Starting a Business in Berlin

90 91 Starting a Business in Berlin A Beginner’s Guide IMPORTANT TERMS AND NAMES The most important vocabulary that frequently crops up (e.g. in the Gewerbeanmeldung paperwork when registe- ring your business): Residency/Residence permit Aufenthalt/-sgenehmigung Unemployment insurance contributions Arbeitslosenversicherung Foreigner/Immigration authority Ausländer-/Behörde Employer’s liability insurance association Berufsgenossenschaft Operation Betrieb German Patent and Trade Mark Office Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt Equity Eigenkapital Sole trader Einzelunternehmen Permit/Permit obligation Erlaubnis/-pflicht Tax office Finanzamt Freelancer Freiberufler Shareholder Gesellschafter Trade/commerce – office – registration – traders – tax Gewerbe –amt –anmeldung –treibender -steuer Cooperative/Association register Genossenschafts-/ Vereinsregister Start-up Gründung Commercial register – extract – entry/Register Handelsregister –auszug – eintragung/Register HELPFUL WEBSITES Berlin Partner talent-berlin.de/en Make it in Germany: for qualified professionals make-it-in-germany.com/en Germany Trade & Invest gtai.de/GTAI/Navigation/EN/welcome.html Business Location Center businesslocationcenter.de Business Welcome Service of the IHK Berlin ihk-berlin.de/business-welcome-service The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy’s ‘Starting your own business’ portal existenzgruender.de/en Berlin Chamber of Crafts hwk-berlin.de Business development bank for the state of Berlin Ibb.de, Select: „English“ CHAPTER 8