[ArtRichards]

In general, as an individual entrepreneur/'business owner'/selbstandiger in germany, and also in the US, its neigh impossible in Germany to perform your own accounting/tax filings; and the idea of an LLC is very difficult to obtain (see how companies like Starbucks structure their limited liability with an 'AG & Co. KG')

Combine this with the lack of 'safety net' for someone who owns the business (you dont qualify the same as if you were a regular non participatory employee) and the lack of angel funding/froth in general... its not as simple as you may imagine, especially for non citizens.

Its possible, but its not as simple :)

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[jashmatthews]

Paying private health insurance and pension is, inalmost all cases, better for an internationally mobile founder anyway!