How I would start my next startup in Germany without a GmbH (2020)

Re:How I would start my next startup in Germany without a Gm... by mishaker on Saturday June 04, 2022 @01:00PM (#31622697)

The thing is: even if your company is abroad, if you live in Germany then that constitutes "Permanent Establishment". So that means that Germany considers that the company is in its own juridiction so german laws would apply.

This also should be true about the holding (although I am not sure). You cannot simply have a German holding which contains foreign operating companies and not get involved with German bureaucracy. Logically you should report operations of those foreign companies (thus declaring taxes) in Germany. That would be an even more painful headache ...

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Re:How I would start my next startup in Germany without a Gm... by SkyAndSand on Saturday June 04, 2022 @01:11PM (#31622824)

While I generally agree I am wondering if this still applies if you have multiple founders in multiple countries.

Eg the founders are living in Germany, Australia and the US. The company is a German GmbH. You’d probably not automatically create PEs in Australia and the US just some of the founders living there?

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Re:How I would start my next startup in Germany without a Gm... by mishaker on Saturday June 04, 2022 @01:29PM (#31622999)

Yeah that would be yet more complicated. I think it depends on the tax treaties between these countries.

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