We are currently discussing in our circle of friends and would like to know for sure: Do tax advisors have a duty of confidentiality? If so, from when does this apply? Are they not even allowed to disclose information from an initial consultation? An...
Dear Sir or Madam, I am facing the following difficulties when preparing the sales tax pre-registration for Q2/2020: a) I have sold a good to an Irish company and physically shipped it as well. I did not show any sales tax on the invoice, as the bu...
Hello, I have another question regarding the VAT Third Country. Sale of electronic services to individuals worldwide. I know that the place of performance is the location of the recipient. I report the sales together with the EU sales in box 45 of t...
My wife is a housewife and I am an employee. Annual income around 100k EUR. We have a female dog that my wife wants to breed for the first time in summer 2020. Then once a year. We can sell the puppies for around 2,000 EUR each. Possibly adding a sec...
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...
Hello, I have a German business and work with a client in Canada as a software developer. Now I am writing him an invoice (in USD) and I am wondering how it must differ from the invoices to my German clients? - What additional information do I have...
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...
Situation: I am a small business owner and will be providing a service (Affiliate Marketing) in another EU country. Question: What do I need to consider for correct invoicing: * According to my research, I will need a VAT ID for this. Do I need t...
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...
Question regarding rental and leasing: For years, I have rented out a granny flat in my owner-occupied house. In my income tax return for 2016, I declared rental income of EU 408,-- cold rent and a lump sum for utilities of EU 92,-- as income, as I h...
My husband and I have found ourselves in a precarious situation due to double taxation - our situation is as follows: My husband and I lived and worked in the UK for many years. A few years ago, my husband moved to Germany and our 2 daughters follow...
We have inherited a multi-family house with four apartments with four siblings, and now each of us is listed in the land register with a 25% share. (no declaration of division, so not condominiums, but a multi-family house) By definition and law, we ...
Hello! My questions: 1. I am a small business owner and have customers in Switzerland and Austria. I have been told that I need a VAT ID for this. I also sometimes employ colleagues from the EU. Do I need a VAT ID for that as well? 2. Do I need a tra...
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 ...
Question regarding value added tax law: My company receives commissions mainly from outside the EU. The commissions are for the referral of customers generated through the internet. The customers are generated by directing interested parties to cert...
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...
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...
I have been working in Germany up to now, also have my residence in Germany and my family also lives in Germany. I will start a new job with my workplace in Austria/Vienna on the 14th of September. I will maintain my main residence in Germany, and m...
Good day, I am a 23-year-old student who has not had a part-time job so far and is privately insured through my parents (who are civil servants). I will now start working as a freelance contributor for various newspaper editorial offices. My monthly...
I am the sole shareholder of an IT GmbH, which has not generated any revenues since mid-2013. Since May 2014, my wife has been appointed as the sole managing director. Due to a pension commitment (shareholder managing director), I have been receiving...
My company is based in the USA, and I have just received a German sales tax number for this purpose. I provide services in Germany under the name of my company in the USA, billing with a USA address, and have collected sales tax for this (1). Addit...
Dear Sir or Madam, We have acquired a holiday home that is permanently rented out - initially for 15 years. The condition was that we opt for value added tax and become entrepreneurs. The rent is therefore transferred plus value added tax. O.K. We ...
How are success- or performance-based bonus payments that a trader can earn through social trading platforms such as Wikifolio taxed in Germany? In order for the question to be considered answered, please address all sub-questions 1-4. If you are un...
Dear tax expert, I would like to trade 2 foreign accumulating ETFs that are not yet listed in the transparency list. http://www.bzst.de/DE/Steuern_International/Auslaendische_Investmentfonds/Auslaendische_Investmentfonds_node.html Proshares Ultra ...
Among other self-employed activities, I am also an event organizer (2 concerts per year). I invite a band represented by a British company (... HOLDINGS LTD) based in London, with whom I have signed a contract for the event. The agreed fee is 65% of ...
