Taxes for startups – Which tax issues are important for startups?
Taxes are a tedious and complicated topic. Since startups often still need to develop their business concept and also have quite complex business transactions (including financing rounds and changes in shareholders), it's important that you as founders have a solid basic understanding of taxes, even if you have a tax advisor on your side. This tutorial is intended to be a first step in that direction.
In this tutorial, we will discuss how the taxation of a corporation generally works, why VAT means cash for your company, and what special tax issues there are for startups:
- How does the establishment of a GmbH work?
- Should you (co-)found a holding company or not?
- Which tax topics should I be familiar with (sales tax, income tax, corporate and trade tax, loss utilization and loss carryforward, loss of tax losses § 8c KStG)?
- Excursus: Social insurance
