Guides
Guides for creators: what the tax office says, by topic.
Every guide rests on statutes and the influencer guidance of the state tax administrations and names the source of each statement. What applies to you is for your tax adviser to say.
Tax & business registration
When you pay tax, how to register your business, what applies alongside a job and what you can deduct.
Influencer taxes
Income tax above the Grundfreibetrag, VAT, Gewerbesteuer above €24,500, EÜR, deadlines: what five state tax administrations say.
Registering a trade as an influencer
When the duty to register applies, trade or freelance, questionnaire, IHK, side business, TikTok Shop and UGC, with sections.
Kleinunternehmer limit
€25,000 and €100,000: what counts and what happens when you cross, with sections and sources.
Influencer as a side job
Employed and a creator on the side: business registration, the €410 threshold, tax return, parental leave, parental allowance and health insurance, with sections.
Influencer expenses
Phone, camera, laptop, internet, home office, clothing: what you can deduct as a creator, over how many years and what not, with sections.
Free samples & products
What free products are for tax purposes, at what value you record them and what to keep on file.
TikTok Shop samples
Video deadline, fulfilment rate, tax and evidence for every free sample.
Tax on TikTok Shop samples
Income, value, VAT and the €50 myths: what the tax administration says about free products.
Tax on free products
PR packages, gifts, hotel nights, barter deals: when benefits in kind are income, how you value them and what you record, with references.
Income by platform
Creator Rewards, AdSense, subs and donations: what applies to money from TikTok, YouTube and Twitch.
TikTok income and tax
Creator Rewards, LIVE gifts, TikTok Shop commissions and brand deals: income tax, VAT, Kleinunternehmer, with the sections behind each point.
YouTube income and tax
AdSense Gutschrift, VAT, USt-IdNr., EC Sales List, Kleinunternehmer and input tax, with the sections behind each point.
Twitch income and tax
Subs, bits, ads, donations: income tax, VAT on payouts from the US, tax number and records, with the sections behind each point.
Invoices & imprint
How to invoice brands correctly, when the reverse charge applies and what belongs in your imprint.
Invoicing brands
Mandatory details, e-invoicing, Kleinunternehmer, brands abroad, payment terms: what belongs on the invoice for a collaboration.
Reverse charge invoices
Brand or agency abroad: place of supply, the invoice wording in German and English, VAT ids, Zusammenfassende Meldung, third countries and Kleinunternehmer, with the sections behind it.
Impressum for influencers
Who needs one, what goes in, where it belongs on TikTok and Instagram and what you can do about your address, with sections and sources.
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