Hello, first of all, happy new year. I have a question regarding income from rental properties. I own a house together with my mother. This house comes from my grandparents and I inherited part of it after the death of my father. The house has bee...
Hello, the situation is as follows: We generate global revenues in electronic services through an online platform. The payments (credit card payments) are made to external payment providers. These providers pay the money to our bank at irregular int...
I work and live in Osnabrück. From 01.06 this year, I will be moving to Stuttgart with my wife and commuting weekly to work in Osnabrück. My employer is willing to cover the travel and accommodation costs. How does this work tax-wise? Do I have to pa...
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...
Good morning, I have questions regarding severance pay and reducing the expected tax burden. Background: I have reached a judicial settlement with my current employer, in which they will pay me my salaries until the end of 2015 as severance pay in c...
Good day, I am a 23-year-old student who has not had a part-time job so far and is privately insured through my parents (who are civil servants). I will now start working as a freelance contributor for various newspaper editorial offices. My monthly...
My wife and I are going to buy a condominium. Originally, we wanted to grant her parents a lifelong right of residence in this apartment in the land register without any compensation. However, we have now found out that this would incur gift tax. Bas...
Subject: Possible inheritance tax Please advise me: Is the "Solution Idea 2" in the "Details" a solution or not? What is your advice then? Details: Condition: 1. Marriage contract 1990: Separate property 2. Will: Berlin Will 3. House and land owner...
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 ...
Good day! I am currently still in training to become a psychotherapist. During this time, my income is based on self-employment - it is initially held in an account of the training institute and I can gradually pay myself as fees, and of course I hav...
I am currently on parental leave. In the meantime, my employer has publicly advertised my position and has now offered me a termination agreement in which the employment relationship will be terminated by the end of the year, three months before the ...
Hello, I privately acquired a vacant multi-family house in Saxony in December 2012. I would like to live in this house with my family and also operate several guest rooms, possibly even a small guesthouse on the side. The house is planned to be most...
We are a family owners' association consisting of several individuals. I am a retiree and receiver agent for the Fin A and do a lot of work on these properties from the 1950s. Depending on the extent of the necessary work, there are between 140-180 t...
The inheritance was valued in 2006 and reviewed and accepted by the tax office. Three years later, one of the four heirs passed away. Their share is distributed among the remaining heirs. One heir now has the idea to have the inheritance re-evaluat...
Following situation: Married couple, both older than 55, she with her own practice in the basement apartment of the shared residential building. The 47 sqm practice has been half (owned by the wife) operating assets since 1998. So far, so good. But:...
This morning, one of your responses caught my eye. Now I am writing to you because I need help. Perhaps you can answer parts of it and know where I can further inquire. I will simply outline my situation and the questions related to it. I live with ...
Dear Sir or Madam, The following situation exists: In my securities account, there are BMW zero coupon bonds (WKN 480463). These bonds were transferred to this account from other accounts in the year 2001. The personal acquisition data (value and ...
Dear expert, Below is the situation to be assessed and the question: Factual background: The wife (EF) is currently the sole owner of a property with a house. EF and her husband (EM) want to jointly renovate and expand the house as a family home. ...
Dear Sir or Madam, I have been running a business for over 2 years (paying turnover tax), including selling advertising on my website, but now also providing freelance services to clients in the field of internet marketing (SEO, SEA). I would like t...
Hello, following question: Joint will of the biological grandfather and the step-grandmother (step-grandmother is not biological, she is the second wife), grandchildren inherit everything after the death of the last surviving spouse. The grandfathe...
I have bought a property with holiday homes with my partner. 1. Tax office assumes that it is income from a business operation, and not rental income! Regarding 1: Accommodation is not provided. Bed linen and towels only if forgotten (emergency su...
Hello, we have the following situation: Ownership of a condominium split 50/50 between my wife and myself. Last year, we moved into our new townhouse. My father-in-law and his wife moved into our apartment. When financing the house, we included th...
Hello, I have a company car for which I opt for the 1% gross tax as a taxable benefit. Additionally, I also pay tax on the taxable benefit for the "home-workplace" distance of 44km. However, I am now switching to public transportation and have purcha...
Dear Sir or Madam, According to information provided by my tax advisor, I have been subject to limited tax liability since 2009. I have applied for this because I am in Peru for 10 months of the year. I maintain a residence in Germany (2 months of t...
Dear Sir or Madam, My concern is as follows: I would like to occasionally give my employees a fuel voucher as a bonus. As a non-cash benefit up to a maximum of 44 EUR, this should be tax and social security contributions free. When researching the ...
