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Change of main residence to Austria

Hello, my wife is Austrian, she inherited her parents' house there about 30 years ago, she has no income of her own and her house is not rented out. I am German and receive a statutory pension as well as company pension. We currently live in Germany...

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Living in multiple countries

I am retiring at the end of the year. In addition to my statutory pension, I also receive a company pension and a pension (AVP) from salary conversion. Afterwards, I plan to buy a house in France. However, I also have an apartment in Germany and in S...

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Depreciation of in-kind donation

I am a self-employed market trader and over the years I have accumulated leftover goods or individual items due to missing sizes, goods that did not sell well with customers, etc. Now I am thinking of donating these items to the AWO for example. Howe...

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Subject to sales tax?

I work as a doctor as a freelancer for a certification institute. I visit hospitals, conduct a quality audit, and create an audit report. The cumulative fee for this was approximately €8,500 in 2009, but this year, due to more assignments, it is arou...

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Is property a sensible investment?

As I am currently paying a lot of taxes with a gross income (employee) of approximately 67,000 euros, I am single (except for travel expenses of 50 km/one way I cannot deduct anything), I am looking for a way to save taxes. I have an "used" property ...

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