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One in ten entrepreneurs in Germany has a foreign nationality. Increasing numbers of foreign residents are choosing top international locations such as Düsseldorf to set up their own companies and put their business ideas into practice.

The Office of Economic Development of the State Capital Düsseldorf is offering a seminar in English on setting up a new business aimed specifically at foreign entrepreneurs and small business owners.

The seminar will provide a forum to discuss the many questions and challenges encountered by foreign entrepreneurs on their way to a successful new business.

Programme

• 2 – 2.20 pm
  Welcome & Indroduction
  Office of Economic Development, City of Düsseldorf
• 2.20 – 2.45 pm
  Participants introduce themselves
• 2.45 – 3.15 pm
  Legal aspects of setting up a business
  Right of residence, employment permit, EU market, Schengen Agreement, company forms
  Speaker: Jan Matthes, Lawyer, Rechtsanwaltskanzlei Jan Matthes
• 3.15 – 3.30 pm
  Question and answer session
• 3.30 – 3.45 pm
  Coffeebreak
• 3.45 – 4.45 pm
  Fiscal aspects of setting up a business
  Different types of taxes
  Speaker: Daniel Schmaltz, Tax Advisor and CPA, Schmaltz und Partner
• 4.45 – 5.00 pm
  Question and Answer Session
   

• Date: Tuesday, 8 October 2024 (from 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm)
• Seminar Location: Haus der Universität, Schadowplatz 14, 40212 Düsseldorf
• Maximum number of participants: 30
• Presentations will be delivered in English
• Organizer: City of Düsseldorf, Office of Economic Development