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Originally Posted by BlasterBates
The 3/5 rule is easy to satisfy, as if you have a marketing presence you basically satisfy it. The 2/4 rule, which has been reintroduced, is if you have no employees or one client yu are liable for Sozialversicherung. In the past operating a Ltd gave you some protection, but not anymore. Employing your wife, or family is not acceptable. If you have two clients then it can't be the same owner. This is much more difficult to satisfy. So you really need to make sure you satisfy one of these criteria, to be sure. It is really nasty. 
What is bad is that this development is very new so the consequences aren't clear. Up until last year it was "don't worry". |
How big does the other client have to be? I maintain a business web site for a friend who pays me a couple hundred quid a year. Is that enough?
I had discussed this a long time ago with a hardware friend of mine. We figured I could provide web design and support and he could provide me with hardware support at equal costs.