Regarding cars: Yes, it is cheaper to run business cars but its pretty limited. There is the 1% rule in germany, then a monthly of 1% of the cars shop-price (we

Regarding cars: Yes, it is cheaper to run business cars but its pretty limited. There is the 1% rule in germany, then a monthly of 1% of the cars shop-price (we use the nice word Bruttolistenneupreis) is considered income and taxed regularly. If a car costs 30.000€, that means you have to add 300€/monthly (virtually) onto your tax bill that is taxed as personal income. There are limits to the "you can tax deduct everything as a business" in Germany.