The $500 Ladder

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The playbook · Edition 007 · Germany

Two exemptions, one seller: using another member state’s small-business threshold while Germany taxes you at home

The step-by-step playbook behind A German microbusiness can bill €100,000 VAT-free, but only €25,000 of it in Germany.

What is inside

  1. The one-page conclusion
  2. Phase A · Standing it up
  3. Phase B · The first foreign customer, and the first twenty
  4. Phase C · Holding two ceilings at once
  5. The thresholds and the rates
  6. The rules that govern it
  7. One sale, end to end
  8. Records and the proof file
  9. Counterparties and dependencies
  10. Who is responsible for what
  11. Risk, gates and the long watch
  12. The pre-assessment in full
  13. Cost, timeline and break-even
  14. Launch checklist and the 30 / 60 / 90
  15. Not yet verified
  16. Sources