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noxvilleza 5 hours ago

Have multiple friends who have done an Estonian OÜ despite being primarily German. No issues on this tax side.

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ExpertAdvisor01 5 hours ago | parent [-]

If they are still a German tax resident , they are committing tax evasion . § 1 Abs. 1 KStG

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egorfine 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It doesn't really matter.

If you do business in Germany you are evading taxes just by the fact of doing business. Everything and anything you make belongs to the government. It is an unfortunate loophole in the law that temporarily permits you to steal some of your profit back from the government where it rightfully belongs.

Yeah, this is sarcasm, but not really. The practical reality is that it simply makes no sense to incorporate in Germany. For example, the OP missed six months of opportunity just to please the bureaucracy and it's not even the end of it.

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esterna 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

While I won't dispute that 6 months is outrageous, OP has not spent them to "please the bureaucracy", they spent them to escape personal liability should the company go bankrupt. The rest of the post is bemoaning the fact the German government won't let them also permanently reduce the company liability below 25k.

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notanormalnerd 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> OP missed six months of opportunity

OP missed six months of opportunities because he is an idiot, that has been scammed by a tax consultancy that is interested in his money.

He should have setup a UG, start the business and invest into building a GmbH.

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ExpertAdvisor01 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

If you don't like the laws/rules then just leave Germany . There is no justification for tax evasion .

	▲	egorfine an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> If you don't like the laws/rules then just leave Germany Or change something. But yeah, I agree that leaving a country that you don't like is a good solution. I did that myself. > There is no justification for tax evasion The basics of philosophy behind taxation state exactly the opposite: it is an obligation of a business to evade as much tax as possible - as long as it is legal.
	▲	blacklion 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		It is how Russia become what it is: we all be said «If you don't like new law/regulation, go to your beloved USA, you are not a patriot and must be punished». I'm sorry, but Germany is democratic country, and citizen of the country can choose by definition. Leave your motherland because your government is crazy in one way or another? It is nonsense. In reality, sometimes people need to do it (because it becomes too dangerous to stay), but it should not be this way. In any country.

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noxvilleza 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

What if there were multiple (2+) founders of a company, and some lived in Estonia? I think in one case they had a Croatian co-founder as well.

	▲	ExpertAdvisor01 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		This will most likely result in Permanent establishment (PE) in Germany (e.g due to fixed place of business). That means Germany will tax the company anything which is attributable to the German guy.