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USA Invoice Sales Tax

Dear Sir or Madam, my limited liability company (UG) is working for a company from the USA (INC). The US company also has a presence in Germany, but the contract was signed with the company in the USA through which billing is also done. The activit...

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Freelancer with residence outside the EU.

Hello, I am a German citizen but currently living in South Africa. I have received an offer to work from home in Germany while being based in South Africa and sending invoices to the company employing me. I still have a bank account in Germany, but I...

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Sole proprietor invoice to Canada

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...

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Value added tax for foreign income

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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Reverse charge without gross data to Amazon

Hello, I am an author and publish with KDP Amazon. For this, I receive royalties overview from Amazon. I can't see the gross prices and fees. Now I have learned that in order for the accounting to be correct, I must send an invoice to Amazon (Revers...

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Value Added Tax (VAT) in intra-community trade

Is this correct? Is a VAT-exempt invoice (not a small business) mandatory in intra-community trade or just an option? If you as a business sell something to another BUSINESS (with a valid VAT number) in the EU-FOREIGN COUNTRY (EXPORT), then the "des...

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Reverse charge invoice to Switzerland

Dear tax advisor, the following situation within the EU: I work freelance/self-employed for a company based in an EU country (example: Austria). The place of supply is in the country of the company, also in the EU country. First, I check the custome...

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Full-time employment as a part-time escort

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 ...

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Commission

If I work for another company as a salary recipient and receive commission for my work from there, how do I have to pay taxes on it - at the end of the year with a tax return or income tax declaration, or do I have to register my own company for this...

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Corrected invoice without value-added tax

I was informed by a customer afterwards that an invoice from 2013 should be issued as exempt from sales tax instead of with sales tax (lecturing activity was retrospectively exempt from sales tax according to §4 No. 21 a) bb) UStG). The customer's s...

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Taxes on profits from affiliate marketing

I started participating in an affiliate program this year and am making a profit from it. But how do I deduct this for tax purposes? Do I need to register as a business for this? At the moment, I am not. And where do I need to include this in next ye...

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