My wife and I live in Portugal and are also tax residents here. Personally, I own a number of rental properties in Germany, with the rental income we use to support ourselves. All my properties are located in Germany and are managed exclusively by ...
Dear Sir or Madam, My question concerns the *extended* limited tax liability in the context of the existing Double Taxation Agreement between Germany (DE) and Singapore (SGP). - Singapore is a low-tax country (6.63% tax on income of 77,000 EUR) - I...
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...
Good day, I am planning to establish a new company (GmbH) at the beginning of next year. Currently, I am still unsure about the correct business purpose. Below, I describe the purpose of the company and hope you can answer the open questions based on...
Is a claimed employee inventor remuneration paid to a UG subject to sales tax? The purpose of the UG is the exploitation and enforcement of employee inventor rights. If the claim is successful, there will be a one-time payment from a former employer ...
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,...
Hello, I am an employee with a gross salary of 34500 € and I have three rented properties. I pay 630€ in interest for the loans on the properties and have 1470€ for repayment and cash flow. Now I would like to open a brokerage account (starting with ...
Topic: Deductible expenses in the income category "rental and leasing" Can losses from rental and leasing be offset against other income, or can these losses only be offset within the same income category with future profits from the same income cat...
Hello, I am the managing partner (30% share) of a GmbH, 62 years old. The GmbH has 3 other shareholders with shares of 30%, 20%, and 20% respectively. The company has promised me a pension, which will be due in 2022. The pension has been secured ...
Hello, we are a GbR and would like to cover the childcare costs of one of our shareholders (and then fully deduct this as a business expense if possible). We have only found information for employees (where this seems to be possible without any issu...
Dear Sir or Madam, I run a sole proprietorship in Switzerland and pay myself income from this to my personal German bank account (as I also live in Germany). Furthermore, I founded a UG in Germany last year. In 2018, I transferred 65,000 euros to th...
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...
I am a freelancer and have 2 leased cars in my business assets. Apart from the leasing costs of the 2 cars, I have no significantly high expenses in my previously prepared income statement or in the monthly sales tax returns for last year. 1. Car A ...
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...
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...
Good day, I am employed subject to social insurance contributions by an external company and work there in the office until 11:00 in the morning. At the same time, I am the sole managing director/shareholder of my own limited liability company (UG) w...
I would like to participate as a 50% shareholder in a newly founded GmbH in Germany. I will NOT be the managing director. I am German, but not liable to tax in Germany. I live in Dubai (moved away from Germany for more than 5 years, no connection to...
We are a GbR with 3 shareholders. Currently, all shareholders are equally entitled to the profits of the company. We now want to adjust the profit distribution so that only 2 shareholders are entitled to profits. The background of the redistribution ...
Dear Sir or Madam, The following situation: Starting next month, I will be working freelance as an emergency doctor on the side. The fee for this service is, as far as I know, exempt from VAT. At the same time, I will also be receiving a consulting...
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...
Does value added tax apply when a GmbH sells its previously self-used house (single-family house on foreign land) to its two shareholders (current and future property owners)?
Question for Dipl.-Kfm. Frank-Olaf Illiges Thank you first of all for the detailed answer to my complex of questions. You have explained very clearly. Now further questions on the topic: If we as a GmbH give away wine to our own employees for 1. les...
Hello, first some facts about my current situation: I am employed full-time and operate a sole proprietorship as a sideline business (of course with the consent of my employer), both are broadly speaking services in the IT industry. As the business ...
I am a shareholder of the King & Cie. Suezmax Tanker Fund III, which opted for tonnage taxation. The ships were recently sold in distress, resulting in a loss of approximately €40,000 for me. Is this loss tax-deductible?...
G lives in Germany and is the sole shareholder of "IT Solutions GmbH" in Germany and the sole shareholder of the Cypriot "Marketing Ltd.". The Marketing Ltd. has a referral agreement with a business consulting GmbH from Germany. For each mandate reco...
