Founding a Company in Germany: €9,600 Spent, 5 Months Waiting, Still Unable to Invoice
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Carmine Paolino
Summary
A founder documents the bureaucratic nightmare of starting a company in Germany over five months. Despite spending over €9,600 in fees, share capital, and professional services, and completing registration of two companies, the author still cannot issue a single invoice due to a stalled tax office registration process. The piece provides a step-by-step timeline with costs attached to each bureaucratic hurdle, highlighting the absurdity of a system where the state and its intermediaries collect payments instantly while the entrepreneur remains unable to conduct business.
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· 4 pulledI have spent more than 9,600 euros to start a company: a little over 7,600 in fees and bills, plus 2,000 in share capital frozen in an account I am not allowed to touch.
Every single one of them, on time.
I have not been able to send a single invoice of my own.
The work is happening. The clients are real
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