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While I won't dispute that 6 months is outrageous, OP has not spent them to "please the bureaucracy", they spent them to escape personal liability should the company go bankrupt. The rest of the post is bemoaning the fact the German government won't let them also permanently reduce the company liability below 25k.
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> OP missed six months of opportunity

OP missed six months of opportunities because he is an idiot, that has been scammed by a tax consultancy that is interested in his money.

He should have setup a UG, start the business and invest into building a GmbH.

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If you don't like the laws/rules then just leave Germany . There is no justification for tax evasion .
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> If you don't like the laws/rules then just leave Germany

Or change something. But yeah, I agree that leaving a country that you don't like is a good solution. I did that myself.

> There is no justification for tax evasion

The basics of philosophy behind taxation state exactly the opposite: it is an obligation of a business to evade as much tax as possible - as long as it is legal.

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It is how Russia become what it is: we all be said «If you don't like new law/regulation, go to your beloved USA, you are not a patriot and must be punished».

I'm sorry, but Germany is democratic country, and citizen of the country can choose by definition.

Leave your motherland because your government is crazy in one way or another? It is nonsense.

In reality, sometimes people need to do it (because it becomes too dangerous to stay), but it should not be this way. In any country.

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