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Registering a new business with the German tax office
Who reports what to whom: trade office, municipality and tax office

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Who reports what to whom: trade office, municipality and tax office

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Question 1 of 5

Question 1 of 5

A hairdresser has notified her trade to the trade office. What applies towards the tax office?

nothing more, the trade notification completes the tax registrationshe must also submit the tax registration questionnaireshe only has to act once the tax office writes to her

Question 2 of 5

Question 2 of 5

When must the trade notification under § 14 GewO be made?

within one month of the business startingat the same time as the business startsat the latest with the first advance VAT return

Question 3 of 5

Question 3 of 5

An architect takes up a liberal profession. Whom does he notify?

the municipality, which informs the tax officethe tax office competent under § 19 AOthe trade office, which passes the data to the tax office

Question 4 of 5

Question 4 of 5

A GmbH is formed by notarial deed on 6 July and entered in the commercial register on 20 August. From when does the one-month period for notifying the formation run?

from 6 July, the day of formationfrom 20 August, the day of registrationfrom the company's first invoice

Question 5 of 5

Question 5 of 5

A founder does not submit the questionnaire the tax office requested. How can the tax office respond?

with a fine under § 379 AOwith a coercive fine, up to €25,000 each timenot at all, the duty cannot be enforced

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