Investing in German Real Estate from abroad – is your company liable to corporate or personal income tax?
Assessment of company‘s legal type for tax purposes
Foreign investors earning income from German real estate are generally liable to German income tax on this income. The German tax system differentiates between natural persons, which are taxed with personal income tax and corporations, which are taxed with corporate income tax. Foreign companies could be categorized either as corporation or as private company, which would be taxed with income tax as applicable for its members.
In the following article we will provide an overview how companies are assessed and categorized for German tax purposes.