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Either make your own UG or use individual W8 form for US company (reverse charge in DE, no VAT). Still, you need to have at last 20% of your income from another source if you stay a freelancer. Ideally if the US company had two legal entities and you could issue invoices to both. Most people start their own GmbH with all the increased taxes it brings.


Wouldn't that still be a grey zone to just invoice two different legal entities even though they are technically the same?


I don't know, it's best to discuss with a lawyer of course. Still, if they are two different entities with two different TINs, why would that matter to the tax office?




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