Bureaucracy, oh!

[wiseheart]

So, I finally got the papers from the German Rentenkasse, telling me that - starting this month - I'll be the proud receiver of the glorious monthly sum of 50,58€, for the two years I worked in Germany. So far, so good. The main part of my pension is based on the 38 years I worked in Hungary anyway. Only that they couldn't tell me whether I'll have to pay taxes after my enormous German pension.

They gave a link to the website of the Finanzamt, which I followed obediently, finding new links and following them, which led me to more new links, and in the end... I still don't know whether I'll have to pay taxes or not. The whole thing is completely confusing, no-where a clear and simple answer. I'll have to scan the whole (10 pages long) document into my computer and mail it to H., my cousin's wife, who's German, in the hope that she might figure out the hidden truth. *headdesk*

Other than that, I translated another scene from the never-ending story, worked a bit on the Doll House quiet book for a colleague's granddaughters, went to choir practice and nursed my cold. Not much progress in the latter area, unfortunately. *sigh*

Oh, and two days ago I started to post the existing chapters of "Precious Like Rubies" to the hiddenrealms comm. It is a Miss Marple/Sherlock BBC crossover, with a great deal of Torchwood and Whoniverse characters in slightly different roles, beta read by the wonderful and generous lindahoyland, so the grammar won't offend anyone. ;)

I'm planning to post the story to AO3, eventually, in the hope that going through the whole thing might provide me with some inspiration and help me out of the corner where I've managed to write myself. *fingers crossed*

Comments

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

In Germany, I think. In Hungary you only have to pay taxes as a retiree if you havo any other income than you old age pension. Which I don't.

[meathiel]

The amount should be way too small for having to pay taxes on it ...

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but how could I know it? I went to that finanzamt-rente-im-ausland website and couldn't figure out! Why couldn't there be a phone number I could call and a person I could ask; preferably one who would be able to answer, too!