I sold my Nintendo to a friend from the other class for 110 euro. A friend from my class found out about this and wants me to pay 10 euro. Otherwise he'll go to the tax office and tell me because I haven't paid any taxes. He says that if the tax office finds out, my parents will get a letter and I'll get in trouble. His friend confirmed that too.
I'm scared now. But what happens if I give him 10 euro and he still ticks me? Or should I go straight to the tax office, but I would have to skip school because the tax office is in another city. I'm desperate. Or should I talk to my teacher about it, maybe he can pay my taxes if I give him 10 euro?
You don't have to pay taxes on private sales. Don't give these guys money.
A friend from my class found out about this and wants me to pay 10 euro.
I would also like to have 10 euro from people every now and then, I never get that either.
Otherwise he'll go to the tax office and tell me because I haven't paid any taxes
he doesn't!
He says that if the tax office finds out, my parents will get a letter and I'll get in trouble.
They won't.
Private sales are generally tax-free.
What should I do now?
Nothing, look forward to your 110 euro, don't pay the guy any money and watch how nothing happens.
Letter is not coming now?
No, there's no letter. Since you don't have to pay tax on your sale, there's no reason for the tax office to write you a letter, no matter how often the guy snaps.
Are you sure? He said until tomorrow I have to give him the money otherwise he'll piss me off
Yes, let him snoop. Nothing happens, he just wants to enrich himself with 10 euro
Private sales are generally tax-free.
THAT'S WRONG!
It's not about whether a sale is private or not, but whether the sale is driven by regular profit-making. If you privately sell a self-made flower vase once or twice and make a profit of 50 euro each time, nothing happens, the regularity is missing. If you sell your vases at cost price at the Christmas market, the tax office won't do anything to you either. It only becomes taxable if the sale regularly generates profits
Do I have to pay tax on my sales as a secondary school student or do I only do it for adults?
No, neither students nor adults do that. You can hold a house flea market on a regular basis and you don't have to pay any taxes. Only when commercial trade and regular profit-making intent can be assumed does the matter become taxable.
Tell your schoolmate that a one-time sale is not taxable, but what he does is https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/...__253.html and that is a very serious crime and you will not pay him or the tax office even a ct. Pay for this thing.
If he wants to report you, that is his right… Anyone can report anyone for a crime. He may also express the presumption of tax evasion when taking the advertisement, but he may not assert it without evidence that this would also be a criminal offense (https://dejure.org/gesetze/StGB/164.html). Believe me, this is definitely not going to happen. The officials have more important things to do. And if you do, you can also look forward to it with complete peace of mind… You haven't done anything criminal.
He's trying to blackmail you… It's a really very serious crime. What you've done, on the other hand, is perfectly fine… So don't worry.
You, or your parents, are allowed to sell your or their entire household and there are still no taxes due.
So there's no letter coming to my house? I don't want any trouble from my parents.
Okay thanks. Then I tell him he is committing a crime.
That a letter (hearing sheet or summons) will arrive is extremely unlikely but can't be ruled out 100%. But even if you do, it's no cause for trouble with your parents.
By the way, if he is really that stupid to report you, the attempted blackmail will inevitably come up, if you also have witnesses, it will be very uncomfortable for him. As a juvenile first-time offender, he has to reckon with plenty of social hours while nothing happens to you.
He says his uncle works for the tax office and has a lot of power. If he talks to his uncle a letter will come. The police may even come for a house search. I'm afraid. I do not want any trouble. I didn't do anything.
No, smaller private sales do not have to be taxed. Tell him you want 10 euro or you're going to charge him with extortion.
Well, his uncle works at the tax office. If he talks to his uncle, a letter will come. He was so very sure. He can also arrange for the police to come for a house search. I do not want any trouble.
But I didn't give any tax on my Nintendo sale?
You didn't do anything wrong, don't give him 10 euro because he's wrong
His uncle will explain the tax laws to him and tell him that what you've done is perfectly legal. You will definitely not get a letter from his uncle. The police will not come to you because of this and there's no house search at all… Unless he would charge you with false accusations, which is also a serious criminal offense.
Tell him you are right and if he doesn't stop you will report him to the police for extortion, then he will have to expect at least 50 social hours. Did anyone except his buddies see the blackmail? If not, take his buddies as witnesses. Blackmail is a very serious crime, regardless of whether it is about 10 euro or 100,000 euro, on the one hand the police will take care of it very intensively and their buddies will cook softly, who will then testify for you. If they do not testify for you, they make themselves liable to prosecution and that is not without blackmail.
If they make themselves complicit, it is no longer "just" blackmail, but "heavy blackmail" and with such serious crimes as blackmail or blackmail the police and the public prosecutor have no fun at all.
Extortion is comparable to robbery in terms of the severity of the crime. In adult criminal law, you go to jail for this. So be sure that if you report him, his buddies will save their own skin and will tell the truth, that is, they will testify for you… Which in turn will bring him a lot of community hours as a young first-time offender.
Yes, someone has paid taxes for your Nintendo, either you yourself when you bought the Nintendo as a new device, or the person who bought it new and later resold it or gave it away.
Only someone who often buys Nintendos or other devices that have been revised and resold at higher prices, ie "at a profit", would have to pay taxes for it.
If you sell something from your private property that you have previously used, you don't have to pay taxes for it, not even if you sell it for a profit.
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