{"id":3263,"date":"2022-06-01T13:19:20","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T11:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interstellar.accountable.de\/?p=3263"},"modified":"2024-11-13T11:56:06","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T10:56:06","slug":"hiring-people-as-a-freelancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interstellar.accountable.de\/en\/blog\/hiring-people-as-a-freelancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s all you need to know about hiring people as a freelancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many self-employed people reach a point where they need support &#8211; and want to hire their own employees for the first time. On this page, we explain who is allowed to hire employees and what you have to consider in terms of tax.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Content<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who is allowed to hire employees?<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How can I hire employees?<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How does insurance work for employees?<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#4\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are my tax obligations as an employer?<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#5\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What information do I need from my employees?<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#6\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to find the right employees?<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#7\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can I hire someone as a small business owner?\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is a subcontractor?<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#9\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a self-employed person, can I employ other freelancers?\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#10\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is false self-employment?<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#11\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conclusion: More success with the right employees<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"1\"><b>Who is allowed to hire employees?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a self-employed person in Germany, you are completely free to hire your own employees. It doesn&#8217;t matter whether you work as a sole proprietor or as a freelancer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a member of the freelance professions, however, you must ensure that hiring employees does not jeopardize your own position. In order to be classified as a freelancer, you must, among other things, carry out your activities &#8220;independently and in a managerial capacity&#8221;.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u27a1\ufe0f <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/interstellar.accountable.de\/en\/blog\/register-freelancer-or-tradesperson\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Registering as self-employed in Germany: Am I a Freelancer or tradesperson?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"2\"><b>How can I hire employees?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want to hire an employee as a self-employed person, you must first apply for a company number, or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Betriebsnummer <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in German. The company number is issued by the Federal Employment Agency, or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arbeitsamt<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and allows you to officially register the employee with both the tax office and for social security benefits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\ud83d\udca1<\/span><b> Tip from Accountable:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Once you have submitted the application for your company number, you usually have to wait about three business days until you receive the number. Therefore, you should submit the application in time to be able to register your employee with the other authorities on time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You will need the following information to apply for your company number:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your name, the name of your company (if applicable), the company address and your contact information<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The business focus of your company<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The contact person for the employment office<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Information about the place of business\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can fill out the application in writing as well as by email, by fax, by phone or directly online.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u27a1\ufe0f <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.arbeitsagentur.de\/bno-prod\/ui\/#\/start\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click here to apply for a company number<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After you have applied for the company number, you still have to register your new employee with the social security authorities and notify the tax office. If your work involves direct contact with food, you must also register your new employee with the respective health authority, or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gesundheitsamt<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"3\"><b>How does insurance work for employees?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Germany, every employer is required to pay social insurance contributions for its employees. Social insurance includes the following five institutions:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Health insurance<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Accident insurance<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pension insurance<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nursing care insurance<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unemployment insurance<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among other things, you will need your company number as well as certain <a href=\"#5\"><strong>information from your employee<\/strong><\/a> to complete the registration. You should obtain this information as soon as possible so that you can officially register the employee in a timely manner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The respective insurance company will tell you which contributions you must then pay for your employees.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u27a1\ufe0f <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/interstellar.accountable.de\/en\/blog\/health-insurance-for-self-employed-kleinunternehmer\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Health insurance for self-employed &amp; Kleinunternehmer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"4\"><b>What are my tax obligations as an employer?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As an employer, you are obliged to pay taxes to the tax office for your employees&#8217; wages. To do this, you must register the employee with your tax office. You can do this easily online via ELSTER.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u27a1\ufe0f <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/interstellar.accountable.de\/en\/blog\/elster\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Everything you need to know about Elster<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is where you can also register your employee with ELStAM, which basically is an electronic income tax sheet. All the necessary information about the employee, such as marital status, religious affiliation (for the possible payment of church tax) and tax class, is recorded there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Good to know:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> You have to register with the tax office responsible for you &#8211; not at the tax office responsible for your employee. For correct tax processing, you must then withhold the appropriate amount of your employee&#8217;s wage tax and regularly pay it forward to the tax office.