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Serenajean1 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 05, 2026 3:31 pm Now it appears to be baised on date of death and not date of possestion is that correct?

Yes.

Welp I am back, sadly not on the most pleasent grounds. I lost my mom last month and am now navigating the financial leaglities of inherentance in form of life insurance and 401k investments. I am at a complete loss of what to do- how to cover my bases, what choices to make or who to turn to. Anyon...

In 2025 I/we spent much for health care, dentist, ca 9keur. I intend to report these costs in the 2025 Steuererklaerung, the one I will file sometime in 2026. 1) For the dentist (more than 90% of my/our health care related cost), I have of course the Rechnungen, and proof of payment. Yes, you can a...

You are only allowed to drive on your US driving licence for the first 6 months.

Please read this: https://de.usembassy.gov/driving-in-germany/
and this: https://allaboutberlin.com/guides/conve ... ng-licence

You're an employee . Which is good news, since Germany's highest financial court (the BFH=Bundesfinanzhof right here in Munich) has ruled that employees do not suffer from the ill effects that self-employed do when they claim for a home office within their self-owned flat/house: https://datenbank-nw...

A Freiberufler is not a "juristische Person" (= legal entity). Only a GmbH (or UG) or an AG is one: https://www-justiz-nrw-de.translate.goog/BS/recht_a_z/J/juristische_Person?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp Though it could be that the person at the car dea...

Yes, you can just claim for the interest part, since you are already claiming for the repayment of the capital through the 2% depreciation of the loaded building price (= building share of price+Notar+Makler+Grunderwerbsteuer). Telecommunication costs are not part of the home office cost, you get to...

Nixon wrote: ↑Mon Dec 22, 2025 12:29 am Any news regarding this change?

Have a look here: viewtopic.php?t=766

Not really. But please also read this, for your case, it might make sense if you're accident-prone and do not already have cover through employment: https://www-verbraucherzentrale-de.translate.goog/wissen/geld-versicherungen/weitere-versicherungen/private-unfallversicherung-ueberfluessig-oder-sinnv...

Frantic wrote: ↑Wed Dec 03, 2025 11:35 am Or is this a discound given due to the fact to be just registered as freiberufler ?

This.

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reisenthel Mini Maxi Shopper L I have tried and tested this very light yet sturdy carrier bag over the past 15 years and haven't yet found a better bag. It's big (22 litres), has shoulder straps and is sturdy enough to carry up to 10kg (been there, done that). At the moment, it's 7.96€: https://www...

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Amazon Black Friday offers This solid beech desk (110cm wide, 55cm deep, 76cm high) was just reduced from 231.27€ to 163.02€: https://www.amazon.de/-/en/gp/aw/d/B00INZOXSE/ You can see its historical prices on Keepa.com (and set a price watch): https://keepa.com/#!product/3-B00INZOXSE I have alread...

Back in 2022, it was 150g and people were already calling Edeka out on this Mogelpackung: https://www-tz-de.translate.goog/welt/e ... e_vignette

Normally yes, but since it's not your main source of income, just do it yourself and also take along your bank account statements showing the entry of the 2025 business turnover that you had declared in your Netto-Gewinn-Ermittlung. Income tax approximation (I assume your dividends will be taxed sep...

F/u and questions: I finally got a reply from the case worker and they asked for more documents/information, specifically: Eine Nettogewinnermittlung vom 01.01.2025 bis zum 31.10.2025 * Eine Steuerunbedenklichkeitsbescheinigung, die nicht älter als 2 Wochen ist Kontoauszug zur Miethöhe * for refere...

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