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...
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...
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 ...
Good day, How to deduct self-financed training costs for adult child from taxes? Our adult child obtained the Fachholschulreife in August 2018 through the gymnasial leaving certificate after Class 11 and an immediately following "one-year guided in...
Dear Sir or Madam, I have the following question: I am divorced and jointly own 11 condominiums in Germany with my former wife, which we rent out as an investment. We have a joint bank account through which all income and expenses related to the apa...
Hello, I am currently living abroad with my partner. In a few months, we will be moving to Germany and living together in a shared household. We have a child together who also lives in the household. We are not married. My partner does not work, she...
Hello I am self-employed and would like to use my private car (P1) as a company car now, as there will be some future assignments that require longer trips. I want to settle everything with a mileage log. The current car (P1) is already quite old (m...
Hello, I hope you can help me with the topic of donations. At the turn of the year, I came across a school in Kenya that is led by a pastor and his family. He teaches over 450 orphans, feeds hungry children in his region, supports them medically, b...
The employer has provided me with a company car. This is treated as follows for billing purposes: The net leasing rate is deducted from the gross salary through a salary conversion. The company car is then subject to flat-rate taxation for trips bet...
Dear Sir or Madam, I am in an employment relationship subject to social security contributions with a home office regulation. Approximately 1 to 2 times a month, I travel by train to the company's headquarters; this is expected by the employer. Acco...
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...
I received a real estate gift from my grandparents in 2015. I paid for the notary and land registry costs myself, except for the costs for the deletion of the existing mortgages, which amounted to a few hundred euros and were covered by the donor. Th...
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...
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?
Hello, Last year we bought a vacation apartment in a multi-family house, which was also occupied until the sale. We carried out cosmetic repairs, which in total (including travel costs) exceed 15% of the purchase price. Nothing was expanded or change...
My wife, who is from abroad, had no income in 2014, except for the minimum amount of parental leave for about 2 months. The marriage took place within this tax year. We are filing our taxes jointly. Can I declare the costs for rent, food, clothing, a...
Financing is on both spouses. The husband is the sole owner in the land register. Bills for the construction of the house are mostly in both spouses' names, with some only in the husband's name. First question: Can only the husband act as the landlo...
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...
Initial situation: Until 30.09.2015 I am resident in DE and earn income from employment. I live in an apartment in my parents' house and have been paying local rent there (proven) for several years. From 01.10.2015 I will move to Zurich and be emplo...
Good day, how do I deal with the following situation tax-wise, my mother-in-law is 82 years old and suffers from dementia, care level 1. Every day, also several times a day, at least 400 times in the year 2014, my wife goes to her mother before wor...
Dear Sir or Madam, We have acquired a holiday home that is permanently rented out - initially for 15 years. The condition was that we opt for value added tax and become entrepreneurs. The rent is therefore transferred plus value added tax. O.K. We ...
Hello, First of all, I would like to explain my situation. I am a software developer, self-employed with a business registration and no employees. I am no longer considered a small business and I still prepare my profit determination using the simpl...
Dear Sir or Madam, I am planning to claim tax relief for a second household ("relocation") and I kindly ask for your support. Since 2010, I have been living with my partner in Berlin. I myself live in Frankfurt am Main. We are not married and do no...
