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Propelloni 88 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: We don't need startups, we need Digital-Mittelstan...

No the OP, but Scheinselbstständigkeit is one of the scarecrows of freelancers and their clients in Germany. It is actually not very difficult, but in certain cases it is very limiting. If you can read German, here is a handy reference sheet, which is distributed by virtually all tax advisors [1].

[1] https://www.sup-kanzlei.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Scheinselbs...

jamiedumont 88 days ago [–]

And if you can't read German, it's very similar to the IR35 [0] rules that we have here in the UK.

Effectively... "Don't work as a freelancer for a company if they are your only client. That's employment."

[0]: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/understanding-off-payroll-workin...

__d 88 days ago | [–]

Same in Australia.

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