Private pension insurance in Germany

[Run Guran]

Hi everyone,

I got a one year job offer in Germany as a wind turbine maintenance leader. I am trying to figure it out how much my net salary would be and does it worth the effort to move there for one year. In this net salary calculator there is an option of private pension insurance....

[OldCodger]

Can the assembled tribe recommend where I can straight advice on working in Germany. I've been contracting through a UK PSCfor about 5 years. Now I'm heading to Germany and i'm after straight advice on who to use. I've been directed to some contracting payroll companies who are recommending freiberufler...

[shipshop]

Hi everyone!

I have done a lot of reseearch into this and, while I've found bits and pieces of information that have helped (especially on these forums), I'm finding it difficult to get definitive advice on these particular circumstances so I appreciate any advice. (Apologies for the...

[fineman]

Hi
Looking for some help to clear through the jungle of information. I'm a Brit, co-founder/co-owner of a Swiss IT startup. I supply my services to the Swiss company as a contractor in the UK through my own Ltd company here, working entirely from home. So far so good. My wife is German....

[Bomster1]

Hi All,

As per the title, I know this subject comes up alot, but I think my circumstances are slightly different. I currently plan to proceed as follows, but after researching on here I'm concerned I'm going to get myself into a sh***y situation with the German tax authority!
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[curiousman]

I am a software developer contracting in Germany.

When considering the job, I spoke with the payroll provider recommended by the recruitment agency to discover how much net retention I would have. The example I was provided (76%) was based off of a high expenses figure which is by no...

[Noddy53]

Have successfully been offered my first ever contract (after 26 years in perm employment before being made redundant) with HPE and received my contract today and realised that the recruitment agency used is based in Germany.

The contract states that I will be invoicing the recruitment...

[GermanContractor]

I had an AUG contract with Resource Group in Germany in 2012.

This was an umbrella style contract were they were meant to pay the tax and I was paid the NET amount.

RG were audited by the german authorities and I now have a 15000 euro tax bill.
This partly because...

[lecyclist]

Hi,
I have been working in Germany, paying tax in Germany (as a "freelancer"), and will leave after spending approximately 175 days in the country. So I will be paying tax on my services in Germany, but will not achieve the status where I will be taxed on my global income. When I leave...

[lecyclist]

Hi,

I will soon be working in Munich for 6 months (UK resident, working onsite in Germany for German client, payed by UK agency) and I have 2 payment choices open to me.

1. Get paid by agency approved management company (the MC treats me as Freiberufler, but charges me...

[renyle]

Hello there
An interesting use case here that I thought you might be able to help shed some light on. For the best approach on whether to use an umbrella or not, and implication of going over 183 days in the host country if not going with umbrella

Background
German Company...

[Flyingkiwi]

Are there any websites in Germany like jobsearch that list IT positions?

Cheers

[nerdess]

I do have a German passport but have worked for the last couple of years as a contractor in the UK via my own Limited.

For my next contract I will be based in Berlin and quite likely I will continue contracting in Germany after that for one or two years.

I'd like to keep...

[proto]

I'm very new to contracting and have been trying to read up on the various options available to me (umbrella, self-employed, personal Ltd etc.) but am still not confident about what the best route would be. I also have a few concerns about taxation.

Currently, I am not registered as...

[themeditator]

Hello IT Contractors,

I shall be moving to Germany next month and spending 14 months on a contract.

I was reading up and apparently I need to fill out a P85 form and let the NHS know that I shall be moving etc?

Even though I shall still be maintaining a home...