Ryanair FO German base
Hi everyone,
So far I've heard that that Germany is probably the worst country to be based in in terms of social contributions and taxes. So I was wondering whether there are any German based FOs with a McGinley contract who can clarify.
I've talked to all 3 accounting companies which work with FR and I was told partly quite different information. Contracting PLUS told me that I would have to pay only the employee's part whereas the other two said that I'd have to pay the employer's par as well. The contributions are in total 42,29% of the gross salary (21,76% for the employer and 20,52% for the employee). Therefore it's obviously a big difference.
What I also don't undestand is whether I can count my business expenses towards the social contributions or only towards the Irish tax. E.g. with a gross income of let's say 5000 EUR per month and expenses of 4000 EUR I would pay way less social contributions than without the expenses. Is that so or do the expenses influence only the Irish tax?
Many thanks!