Compliance

Tax residency rules, employer permissions, visas — the questions general AI hedges around.

2 articles · last updated July 2026

Health insurance card next to a passport and a small medical kit on a wooden surface

First Person · 7 min

13 weeks freelance outside Germany: the health-insurance (Krankenversicherung) question

What public (gesetzlich) and private (privat) actually cover for a 13-week EU workation, where the EHIC ends, and the foreign supplement (Auslandszusatz) most freelancers should have but don't. Compliance written for the other half of the audience.

Open paperwork with a calculator and a coffee, suggesting an end-of-year tax filing scene

First Person · 7 min

13 weeks of workation from Germany: what the Finanzamt cares about

What I actually had to confirm before leaving Berlin for thirteen weeks in Portugal — the 183-day reality, the employer side, and the freelance side. Compliance written by someone who is not your tax advisor.