Dong Qiangqiang's Story of Leaving Germany

Chapter 140

"First of all, I want to make it clear that there are companies that meet all your requirements." The bald man smiled, "And if you don't start a company for reasons such as immigration, long-term residence, and family reunion, When you apply at the industrial and commercial side, your approval time will be correspondingly shorter, which is a very good advantage.”

Hearing what he said, Dong Qiangqiang immediately became excited: It seems that it is not so difficult to start a company in Germany, so why are there no Chinese people?
"The one-person company like you just said is theoretically fine, but if you have only one person, you can only outsource a lot of your transactional work. For example, the company's financial work, after all, you will always need an accountant Can you help you with your bookkeeping and year-end tax returns?"

Dong Qiangqiang only thought about saving labor costs, but he really didn't think about this issue. "Then what?" he asked urgently.

"Don't worry, there are solutions to these problems, listen to me." The bald man said patiently, "Actually, the most fundamental problem lies in your budget."

"My budget?" Dong Qiangqiang was a little confused, "Isn't 1 marks enough?"

"Although it is cheap to register a company in Germany, it still costs a lot." The bald man spread his hands and counted his fingers while counting, "First of all, to register a company in Hannover, the registered capital needs to be at least 5 marks. Before you apply for registration You need to let the industrial and commercial review agency see that there is so much money in your company bank account. Secondly, you need a company’s registered address. Of course, you can also find it yourself. If you can’t find a suitable one, we can also give you You recommend."

Dong Qiangqiang quickly recorded the bald man's request in his notebook.

"The address we provide you is charged 100 marks per month and 1200 marks per year. You must pay for the whole year. If you use our address, you must use the matching forwarding service, because your company may Received some business or tax letters, the fee is relatively low, only 200 marks a year. And the accounting and bookkeeping we just mentioned, if outsourced to us, we will charge 1500-2400 marks per year Fees, it depends on the complexity of your business. When it comes to the company’s year-end tax declaration, there will be 500-600 marks per year. In addition, there will be membership fees for business associations, TV fees, and notary fees every year. Miscellaneous expenses, etc., but these are not many, and the total is within 600 marks. That's about it."

"That is to say, when I apply, there must be at least 5 marks in the company account, and then regardless of whether my company has income, I have to pay 4000-5000 marks to you or the tax office or other institutions every year?"

"Yes, but this is not over yet," the bald man continued, "Because you are running a one-person company, the legal person must also be yourself. According to regulations, if you don't want to apply for immigration through starting a company, the company legal person can You don’t need to pay yourself. But if you recruit more employees in the future, then you have to consider paying employees.”

"If this is the case, how much salary should I pay my employees?" Dong Qiangqiang asked curiously.

"It's hard to say. The salary gap between different jobs is also very large." The bald man picked up a document from the table and glanced at it, "Data shows that the average monthly salary in Germany last year was about 2500-3000 marks Between. Of course, this is the data of large companies, I guess the average monthly salary of employees in small and micro companies like yours may be around 1000-1500 marks."

Seeing Dong Qiangqiang's stunned expression, the bald man said seriously: "In addition to paying the employee's salary, you also need to provide him with monthly insurance and other necessary employee benefits. The social insurance is about 15%-20% of his salary income. Bar."

"That is to say, if I recruit an additional employee, I will have to spend 1150-1800 marks every month for his salary and insurance," Dong Qiangqiang stammered, "I will have to pay another one year. 13800-21600 marks? If you count the money you just mentioned, it is 17800-26600 marks per year?"

"That's right." The bald man had a professional smile on his face.

"Fortunately, I don't have to pay myself a salary." Dong Qiangqiang said happily, clutching his chest.

"That's about it for the second part." The bald man took a sip of water.

"The second part?" Dong Qiangqiang was startled, suspecting that his ears had misheard, "Is there a third part?"

"The 100 marks per month I mentioned just now is the monthly rental fee that you will pay us when you use our address to apply for starting a company, but this is not the property rental fee on the address. The property rental fee in different locations is also It’s different, some are 15-20 marks per square meter per month, some are 30-50 marks, and the outer edge of the city center like ours costs 12 marks. Hey, I can’t give you this part of the cost Forget it, it’s up to you to choose.”

No wonder he laughed just now, his prediction was really naive.Dong Qiangqiang sighed in his heart.No wonder no one starts a company, it's fucking expensive.

Suddenly his heart moved, and he asked: "What if I don't need an actual office space? For example, what if I work from home in Soho?"

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At two o'clock sharp, when the gate of SAFE opened, Lu Wei was the first to rush in.

After walking a few steps, she saw Anna's nameplate on the office door in a corner, and she raised her hand and knocked on the door lightly.

"Come in," said the person in the room.

*
"It depends on what your company's business is. Some companies may have customers visiting every day. If you are at home, um, it's not suitable. But if you don't need to entertain customers every day, then you can actually work from home. It’s no problem. It mainly depends on your business.” The bald man breathed a sigh of relief, “The numbers we mentioned above are ranges, and the specific numbers must be based on the actual amount. There is a rough idea."

Dong Qiangqiang whispered helplessly and embarrassingly: "Well, then my budget may...not be enough."

"That's why the review agency will first check whether there is 5 marks in the company's bank account when applying. If you save a little, this 5 is almost the entire cost of your first year of starting a company."

"This..." Dong Qiangqiang felt a chill all over his body.

Seeing Dong Qiangqiang's embarrassment, the bald man looked familiar: "Many Germans often think that starting a company is cheap, but in fact the cost of starting a company is not low."

Dong Qiangqiang wanted to leave immediately, but he was embarrassed and turned his head away, pretending to ask: "Then if there is no problem with the materials submitted during the application, how long will it take for the approval?"

"If the materials are complete and everything goes well, it will take about 3-4 months from submitting the registration materials to obtaining the court registration certificate. Of course, this is also a theoretical time, and it may be faster or slower in practice. Holidays, you understand." The bald man said very straightforwardly.Dong Qiangqiang has also heard before that there are many holidays in Germany, and once there are holidays, many things will be postponed.

"Well, I understand, thank you for your time." Dong Qiangqiang stood up hesitantly, and shook the bald man's hand solemnly, "I'll go back and think about it."

"No problem, you are welcome to come and communicate at any time. This is my business card." The bald man smiled and stuffed a business card with bright gold letters on a black background into Dong Qiangqiang's hand.

(End of this chapter)