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Homeoffice-Pauschale: 1260 is this only if you do full home office? of few days per week?
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- Sat Mar 28, 2026 8:47 pm
- Forum: Taxes & finance
- Topic: Deductions most expat freelancers in Germany miss
- Replies: 1
- Views: 148
- Thu Mar 26, 2026 4:21 pm
- Forum: Bremen
- Topic: Bored in Bremen
- Replies: 19
- Views: 765
Re: Bored in Bremen
maybe building a side business on a free time could be an entertaining idea
- Wed Mar 25, 2026 12:22 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: What are you listening to right now?
- Replies: 80
- Views: 53220
- Tue Mar 17, 2026 3:10 pm
- Forum: Employment
- Topic: IT freelancing in Germany
- Replies: 7
- Views: 322
Re: IT freelancing in Germany
Just curious, if potential freelancer is expecting yearly income above say 70k per year (rough figure, approximately low gross income for a full time employee) what are the drawbacks in registering a UG/GmbH? Besides the costs of accountant and tax adviser for annual statements I did that too in pa...
- Mon Mar 16, 2026 4:32 pm
- Forum: Employment
- Topic: IT freelancing in Germany
- Replies: 7
- Views: 322
Re: IT freelancing in Germany
I'm not familiar at all with the ANÜ structure you mentioned, but it does sound like the worst of both worlds: you're not doing real freelancing, but you're also not getting the benefits of being a normal employee. Why would anyone go that route, just curious? so I guess you are lucky if you have n...
- Mon Mar 16, 2026 3:52 pm
- Forum: Employment
- Topic: IT freelancing in Germany
- Replies: 7
- Views: 322
Re: IT freelancing in Germany
I'm not in IT, so I can't speak to every issue you've raised, but I am a longterm freelancer. As far as multiple clients are concerned, I always thought you just needed to have multiple clients, period, and the best way to prove this would be with invoices to different clients within a tax year. So...
- Sun Mar 15, 2026 11:32 pm
- Forum: Investments
- Topic: Real estate investment in germany
- Replies: 8
- Views: 527
Re: Real estate investment in germany
yes registration in case of Eigenbedarf is required, I guess he registered there to avoid penalty
if he does not really live in registered address there is post redirection service for that
if he does not really live in registered address there is post redirection service for that
- Sun Mar 15, 2026 3:51 pm
- Forum: Investments
- Topic: Real estate investment in germany
- Replies: 8
- Views: 527
Re: Real estate investment in germany
I would not invest in Germany right now. I know, I know you can die of old age waiting for the price to dip in Germany. But before the Iran war I thought we were due a correction. Now due a collapse. I did however buy 4 apartments in Nürnberg 18 years ago. I rent 2 out furnished, and 2 regular. I m...
- Sat Mar 14, 2026 5:04 pm
- Forum: Employment
- Topic: IT freelancing in Germany
- Replies: 7
- Views: 322
IT freelancing in Germany
if anyone has done please share your thoughts this are my observations: I have freelanced a few times, but only after securing a contract first. Transitioning to freelancing before finding a client is quite risky—especially if you aren’t fluent in German, as most projects require it. There are also ...
- Fri Mar 06, 2026 5:29 pm
- Forum: Taxes & finance
- Topic: Strange maths....
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2175
Re: Strange maths....
The most likely scenario is that the 53.90€ was the "Net" price, and the 11.08€ tax is calculated specifically on the products plus a portion of the shipping, or the store is using a specialized VAT scheme for small businesses
- Thu Mar 05, 2026 4:34 pm
- Forum: Phone
- Topic: dual US and German SIMS
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7460
Re: dual US and German SIMS
I'd say I've spent at least 2 hours trying to change my Google Play profile. The upshot is, there is a button labelled "Change Google Play country to Germany", but when I click it, nothing happens. A friend who moved to Ireland suggested creating a "private sphere" https://suppo...
- Thu Mar 05, 2026 3:14 pm
- Forum: Investments
- Topic: Real estate investment in germany
- Replies: 8
- Views: 527
Re: Real estate investment in germany
I am in a short-term furnished rental since I just arrived in Berlin at the end of January. My neighbor across the way told me that the previous tenant had lived here 37 years, but that the landlords claimed Eigenbedarf and kicked her out. The place stayed empty for a few months, and then they star...
- Wed Mar 04, 2026 12:20 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: What are you listening to right now?
- Replies: 80
- Views: 53220
- Tue Mar 03, 2026 12:17 am
- Forum: Taxes & finance
- Topic: Elstam data
- Replies: 6
- Views: 337
Re: Elstam data
Thanks for the reply, I work on bit later time zone, any time I called them, they were not available so I was thinking if there is any other possibility ? I applied for elster activattion letter per post, which never arrived, so I think they have my non German address recorded in system. So you don...
- Mon Mar 02, 2026 9:51 pm
- Forum: International politics
- Topic: What do you think about Iran conflict?
- Replies: 50
- Views: 2079
- Mon Mar 02, 2026 9:21 pm
- Forum: Taxes & finance
- Topic: Elstam data
- Replies: 6
- Views: 337
Re: Elstam data
sure that is an option, but somehow employers are able to retrieve it online by giving Tax ID and person name/DOB
I thought I could log in to some accounting system and view my data
- Mon Mar 02, 2026 7:26 pm
- Forum: Taxes & finance
- Topic: Elstam data
- Replies: 6
- Views: 337
Re: Elstam data
Thanks for the reply, I work on bit later time zone, any time I called them, they were not available
so I was thinking if there is any other possibility ?
I applied for elster activattion letter per post, which never arrived, so I think they have my non German address recorded in system.
so I was thinking if there is any other possibility ?
I applied for elster activattion letter per post, which never arrived, so I think they have my non German address recorded in system.
- Sun Mar 01, 2026 11:41 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Blocking of address retrieval
- Replies: 5
- Views: 482
Re: Blocking of address retrieval
I find this system horrible that anyone can walk in and get my address other countries have no melderegister at all, but they are managing fine debt collections at least there should be court order saying that person really owes money to allow to search his private address so basically current law s...
- Sun Mar 01, 2026 4:46 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Blocking of address retrieval
- Replies: 5
- Views: 482
Blocking of address retrieval
Hi all I applied for blocking of address , meldeauskunftsperre I dont really like the idea of my address being searched by anyone I got reply to provide evidence of harm etc, which I replied 2 weeks ago, they send one more reply to provide evidence and extended initial 1 month block for 1 more month...
- Sun Mar 01, 2026 1:14 am
- Forum: Phone
- Topic: dual US and German SIMS
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7460
Re: dual US and German SIMS
I have multiple sim cards for 4 or 5 different countries, all in one phone , dual sim plus couple of esim you have to set also multiple google play profiles to access different country apps if required , as something like Edeka may not be possible to access with US google play not a rocket science b...