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by rurban
101 days ago
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I needed one step only, and certainly no tax advisor. Most costly is the health insurance, but you can skip the Gewerbe Anmeldung and taxes and insurances with doing systems SW. You only need a GmbH if you invest money, don't do that. You only need a notary for that. I didn't even need a second bank account. |
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- What you're talking about is working as a freelancer (Freiberufler), which is a subset of a sole proprietor (Einzelunternehmen); these are different business types than a GmbH, and the article is about setting up a GmbH.
- Only setting up a GmbH if you want to "invest money" is overly simplistic. People might choose a GmbH due to limited liability, a more solid shareholder structure, etc. Slightly more generalized, you do have a point that of course a sole proprietorship might be a much better and simpler choice for one-person "companies" who mainly offer software freelancing services.
- Not setting up a separate bank account for your business, GmbH or otherwise, is strongly advised against. Not only by literally 100% of tax advisors, but also by the tax office themselves.