Work on projects in Germany without starting a business

You have a project and a client. We employ you while it lasts, send the client the bill, and pay you a salary, so you can do the work without registering a business or handling the paperwork.

Sign up and add your project Takes a few minutes. No business registration.

SPECIAL OFFER FOR
LETTSLOCAL READERS

6%9%

For your first project or your first three months, whichever comes first.

Your next project, without the paperwork.

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Why this exists

Working for yourself in Germany means registering a business, getting a tax number, charging VAT, sending invoices, paying a tax adviser, and covering your own health insurance every month whether you earn anything or not. When we employ you, all of that goes away. You do the same work for the same client, and we take care of the rest.

The sign outside a German Finanzamt (tax office)

The paperwork you skip.

How it works

1

You sign up, add your project and invite the client.

2

We send the client an offer and they say yes.

3

We write your contract, you sign it, you start.

4

We bill the client and pay you a salary, with tax, insurance and the usual deductions already taken off.

When the project ends, the job ends.

What you need

✓You are allowed to work in Germany

Any status that lets you take a job in Germany works. We can’t get you that status, and a freelance visa won’t do, but once you have it, we handle everything else.

✓You have a client

Someone who has agreed to a job with an end date, a company or a person, in Germany or anywhere in the world. We don’t find clients for you.

What you get

You get a payslip every month, which is the document landlords and banks here ask for. Your health insurance comes out of your salary the same way it does for anyone in a job, so there is no separate bill. You get sick pay after your first four weeks, paid holiday for as long as the project runs, and you build up unemployment cover while you work.

What it costs

6% then 9%

We take 6% of the project for your first project or your first three months, whichever comes first, and 9% after that. Nothing else. You can use the offer once, and only if you come through this page.

The amount you bill the client

€40,000

€5,000€200,000

Your rate: 6%€2,400

Standard rate: 9%€3,600

You keep €1,200 more with the LettsLocal rate.

After our fee, €37,600 goes toward your salary, before the tax and deductions any employer takes off.

This is our fee only. To estimate your take-home pay, use the calculator on factofly.de.

You have the project. Start it as an employee.

Sign up, add the project and invite the client, and we take it from there.

Sign up and add your project