I can understand doing so in a country that is squandering money - like the UK, where you pay through the nose and get very little in return, but Germany? I heard public services and basically what you get for your tax is pretty decent.
F*k you if you avoid taxes, especially in a country like Germany where society paid for your university studies etc.
People can move in from other countries, you know.
You can also move away from germany. But you can't move to germany and avoid taxes while creating a company here (OP was literally: Bootstrapping a SaaS Business in Germany)
There are people who didn't go to university doing business too.
Often in Poland people say “Why are you running your business here? Base it in Czech Republic!” The grass always is greener on the other side.
Society only functions if everyone contributes. And the rest of society pays their taxes, you know. They can't avoid paying taxes on their car through a foreign holding structure. It's a slap on their face because you feel like you should have more.
Yes, everyone except German businesses dealing in cash only who don't issue receipts, and the likes of Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Airbus, NXP, IKEA, ST etc. and all these conglomerate with complex tax avoidance schemes spread across Netherlands, Ireland, Luxembourg, Lichtenstein, Switzerland and some Caribbean islands who neither fully belonging to the British or Dutch crowns nor are fully independent nations, but some fuzzy situation in between.
You see, once we let so many players legally avoid paying taxes in broad daylight, it's difficult to uphold the social contract that "we should all pay taxes" as then it turns into a crabs in a bucket situation where the veil is lifted and the Average Joe sees through the cash-grab scam that the tax system is on the working class, and will do everything in his power to avoid paying taxes as well.
If you want people to respect the social contract of the welfare state, we need to hold everyone accountable to it with no exceptions, not just the poor suckers who have no means of dodging it or fighting back, while the super wealthy are laughing all the way to the bank.
The whole system has been broken by corporate lobbies and unethical politicians who just wanted to be voted for. Now tell me about the great social system in Germany that is worth all the tax money.
"You're country is corrupt as hell."
Eastern Europeans: "We know"
Germans : "Then go back to your country" OR "Impossible, we're Europe's number one economy!!!11one"
Everyone contributes and we get back free education (our universities are still good btw. and for certain topics really good) and from what I hear about schools from parents they still work, even with expanded care times. Bürgergeld exists if you really hit a rough spot. Super cheap public transit (50€ per month!) and autobahn is still existing.
You say that what Germans lack in competence they make up with arrogance, but it's really to complain about everything and be super pessimistic all the time. You can not just choose to avoid taxes, that's just highly unethical and unfair to everyone who's paying their share and super selfish. I stand by my word:
F*k you if you avoid taxes
Literally all billionaires and big companies are doing it.
But what I learned in recent couple of years is that German leadership (rich people, old industries, bureaucrats, managers, politicians et al) set up a system that is actively squeezing out the middle-class. Doesn't really matter which subystem you're looking at (healthcare, public transport, education, taxation, civil services, childcare, housing, pensions, energy, and more) you'll see that all things have been set up to make rich people richer and let the other 99% struggle with pretty much everything.
I'm not avoiding any taxes and strongly believe in social systems with solidarity and help for the weaker people, but I learned that (a) change is not welcome (rather actively prohibited) in Germany and (b) fighting windmills just lets you burn out.