Tax

Even if you are based in Germany as a freelancer, you may want to sell some of your products or services abroad. Likewise, you might be purchasing products or services yourself from outside of Germany. In this guide I will address how to handle the VAT (or “Value added tax”) elements related to these transactions.

If you do not yet have a tax number and a VAT identification number (“Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnummer”) in Germany and need information on how to do this, then I recommend my article “A guide to VAT for freelancers in Germany” which will give you all the information you need. [Continue Reading] about A guide to VAT abroad for freelancers in Germany

Every freelancer or small business in Germany has to deal with the issue of VAT.  It cannot be ignored. VAT stands for “Value added tax”. It is one of the indirect taxes i.e. a tax on the purchase of goods and services. (Direct taxes are directly on the income of an individual). An indirect tax means that the tax is passed on to the final customer as it is added on to the bill for the product or service. [Continue Reading] about A guide to VAT for freelancers in Germany