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"5\"><b>What information do I need from my employees?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In order to successfully complete all these registrations, you will need some information and documentation, both about you as an employer and your company, and about your future employee.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Information from you:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your company number<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your full name<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your company address<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your contact details<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The name of your company, if applicable<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Information from your employee:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Full name<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Date of birth\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact information\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pension insurance number<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Health insurance company membership certificate<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tax identification number<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Social security number<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Information about any wage tax deduction characteristics, such as children, tax class and religious affiliation<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best way to obtain this information and documents is via a personnel questionnaire, which you can combine with the employment contract.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u27a1\ufe0f Freelancing in Germany: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/interstellar.accountable.de\/en\/blog\/freelancing-in-germany-heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-tax-numbers\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s what you need to know about tax numbers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"6\"><b>How to find the right employees?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before you can register with the authorities, you must of course first find the right candidate for the job. On the one hand, certain professional skills and qualifications play a role, but you should also consider to what extent you will need support and how much salary you can pay your new employee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\ud83d\udca1<\/span><b> Tip from Accountable:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If you record all your business income and expenses with our free app, you will quickly have a good overview of what kind of salary you can afford for an employee.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can choose whether you want to hire someone full time or only on a smaller scale. This means you can choose one of the following hiring approaches:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Full-time<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Part-time<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Midijobber<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minijobber\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Working students<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interns<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you need support only for a short time or on a small scale, then mini-jobs are the best option, as they require very little social security contributions and often a flat rate for income tax. This not only saves costs, but also a lot of time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"7\"><b>Can I hire someone as a small business owner?\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, you can also hire an employee as a small business owner. The same rules apply to you as to sole proprietors or tradespeople. You must therefore apply for a company number and officially register the employee with the relevant authorities and pay wage tax.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u27a1\ufe0f Kleinunternehmer Guide: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/interstellar.accountable.de\/en\/?p=3206\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Everything you need to know about the small business regulation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"8\"><b>What is a subcontractor?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An alternative to hiring your own employees is to hire so-called subcontractors. This is especially popular and often done in the construction industry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A subcontractor is an independent company that is hired by another company as a contractor when the company&#8217;s own capacities or knowledge are not sufficient for a job. The subcontractor does not communicate directly with the customer, but rather handles his work directly with the client.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"9\"><b>Can I employ other freelancers?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are self-employed and need project-related support, you can also hire another self-employed person for a short period of time. In this case, the other freelancer acts as a subcontractor who is contracted by you. They will invoice you and will not communicate directly with the client, but will rather handle the work together with you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u27a1\ufe0f <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/interstellar.accountable.de\/en\/blog\/invoices\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Everything you need to know about invoices<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"10\"><b>What is false self-employment?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you hire another freelancer instead of an employee, then you have to make sure that there is no false self-employment in place. This is the case when someone officially works as a self-employed person, but would be classified as an employee according to objective criteria. This is disadvantageous for the freelancer, since they are not covered by the employer&#8217;s social insurance &#8211; and the actual employer saves paying wage tax and social security contributions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, false self-employment is associated with penalties that affect both the client as well as the freelancer. That\u2019s why you should always make sure to comply with the criteria of real self-employment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u27a1\ufe0f <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/interstellar.accountable.de\/en\/blog\/false-self-employment\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Everything you need to know about false self-employment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"11\"><b>Conclusion: More success with the right employees<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Employees are not only a great way to reduce your own workload and bring additional expertise into the company, but can also provide that extra dose of motivation and a professional appearance to customers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, you need to register your new team members correctly for both social security benefits as well as with the tax office to avoid any penalties. But if you comply with all the requirements, nothing will stand in the way of joint success!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many self-employed people reach a point where they need support &#8211; and want to hire their own employees for the first time. On this page, we explain who is allowed to hire employees and what you have to consider in terms of tax. Content Who is allowed to hire employees? How can I hire employees? 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