Running a GmbH, selling a company, or hiring a first employee in Germany runs into rules that are rarely explained in plain language. The posts under this tag do that explaining: what a rule does in everyday words first, the German term defined in one sentence, and the technical detail afterwards for the adviser. Topics include the filing calendar of a small company, e-invoicing obligations, what changes at the Handelsregister after a sale, how a share deal and an asset deal differ for the parties involved, and which contracts an owner should have in writing. Every post is written from the position of a founder who is neither a lawyer nor a tax adviser and works with both. That is also the limit: nothing under this tag is legal or tax advice, and each post names the point at which a Steuerberater or Anwalt has to take over before any binding step.
We automated almost every administrative task in a small German holding and hit a wall at the tax return. The blocker is a licence clause rather than a missing feature. Here is the tool matrix, the two walls behind it, the one German tool nobody names, and the deadline that settles the question.
AI-native operationsSoftware and securityLaw and tax notes
No open-source tool can file a German tax return →A Frankfurt owner who wants to grow in Rhein-Main and sell abroad asks whether he may email strangers. In Germany the answer is no, in London to a limited company it is yes. Seven countries with the statutory wording, the cost of one warning letter, and the reply rates that actually hold up.
Law and tax notesConsulting practiceRhein-Main
Cold email is banned in Germany. Where it is lawful →