Founding a company in Germany: €9600, 152 days and I still can't send an invoice

Re:Founding a company in Germany: €9600, 152 days and I stil... by irwt on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @03:30PM (#48664632)

I don't think you've lived in many EU or Asian countries... While incorporation sucks in France, Spain, and Germany, in most North European countries, East European countries, and even in most Balkan countries, it's a breeze (when compared to Germany).

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Re:Founding a company in Germany: €9600, 152 days and I stil... by anonzzzies on Thursday June 25, 2026 @02:21AM (#48669696)

Incorporation might be easy in some places but then getting a bank account for the company is hard if you or some of other shareholders don't live there; then you still have nothing useful and a lot of paperwork to go.

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Re:Founding a company in Germany: €9600, 152 days and I stil... by irwt on Thursday June 25, 2026 @04:09PM (#48678599)

That's completely irrelevant to the discussion. Creating a bank account as a non-resident is even in the US not that straight forward.

Let me guess, you're German? Germans will say they're not very patriotic, but really the way German patriotism manifests is a resistance to outside criticism paired with a stubborn insistence that it's worse in other countries.

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