If you're earning money with your content... how do you handle taxes?
A university colleague of mine works as a freelance designer and musician, collaborating with numerous companies. Consequently, his income fluctuates wildly; he frequently receives gifts, and he finds the entire tax process incredibly complicated.
He recently had to pay a fine of nearly €5,000 because he kept putting things off and ended up messing it all up.
We're from Germany, and it's very complicated here...
We want to solve this problem—either as a university project or a startup—for creatives, music artists, influencers, and freelancers. There is simply so much for them to keep track of, but we aren't sure how many other people would actually be interested in a solution.
If you're from Germany / Europe**:** We’ve put together a short questionnaire (2–3 minutes) for anyone working in this field. It would be absolutely awesome if you could fill it out; we’d like to get started as soon as possible if there turns out to be enough interest...
https://form.typeform.com/to/ozfwu0Z0
Have you had similar experiences, or do you manage to handle it all just fine? How do you manage to keep track of everything?