▲ | csomar 6 days ago | ||||||||||||||||
This is fraud and you'll end up in jail. Your company is not "you". You are a shareholder but as a CEO, you should do what's best for the "company" and what you described is criminal activity to bankrupt the company. | |||||||||||||||||
▲ | merek 6 days ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
It's not bankruptcy if the company has no liabilities. You're allowed to wind down a profitable company because you can't be bothered running it any more. A question of legality might come from German authorities determining if this is solely to avoid tax, which is open-ended. It might be hard for them to make this argument if you can prove you transferred operations to country X to maximize company's growth, access local talent, closer proximity to customers etc. Regardless, anther commenter pointed out that the exit tax applies to all companies that you own regardless of location. In that case, the approach isn't feasible. Also it goes without saying, seek your own legal advice rather than trusting random comments on the internet. | |||||||||||||||||
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▲ | bluecalm 6 days ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||
I guess if you have a limited liability company but in some countries at least you don't have such duty when running a one person or a small partnership shop. |