The construction of a dormer with an extension of the living area by a few square meters, in my understanding, results in the entire construction costs being classified as production costs, with the consequence of a correspondingly long depreciation ...
The following situation: I am married, have children, and live with my family in location A. I am employed and the company is located in location B. Location B is approximately 600km away, so when I am there, I stay near my parents' house. The hous...
I own a rented condominium (2 rooms, 80 sqm), whose lease has now been terminated. So far, the apartment has only resulted in a small surplus for tax purposes, because for social reasons (elderly, befriended lady) I had set a low rent and have not in...
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...
Value added tax liability for garage & storage room rental My wife and I each have rental income from garages and hobby rooms/storage rooms. The rooms are not rented out to people who have residential lease agreements at the same time, so they are g...
The practice rooms, which are located in the residential building, occupy 27% of the living space. Half of them are currently in business assets. The practice is being abandoned, and the share of 13.5% is to be transferred back to private assets. In...
Good day, I have been employed in a Swiss company since February 2014 and I also have an apartment in Frankfurt, Germany. During the week, I reside in a rented room in Switzerland, and I often travel back to Frankfurt on weekends. I have now submitt...
Dear Sir or Madam, I would like to start my own business offering cosmetic services, in my own home. Initially, it will be part-time as I am currently covered by my husband's family insurance and expect to generate a monthly revenue of €1000 at the ...
Dear Sir or Madam, I have purchased a condominium from the property developer, which is currently still under construction. The condominium is intended to be rented out immediately after completion. The notarization has already taken place. Now I w...
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...
Moving of a sole proprietorship I operate a small sole proprietorship as a business without employees in a room within my own apartment. Since the square meter share is over 10%, the company room is considered business assets. Now I am planning to ...
Dear Sir or Madam, I work as a self-employed project manager. I have an external home office with an adjoining room of approximately 40 square meters. My wife provides cleaning services for me there, among other tasks. How can I include this service...
Tax-wise feasible? Parents own a single-family house in City A, which is to become a second residence as the father works here. The main residence will be City B in a granny flat within the daughter's house, rented out to the parents at 72% of the l...
Claiming tuition fees for high school and college for daughter in the USA. The facts: - Daughter with EU + USA citizenship switched to a US college in 2013 and graduated from high school there in June 2014 (private school). - Attending college in th...
Good day, we intend to purchase an apartment from a property developer (which has been completely renovated beforehand) in order to rent it out afterwards. The purchase price does not include three special requests, which we will pay for ourselves ...
I would like to privately purchase a single-family house with a small granny flat. As I run a small business (legal form UG), the granny flat, as well as a garage and two additional basement rooms in the house, should be rented out to the company. Th...
Good day, we have converted 2 holiday apartments in our house, which were subsequently rented out with value-added tax. We claimed input tax for the costs of the interior conversion. These apartments are now rented out as part of long-term lease agr...
Dear Sir or Madam, I have the following question: I am single and work approximately 309 km away from my hometown. Unfortunately, I do not have my own apartment in my hometown but live at my parents' house on weekends, so I cannot claim a double ho...
Dear Sir or Madam, I am a German citizen with a permanent residence in France. My place of work is in Germany, where I am employed in public administration and taxed according to the cash-based accounting principle. The tax office responsible for me...
Dear Sir or Madam, I am planning to start my own business next year and to create and offer a cultural program with courses (and possibly lectures) in various museums. The courses would be led by freelance lecturers who I would pay. My work involves...
I am selling a garden shed and a driveway gate for 500 euros each, plus a sales revenue of approximately 2000 euros for curtains, wall unit, couch, and fitted kitchen. How do I need to declare and pay tax on these earnings? (I bought the house two ye...
A six-family house, owned by the family since 1950 (mother, 6 rental apartments) with a room in the basement that can be used as an office after division (the room has never been rented out) and an undeveloped attic, is owned by a brother and sister ...
Hello, I have a question regarding the reclassification of the home office into personal assets: The situation is as follows: In 2009, a house was purchased in which a freelancer set up a home office. Now, the home office is to be converted into a ...
Good day, in a medical practice rented out by me as a pharmacist - bought 4 years ago for 180,000 € - extensive renovation and remodeling measures are to be carried out, as a second doctor is now joining the practice. Question: How could the high est...
Double household management Since autumn 2009, I have been working in Dresden. My place of residence is in Berlin. In Dresden, I have rented a 1-room apartment. In my tax return for 2010, I listed the following deductible expenses: Attachment N form...
