla-Schiessl
I have to prepare a liquidation opening balance sheet for a limited partnership as of January 1, 2020. The closing balance sheet as of December 31, 2019 is ready.
Do I have to take over the remaining fixed assets with the tax value as of December 31,...
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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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02.08.2019 | answered by Bernd Thomas
We (father, mother, son) want to establish a real estate partnership (GbR). The mother will contribute a mortgage loan (in her name) of €80,000, while the father and son will each contribute €10,000 in cash. We want to divide the shares of assets and...
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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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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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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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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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10.01.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Dear expert,
My German GmbH had a participation in an Austrian GmbH & Co. KG (tax consolidation model).
The Austrian GmbH & Co. KG has gone bankrupt. Is the loss of this participation tax deductible for the German GmbH?
Best regards from Lengdorf
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27.11.2018 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Assuming the limited partner of a limited partnership takes private withdrawals from the partnership throughout the year and deposits them into a private savings account (without spending them), while leaving the profits in the partnership. At the en...
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04.04.2018 | answered by Bernd Thomas
Hello,
My name is Matthias. I have been running a business as a sole proprietor for several years. Now I have founded a second business with a partner as a general partnership (OHG). Can I now buy and sell goods back and forth? Is it allowed to sell ...
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16.01.2018 | answered by Frank-Olaf Illiges
I live with my girlfriend in our own house. We are not married and have no registered partnership. Now we have a rental apartment in the house.
My question: Do I have to divide all the things I want to depreciate and deduct, as well as the rental in...
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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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27.05.2015 | answered by Patrick Färber
Good evening everyone.
The closure of the business has already been communicated to the tax office in May, with a statutory notice period of 6 months for the 2 employees.
Question:
Is it correct that the closing balance sheet must be prepared at th...
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14.05.2015 | answered by Anton Pernitschka
A and B bought a farmstead and several meadows in 2011, each for 1/2.
One meadow and the green area of the farmstead were officially self-managed. A and B received operating premium, compensatory allowance, and VNP by having a business number and re...
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10.05.2015 | answered by Anton Pernitschka
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am interested in purchasing a property (care facility) and the resulting depreciation possibilities on taxable income.
The purchase of the property leads to the following tax benefits, which reduce my taxable income:
- Over 50 ...
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02.05.2015 | answered by Patrick Färber
Dear Sir or Madam,
I co-own a condominium with my divorced husband, which we rent out. Up until now, we have reported this on Annex V and all was well. However, starting this year, we are operating as a GbR and must fill out a questionnaire. Do we s...
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23.04.2015 | answered by Ralph J. Schnaars
Hello,
as an unmarried couple, we are founding a real estate partnership (for rental purposes) and would like to agree on a profit distribution in the partnership agreement that differs from the shares. To my knowledge, this is not so easily possibl...
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31.03.2015 | answered by Anton Pernitschka
Question about the commuter allowance in the private income tax return
The following circumstances apply:
1. I work both as a freelancer (in a partnership) and as an employee (4 days a week) 190 km away from my home.
2. I have a company car at my di...
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30.03.2015 | answered by Anton Pernitschka
Good day,
I need your help with the following matter:
A sole proprietor (merchant) is offered a retail shop for purchase.
What options are available for tax purposes here?
A1. Can it be purchased as a private individual and then rented to the busi...
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04.11.2014 | answered by Steffen Becker
Shares in a real estate partnership are transferred from shareholder 1 to shareholder 2. Can speculative gains be generated here, and how should this be taken into account for income tax? (Real estate transfer tax should not apply)
Are there any spe...
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25.08.2014 | answered by Anton Pernitschka
Dear expert team,
I need advice for the following situation.
Currently, I am living in a terraced house with my partner. We are not married and do not plan to be.
The house is valued at approximately 260,000 euros, with a mortgage of 140,000 euro...
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26.06.2014 | answered by Frank-Olaf Illiges
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...
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