Totally agree! My goal also wasn't to avoid paying taxes. I just would like to have a fully digital and less bureaucratic system for it. But well, I guess I have to wait until Germany finally gets that.
I still live in (and don't plan to change it) in Germany. So I guess the whole thing doesn't really work for me. The goal of the whole operation would have been to make bureaucracy easier, but that doesn't seem to work. So ... it's a no do, unfortunately.
Thanks for chiming in and also many many thanks for the great blog post :)
Yes, I came to the same conclusion. It's a nice construct, but not for EU residents like me. So I guess I'll go for a german UG/GmbH or cancel the whole project at all.
Thank you! Yes, that's why I'm looking for a simpler and less bureaucratic alternative. I'm totally fine with general accounting and taxes. But I would be happy if there was an alternative somewhere where you don't have to go to a notary for every little change and don't necessarily need a tax advisor because you have to talk to five different tax offices. Germany really makes it more complicated than it needs to be.