{"id":12489,"date":"2025-04-01T13:00:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T13:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bosporus24.de\/?p=12489"},"modified":"2025-03-28T11:41:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T11:41:11","slug":"rechtsformwahl-und-deren-buerokratische-folgen-z-b-gbr-vs-gmbh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bosporus24.de\/en\/rechtsformwahl-und-deren-buerokratische-folgen-z-b-gbr-vs-gmbh\/","title":{"rendered":"Choice of legal form and its bureaucratic consequences (e.g. GbR vs. GmbH)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The choice of Legal form<\/strong> is one of the most important decisions<\/strong>when you set up a company in Germany. It not only influences liability, but also the bureaucratic effort<\/strong>which Costs<\/strong>and how you have to register with the tax office, commercial register, etc.<\/p>\n

GbR - partnership under civil law<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Advantages:<\/h3>\n
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    Quick and easy to set up<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    No minimum capital required<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Little bureaucracy<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    No entry in the commercial register necessary<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Disadvantages \/ bureaucratic consequences:<\/h3>\n
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      Personal liability<\/strong> with the entire private assets<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      No own company name in the legal sense (only first name + surname)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Not suitable for complex or growing companies<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      No separate legal personality<\/strong> (the shareholders act in their own name)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      No obligation for double-entry bookkeeping (but clean bookkeeping is still necessary)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      As an employer:<\/h3>\n
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        You need a Company number<\/strong>to register employees<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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        Every shareholder must be registered with the tax office<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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        The GbR receives a joint tax number<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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        No VAT ID number mandatory, but possible<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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        Brief comparison: GbR vs. GmbH<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
        Point<\/td>\nGbr<\/td>\n\u00a0Ltd.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0Foundation<\/td>\n\u00a0Simple, informal (written contract recommended)<\/td>\n\u00a0Notarization required<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0Capital requirements<\/td>\n\u00a0No minimum capital<\/td>\n\u00a025,000\u20ac share capital (12,500\u20ac at the start)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0Liability<\/td>\n\u00a0Private & unlimited<\/td>\n\u00a0Only with company assets<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0Commercial register<\/td>\n\u00a0Not required<\/td>\n\u00a0Mandatory<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0Bookkeeping<\/td>\n\u00a0Simple bookkeeping<\/td>\n\u00a0Double-entry bookkeeping + balance sheet obligation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0External impact<\/td>\n\u00a0Less serious for large orders<\/td>\n\u00a0Greater trust with customers & partners<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0Suitable for<\/td>\n\u00a0Small projects with little risk<\/td>\n\u00a0Growth-oriented & professional companies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Die Wahl der Rechtsform ist eine der wichtigsten Entscheidungen, wenn du ein Unternehmen in Deutschland gr\u00fcndest. Sie beeinflusst nicht nur die Haftung, sondern auch den b\u00fcrokratischen Aufwand, die Kosten, und […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,231],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-buerokratie-und-behoerdenwege-fuer-unternehmen","category-rechtsformwahl-und-deren-buerokratische-folgen-z-b-gbr-vs-gmbh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bosporus24.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bosporus24.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bosporus24.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bosporus24.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bosporus24.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12489"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bosporus24.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12490,"href":"https:\/\/bosporus24.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12489\/revisions\/12490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bosporus24.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bosporus24.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bosporus24.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}