When you start a business activity, you will be given a business identification number (W-IdNr.).If you need information on specific companies, you can search for them in the Joint Register Portal of the federal states or in the Business Register itself and inspect the entries and documents submitted.If you wish to work as an SHI-accredited doctor or psychotherapist in outpatient care, you must be entered in the register of doctors.As an employer, you must register your employees who are subject to social insurance contributions. You will need a company number for this.If you cease or relocate a business or permanent establishment, you must inform your local tax office.Legal entities whose entry in the Commercial Register must be made with regard to the subject matter or the nature and scope of their business operations must be applied for entry by all members of the Management Board. The prerequisite for the obligation to register is the operation of a commercial enterprise. By commercial enterprise the jurisdiction understands an outwardly recognizable, permanent and professionally oriented, for the purpose of making a profit and activity carried out in the economic field. The obligation to register according to applies to those companies whose registration is not already ensured by other statutory provisions. In particular, this concerns certain legal entities under public law (e.g. corporations, institutions or foundations under public law). The management board obliged to register is therefore also understood to mean the body provided for representation under the respective public law provisions, e.g. of the respective Eigenbetrieb.If you want to buy and sell firearms or ammunition on a commercial basis, you need a firearms dealer's license.
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