

My tax consultant also told me that in case I won't earn more than 8500 I will pay VAT (monthly) but not Einkommensteuer at the end of the year. I haven't earned more that 17500 yet (neither 8000) so I am going to pay the VAT even if I didn't exceed these limits.

This only because I don't want to be in the situation of having to pay umsatzsteuer and einkommenstauer in January 2018 without being prepared.

I was a Kleinerunternehmer last year and I wasn't sure how much I was going to earn this year so my Steuerberater suggested me to switch to VAT and ask my clients for the VAT in my invoices. I know that this topic has been already discussed but I can't find the right forum where I will have a precise answer to my question.
