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> > If you pay a dividend at the end of the year, it’s taxed as capital gains > Really ? Yeah, really. At least this is the way it is in Germany. One should note, though, that taxe…

No, you're the one peddling misinformation here. It's true that you have to tell German authorities about your foreign business (not just your income from that business) for tax pu…

Only if they can prove that you willingly or carelessly neglected your duties as a CEO. These are very narrowly defined, though: https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GmbH-Geschäftsführe…

Well, if OP is making so much that he can easily afford spending 3k/year on a tax consultant and still be left with a considerable amount (say 2-3 times this amount), then I'd say …

In Germany, you don't need a separate legal entity for that. The legal entity is you, as a person. (Also called Gesellschaft bürgerlichen Rechts, GbR, or Einzelkaufmann, depending …

> It doesn't matter if you already have a full time job or not. It does, assuming he's going to have his company pay himself a salary. (Otherwise he'd need to wait for the yearly d…

As a German, I would strongly advise against incorporating too early (at least in Germany). I once made the mistake of founding a UG for a small side project and had to realize at …