3rd Aug, 2009

Becoming a GmbH

For the last 7 years I’ve been self employed “Einzelfirma”. However with the business we now have on the books and the liability it potentially brings  I thought it made sense to become the equivalent of a Limited company here in Germany (GmbH). What a bloody nightmare.  First I needed to become an “einzelkaufmann”. Got that eventually and now I’ve finally handed in my documents to the relevant authorites to become a GmbH. I need to change everything, the whole back office system, I need to give myself a contract and pay myself a fixed wage, I needed a heap expensive yearly accounts document and had to list every single business asset we have including every piece of furniture etc. I’m still finding out things I have to do. What a pain in the backside. Hopefully however I will be a fully fledged GmbH by September.

Leave a response

Your response:

Categories