I'm 13 years old, almost 14, and I would like to increase my pocket money a bit as I save on PC equipment.
Since I have a lot of fun creating designs / logos / buildings in my free time (both in Minecraft and on Blender and co.), I would like to know if I can use these services without problems (commercial / taxes / minors) on Fiverr can sell for small pocket money (~ 5-10 euro).
Do I have to be of legal age to do this?
What kind of contracts would I have to accept to sell things at Fiverr?
Do I have to register a business?
Do I then have to register with the tax office (taxes)?
Otherwise I would let that run through my parents if that works…
Actually you have to be of legal age but could go with parental permission
What about the taxes do I have to register or something? Actually, I don't really feel like registering for a long time…
Especially since I offer these services at low prices…
You have to register a business as soon as there's an intention to make a profit, that is the case with you, and of course you also have to pay tax on the income.
https://www.gewerbeanmeldung.de/wann-muss-man-gewerbe-anmelden
While this applies primarily to sales on eBay, it also applies to you:
http://pages.ebay.de/rechtsportal/allg_1.html
http://pages.ebay.de/rechtsportal/gewerbliche_verkaeufer.html
Well-founded (!) Commercial knowledge (including about imprint obligations, right of withdrawal, competition law, liability for material defects / warranty, product liability, product safety law, GDPR, packaging ordinance, liability, taxes, insurance, health insurance, etc.) on your part, I assume that eBay or eBay classifieds A commercial account is of course also mandatory.
Just an example:
A faulty imprint can cost you up to 50,000.00 euro.
And yes, the number of zeros is completely correct:
https://www.bmjv.de/DE/Verbraucherportal/DigitalesTelekommunikation/Impressumspflicht/Impressumspflicht_node.html
As a minor, you need the consent of your legal guardian and that of the family court to register a business.
The family court will check very carefully whether you have the appropriate maturity and the necessary skills and knowledge to be able to run a business.
https://www.gewerbe-anmelden.info/gewerbeschein/minderjaehrige.html
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/...__112.html
And I wouldn't take the chance, the tax offices have software with amazing capabilities…
https://www.test.de/Steuerfallen-fuer-Ebay-Haendler-Wann-das-Finanzamt-bei-Onlineverkaeufen-nachhakt-4802200-0/
Internet trading is a shark tank. And you are not the shark.
Yo, but actually a shame. Since I already spend a lot of free time doing it…
But thanks in any case for the detailed answer!
I don't think I mess with the shark…
Although I absolutely can't understand that Germany has to make everything complicated again, because as far as I know you can easily do something like this in other countries like America, because I've seen many people sell something like this for the equivalent of ~ 5 euro.
Well, that's it, I'm going to have to deliver newspapers.
