20.01.2025 – 27.01.2025

"Basic knowledge on self-employment for artists and designers"

The two-part workshop provides an initial overview of some important topics that need to be considered when setting up a business or becoming self-employed as a visual artist or designer.

Contents:

• Forms of practicing the profession
• Self-employment/independent employment
• Freelance work is not the same as freelance work
• Art or trade?
• Legal aspects of setting up a business
• Legal forms and naming rights (sole proprietorship, studio partnership, GbR etc.)
• What formalities need to be observed?
• Tax framework conditions
• Where and how to register?
• Basic knowledge of sales tax and income tax
• How do you write an invoice?
• Start-up concept - sensible and useful?
• Artists' Social Security Fund (KSK)
• Who must or can insure themselves via the KSK?
• What special features need to be considered?

The event does not include tax and legal advice!

Lecturer: Dr. Maria Kräuter has many years of nationwide experience as a consultant, business coach and trainer. She advises start-ups and the self-employed, particularly in the cultural and creative industries.

Date
January 20 and 27, 2025, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. each day

Online event via Zoom. Click here to register.