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    . . Germany - the taxman cometh

    Criminal Convictions Criminal Convictions There's been a lot of mention on this thread about convictions going onto ECRIS so that your criminal conviction in Germany will follow you to the UK. Well I ran a disclosure check on myself and as of yesterday my record is clean despite a conviction...
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    german tax officials asking for back taxes for previous contract in germany

    Get a German accountant to help you out (I would recommend Claudia Kuffer at expat tax). If you paid tax in UK then there will be the dual taxation stuff to consider. If you worked in DE and didn't register at all there could be problems (i.e. a fine).
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    . . Germany - the taxman cometh

    I left DE in May 2006. The tax enquiries began at the start 2011, but as I moved in 2010 they couldn't contact me (not that they tried very hard). The MARD wasn't raised until January this year. Because I hadn't seen the tax demand, they wiped any interest accrued from 2011. It took me a couple...
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    No To Retro Tax – Campaign Against Section 58 Finance Act 2008

    "Caught out tax avoider". Struggling to know the difference between evasion and avoidance? Paying into a pension? Then you are avoiding tax. Do you have an ISA? Then you are avoiding tax.
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    No To Retro Tax – Campaign Against Section 58 Finance Act 2008

    Nice idea and I see where you're coming from. I suppose if HMRC took direct possession of the house then you would not directly receive any gains. But not sure if you can just hand over assetts onto them that easily.
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    No To Retro Tax – Campaign Against Section 58 Finance Act 2008

    I would be very very surprised if HMRC let you off one type of tax in order to settle another. That sounds like being far too reasonable and I just can't see them ever "waiving" a tax (unless you're a big international corp and treat senior HMRC bods to fine dining).
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    . . Germany - the taxman cometh

    1) I got a breakdown after enquiries with the finanzamt and got a reduction in interest because I hadn't been presented with the figures when they were first calculated. 2) The debt was "established" in 2011 by the DE tax man - so the MARD is still within the time limits. To be honest, the...
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    . . Germany - the taxman cometh

    Well the fine came in at 19K EUR which sounds like it's at the lower end of what I could have expected. I've approached a German lawyer but it sounds like this amount isn't worth contesting because it could end up being a lot more in fees (and possibly an increased fine). So I'll be paying up...
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    . . Germany - the taxman cometh

    Thanks once again BB. Legal advice in Germany and UK is certainly required. I don't want to enter bankruptcy - looks like selling house is only option at the moment. Not that I have any idea of the size of the fine. The tax "evaded" (lets not call it avoided any more) came it a sum of ~24k Euros.
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    . . Germany - the taxman cometh

    Thanks BB The problem is that HMRC are collecting the tax but I've not received the fine. Just wondered how much protection I have living in the uk and not visiting germany again!
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    . . Germany - the taxman cometh

    I got a german accountant to check things out. There was a penalty order raised against me in 2012 but this is the first I've heard about it. The accountant said that I should expect a new one in the next few weeks.
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    . . Germany - the taxman cometh

    He still comeths He still comeths After working in Germany in 2005/06, I received a MARD this week. I was totally oblivious to the illegality of these split-income schemes when I was working there. Due to the number of management companies employing these schemes AND the fact that ALL my...
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