Ask HN: Germans, how to work legally remote?

Re:Ask HN: Germans, how to work legally remote? by Ded7xSEoPKYNsDd on Sunday August 04, 2019 @11:46AM (#20607205)

My understanding is that in your 2nd scenario (contractor), the tax/social security authorities might at some point decide that this is Scheinselbständigkeit, and therefore it's actually been scenario 1 all along. What I'm unclear about is whether they'll try to collect from the worker in DE or the company in the US.

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Re:Ask HN: Germans, how to work legally remote? by ohthehugemanate on Monday August 05, 2019 @04:53AM (#20612456)

AFAIK Scheinselbständigkeit is a threat for the company, not the worker... and it's not a threat if the company is not based in DE.

But then, I always maintained one or two other contracts on the side. They made up less than 5% of my income, but their names were in my list of invoices. My tax advisor thought this was a good idea.

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Re:Ask HN: Germans, how to work legally remote? by throwaway9283i on Sunday August 04, 2019 @01:05PM (#20607764)

Probably from me. It wouldn't even be a problem for me. I even would pay all of this upfront so there is no hassle five years later.

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