Plain-English guidance on German taxes, side income, and the paperwork nobody explained to you — from someone who has actually filed the forms.
So you’ve got a solid Job (capital J, the one with the Arbeitsvertrag and the pension contributions), and you’ve also got An Idea — some consulting on the…
Let’s be honest: nothing says „welcome to Germany“ quite like opening a letter from the Finanzamt, seeing a form with the word „Anlage“ on it, and immediately wondering…
I grew up in an expat family and moved to Germany as a kid, when my parents relocated here. I watched up close how quickly things can get complicated — self-employment, taxes, the pension system — and how much harder that gets without someone to explain it in plain terms.
That's the gap Settled & Sorted is meant to fill. I want the next person moving to Germany to understand the bureaucracy early enough to build a solid financial foundation, instead of piecing it together the hard way, one confusing letter at a time.