Have you been offered a business opportunity to provide services in Germany? Are you concluding a business cooperation agreement with a German company? Before entering the German business market, it is good to know that you need to obtain quite a few documents and permits to work in Germany. You must fulfill your obligations in the field of labor law as well as in the field of taxation of companies, employees and VAT obligations.

For companies who wish to extend their construction services to the German market, we offer assistance in obtaining the most important documents. This will keep your business in Germany running smoothly and in accordance with German law.

Step 1 - Zoll application

Employers domiciled in foreign countries or companies hiring workers in Germany from companies domiciled in foreign countries are required to report their employees to the German Customs Service (Zoll) and to declare that they fulfill the working conditions in force in Germany. Workers must be registered from the first working day in Germany and the registration must be done for every specific construction site. At the SGC d.o.o. We arrange your application for you quickly and easily and this ensures that you are urgently applying to the German authorities, thus avoiding the heavy fines that you can get if you do not or do not do it right!

Step 2 - Soka-bau

Germany has set up a workers' compensation fund for workers in the construction industry. In the German tax sense, the construction industry is considered in the broadest sense, so it is necessary to inquire at the Soka-Bau office whether or not the activity you are engaged in is a fund and whether you have to pay a contribution to the fund. At the SGC d.o.o. we help you with you obatining this Soka-bau certification. Trust this work with experts, and in the meantime you will be able to focus on other things. the organization of the work itself in Germany.

Step 3 - Freistellungsbescheinigung

In the case of doing business with foreign legal entities in Germany, the activity of construction and assembly is taxed with construction tax (Bauabzugssteuer) in the amount of 15%, which is paid by the German client. If a Slovenian company obtains a certificate for exemption from paying this tax, then the obligation to pay the tax naturally ceases.

A certificate of exemption from the payment of construction tax is required for every foreign company that performs construction, assembly or installation services in Germany. The certificate is not a condition for starting work, but it is a condition for payment of the invoice by the client. If you do not submit the certificate to your client, he must withhold 15% of the invoice value from you when paying the invoice and remit it to the German financial office with each invoice payment. Withheld construction tax can be reclaimed, but only after checking the tax obligations at the beginning of the following year. The check of tax obligations is a calendar review of all documentation related to work in Germany and through which possible tax or income tax obligations to the German state are determined. AND, of course, our company can help you get it.

For more information call us at 00386 (0) 70 77 77 04 or email us at info@spinconsulting.eu so we can advise you professionally and prepare for you our comprehensive range of services today.