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I cannot believe there are people defending this.
What? So you should just be allowed to do as you please? Start with an eco-retreat on your winery. Then build out luxury apartments? Then where to go from here? Maybe get rid of the winery for a golf course? Creep your way into a luxury resort? Where is the line?
Before Europe gets lumped in as one country, founding a company in Netherlands and Sweden, speaking from personal experience, is a breeze. Although Sweden is a bit strange in the fact that banks have as much equal say as the government authority does in you starting a company, and if they don't want you as a customer, they can simply deny the right for your company to start!
That's true anywhere, if the banking system does not like you, you are done.
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I cannot believe there are people defending this.
What? So you should just be allowed to do as you please? Start with an eco-retreat on your winery. Then build out luxury apartments? Then where to go from here? Maybe get rid of the winery for a golf course? Creep your way into a luxury resort? Where is the line?
> Which leaves the only real question. Why 25,000 at all? It is my company and my risk. If I want to start with nothing, that is my call, not a toll the state collects before it will let me try. And the cheap door has a price of its own: to some clients, “UG” reads as “not serious,” and they would rather deal with a GmbH. The structure built to let me in quietly marks me for using it. The 25,000 is there to make sure…
So question is, why are you starting company in Germany, this is EU, start in better country.
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Americans on the internet don't have confederate flags up and vote for Trump either. If you wanted to talk about how patriotism manifests on the internet, say so.
Americans IRL only rarely have Confederate flags these days. If you want to discuss the extreme right, say so.
I've run a tech business on three continents, and nothing comes close to the Kafkaesque labyrinth of the German world. Everything is unbelievably complicated and over-engineered, and every layer is immune to change. Every rule was rational when it was added, and now everyone has a financial stake in continued complexity. The German notary is the highest-paid notary in the world, and the highest-earning professional i…
German notaries, unlike anywhere in the world, get a percantage of a done deal. That is just insane.
"The notary serves as a neutral party ensuring both buyer and seller understand their obligations. In 2026, combined notary and land registry fees typically range from 1.5% to 2% of the property price."
This is actually lower than the real estate agent percentage in USA which can be 5 to 6% split between two agents.
Also, the GP "The German notary is the highest-paid notary in the world, and the highest-earning professional in the country."
I thought for sure pilots, aviation specialists, medical fields would earn more. I'm dubious of the claims that a notary is the highest earning profession. Perhaps some cherry picking is being done.
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If you don't like the laws/rules then just leave Germany . There is no justification for tax evasion .
> 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.
Tax evasion is always illegal.
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> You were never supposed to incorporate a company. You were supposed to get a job at Volkswagen. This is it. They can't fathom a world in which people do their own thing. What gives me pause for thought though, is the fact that the German economy does comparitively well within the EU.
Germany is generally averse to any kind of social mobility.