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In Germany, can I invoice a client for freelance work without having a business registered?
From my experience in Germany as a part-time freelance software developer with a full-time job (also as software developer), there are a few things to observe:
First of all check if your employer ...
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In Germany, can I invoice a client for freelance work without having a business registered?
Generally, for any kind of payment you receive as freelancer, you have to give an invoice. And in order to be able to do that, you need some sort of legal form, either single-person company or a full ...
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If am living in the UK (and a UK citizen) and working for a company in Germany, what taxes do I need to pay?
As a UK Resident, you will be liable for UK tax on all your income, whether it’s from the UK or abroad.
https://www.gov.uk/tax-foreign-income/residence
However, if you are working as an employee for a ...
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Freelancing in Germany: am I a Freiberufler or Gewerbe?
IANAL, but Freiberufler is actually pretty well defined: Most ventures that you need to be uniquely qualified for can be done freiberuflich - Meaning lawyers, engineers, educators; Artists are deemed ...
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Freelancer in Germany, South African client, do I charge VAT?
In Denmark, the answer would be no for all those countries.
However, when submitting the quarterly/semi-annual VAT to the authorities, one must also register the amount of non-VAT sales (EU and non-...
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Requirements on invoice for expenses to be able to recover the included VAT
Yes, the Freelancer can buy just the same as a private person, and later decide this is a business-expense. Recipient must be the Freelancer himself though, not a friend etc.
The invoice has to ...
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Do I need to register as a freelancer and where?
I don't know specifically for a country, but as far as I know freelancers don't need to register anywhere (might be different for different countries).
If I work with a client or a company not located ...
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If am living in the UK (and a UK citizen) and working for a company in Germany, what taxes do I need to pay?
I understand where and to whom you pay taxes depend on how and where you're registered as a taxpayer. In my case, I'm a tax-payer resident in the the UK (Mexican nationality). My clients are from the ...
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Customer wants me to not disclose my company to the final customer where I should work on site
In a Danish context, what you describe happens now and then; probably most often when foreign recruiters are involved.
I have had one contract that explicitly stated that I had to present myself as ...
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Can I issue this UK client an invoice without their tax number?
You should talk to your tax adviser. If you invoice a client from another EU country, you have to submit a "recapitulative statement" (Zusammenfassende Meldung). For this statement you will need the ...
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Subcontracting freelance work in Germany to non-EU students
As a non-EU student you can work "120 days or 240 half days per year."
(source)
If you're a German citizen concerned with compliance, consider asking the freelancer to incorporate as a business in ...
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Germany: Part-Time Freelance or Gewerbe? How to bill as a web dev?
I'm a full-time web developer with a side hustle as freelance software developer.
Seeing as I want the option to start or stop my side hustle when I want, I was thinking to register as a freelancer ...
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Non-EU citizen in Germany under student visa - how much work can I take?
In Germany you would need to be at least a self-employee. Go to your local city hall and tell them you want to register a business. The procedure is pretty straight forward - It just takes a couple of ...
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What are "payroll companies"?
They did nothing wrong
Here in the States, employees are required to pay taxes, AND there is a mandated employer tax contribution which is "extra" (not included in the base salary). Some employers ...
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Starting as freelance web developer in the summer
As we say over here, "get all your ducks in a row" before you give notice. You said your portfolio only consists of 3 showcases. Perhaps is it only 3 paid examples of your work but you can build more ...
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