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Originally Posted by darmstadt
I'm not too sure what you mean by Social Insurance, do you mean pension, unemployment, etc? If so then I haven't paid it since I started contracting, in fact the BfA told me it wasn't worth it. I work as a freiberufler as well and pay UST (quarterly in advance) and your normal tax which, as you probably already know, is quite complicated. As for the other stuff, thats all done privately. However for me its probably different to many other Brit contractors as I'm resident here...
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I mean Sozialversicherungsbeiträge, and the Scheinelbständigkeit. I am resident in Germany, but I've been working in Switzerland recently. When I started contracting in Germany like you I was told not to pay in, but then the there was the Scheinselbständigkeit Law in 2000 or 2001, at the time contractors were worried but in 2002 they set the criteria for "Scheinselbständigkei" 3 from 5 so it was easy to avoid. I've had a look recently and I've noticed they've gone back to the original criteria 2 from 4, i.e. if you work for one Auftraggeber and no employees you're liable, though it îs "grey". But what is particularly worrying is the fact they're checking on preople who haven't paid in. This could easily lead to a detailed check. It strikes me they're getting serious. I think you really do need to employ someone or have more that one client. I presume you have more than one client, is that true?
worrying article
I received Kontenklärung in March this year.