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In accordance with §138 AO and §14 GewO, you must register your commercial activity with the first one with the competent municipality and the tax office. For the latter, you must fill out a questionnaire for tax collection (FsE) and transmit it electronically,

The tax office will then check your inputs and assign a tax number to you. For “online trading” on Marketplace like eBay, you still need a USt ID to prove that you are taxed.

If you are expecting more than €2,000, the small business operator scheme according to §19 UStG is not eligible. If you’re not a small businessman, you’ll have to go on 10. Upon expiry of the pre-registration period, the sales tax pre-registration is issued to the tax office.

No matter how in the end, you will have to submit your income tax declaration annually and with Appendix EÜR, depending on the approach of the FA, also the VAT Declaration and USt Declaration.

If you don’t sign up your business, this is an offence.