Good day, I run a sole proprietorship and would like to purchase an office for it now. Currently, this office is rented in a multi-family house and the tenants should be terminated after my purchase. What needs to be considered for tax purposes when ...
We paid a special levy of 14 TEUR each for the renovation of the bathroom in our condominium in 2018. A corresponding resolution of the owners' meeting from 2017 is available. It is clearly maintenance expenses. The bathroom renovation was necessary ...
I am currently liquidating a limited liability company (UG). It is a straightforward case, as it has never been economically active. The blocking period expired on December 3, 2019. The deletion is planned for next week. The company has remaining as...
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 everyone, my question is that I am an electrician and my company is based in Odhental near Cologne. It is about the shift work activity. The TÜV doesn't know that we have a warehouse or an office where I only take my break. I work on the TÜV Rh...
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...
The situation is as follows: With the birth of our second child in May 2014, my wife's entitlement to benefits increased from 50% to 70% (under the official regulations of Rhineland-Palatinate). Accordingly, the private health insurance premium would...
Hello ...., I have a question regarding my tax assessment for 2018/2019. I have been on special leave since October 1, 2018. The special leave is valid until June 30, 2019 (so 3 months in 2018 and 6 months in 2019). There is no information on the ta...
Dear expert, My German GmbH had a participation in an Austrian GmbH & Co. KG (tax consolidation model). The Austrian GmbH & Co. KG has gone bankrupt. Is the loss of this participation tax deductible for the German GmbH? Best regards from Lengdorf ...
Question about the speculation tax In 2014, we bought an apartment in which we live ourselves. In early 2018, we purchased special use rights for 4 parking spaces. These are registered in the land register of the apartment. Now we want to sell the a...
I have worked as an employee for many years and have a Riester pension contract. Now I have been self-employed for a short time, there is no legal obligation to contribute to the statutory pension insurance. I also do not want to voluntarily insure ...
An entrepreneur A in Cologne receives an order from an entrepreneur B in Vienna. Entrepreneur A in Cologne places this order with an entrepreneur C in Munich, and entrepreneur C in Munich produces the goods and ships them directly to Vienna, thus sup...
Hello, I have received a letter from the tax office accusing me of engaging in commercial activity. Small parts of my girlfriend's car were sold, and now I am being asked to file a tax return. I receive welfare benefits. How should I behave towards t...
Tax treatment of payments from the Employment Agency for pension insurance contributions to the German Pension Insurance (GRV) Do these payments have to be entered as retirement provisions made by me in the "Total retirement provisions" section? Or...
Good day, Issue: In 2016: completely unemployed, received 17,500 euros in unemployment benefits, received a severance payment of 10,000 euros; Tax office now demands a payment of almost 1,100 euros. Is this legal? If we deduct work-related expenses ...
Initial situation 2016 (simplified): Civil servant A14, salary 65,000 €, additional income from side business 3,000 € = non-self. income 62,000 €. Additional income from business operation (sole proprietorship trade as a side job). In 2016 loss -85,0...
Dear experts, the situation is as follows, with a request for answers to the following questions: A good acquaintance (not related) wants to buy a property. (He currently lives in this property under a rental agreement.) Since he does not have eno...
Hello, I am currently going through a divorce and separated from my wife in 2012. I own a single-family house, from which I moved out in July 2012. In 2016, I filed for divorce, which also involved a change in tax class to class 1 starting in Januar...
Dear Sir or Madam, I am involved in two companies. I hold a 20% stake in a start-up that I co-founded in 2014 through a holding company that I own 100% of. I also own 55% of a second, longer-established company privately. I would like to sell my pr...
Invoice received from private individual. Good day. I am a small business owner (under the small business regulation) and have paid an invoice from a private individual. The invoice amounts to 7190€ (paid in cash, receipt available). Even though the...
What is the taxation of my pensions, namely 17,850 euros statutory pension and 7,614 euros company pension without consideration of personal data on advertising costs?
Good day, I have the following question: Since 2010, I have been employed as a lawyer in a company that has been deducting pension contributions to the German Pension Insurance (employer and employee share) to the Deutsche Rentenversicherung. At th...
Hello, As a freelancer in the field of online marketing, I would have the opportunity to earn 4,000 euros gross. My question: What realistically would be left net? A very rough estimate is completely sufficient for me. Status: Single, not affiliate...
I am contacting your tax expert Mr. Oliver Burchardt with my question regarding the US pension fund 401k. I have deposited a total of $82,000 into a 401k from 1987 to 1995 in the USA, $10,400 of which was untaxed and $72,000 was taxed. By February 2...
