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by warsteiner70
Fri Sep 27, 2024 12:45 pm
Forum: Taxes & finance
Topic: UK private pension transfer to Germany - QROPS
Replies: 8
Views: 311

Re: UK private pension transfer to Germany - QROPS

Interested in this as well as I am rapidly approaching 55 and have a small UK pension.
by warsteiner70
Fri Aug 02, 2024 11:34 am
Forum: Taxes & finance
Topic: National Insurance Class 3 contributions and German tax
Replies: 22
Views: 890

Re: National Insurance Class 3 contributions and German tax

By the way, the UK is talking about means testing the UK state pension, if they do that, depending on your pension income, you might get a reduced or no UK state pension, after having made all the payments I'm sure this will happen at some point but if we can claim the payments back in the German t...
by warsteiner70
Thu Aug 01, 2024 2:55 pm
Forum: Taxes & finance
Topic: National Insurance Class 3 contributions and German tax
Replies: 22
Views: 890

Re: National Insurance Class 3 contributions and German tax

Great, thanks for the confirmation Panda
by warsteiner70
Thu Aug 01, 2024 11:05 am
Forum: Taxes & finance
Topic: National Insurance Class 3 contributions and German tax
Replies: 22
Views: 890

National Insurance Class 3 contributions and German tax

I know you can claim NI Class 3 contributions for the UK pension in your German taxes but does this also apply for back payments for previous years? For example I have already filed my tax form for this year in Germany however if I decide to make NI Class 3 contributions for 2020/2021, 2021/2022, an...
by warsteiner70
Wed Jul 10, 2024 1:40 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: What got you flummoxed today?
Replies: 95
Views: 8786

Re: What got you flummoxed today?

No, the UK didn't have a central residence register, at least when I lived there. To get a credit anywhere, I needed to show 3 different 'official' bills to prove I live at a certain address...eg a gas, phone and elec bill. The idea of an identity card, or Anmeldung was definitely 'not British ' We...
by warsteiner70
Fri May 03, 2024 2:25 pm
Forum: Traveling in Europe
Topic: Eurostar costs
Replies: 2
Views: 758

Re: Eurostar costs

Thanks for the info. I didn't realise you could book the trips on other sites than Eurostar itself. I haven't used the Eurostar since before covid but may be later this year so will compare the sites when I come to book.
by warsteiner70
Thu Apr 04, 2024 12:01 pm
Forum: Internet
Topic: 1 month DSL/home internet contracts - any experience?
Replies: 6
Views: 963

Re: 1 month DSL/home internet contracts - any experience?

I originally had a 1 month DSL contract with Alice, which was taken over by O2 when they took over Alice probably around 12 or 13 years ago. I've had the DSL since 2007 and have worked from home during this time so have been using the internet at least 8 hours every day Mon - Fri for work as well as...