{"id":899,"date":"2021-12-30T08:47:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T08:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.sprachgetriebe-consulting.de\/?p=899"},"modified":"2024-10-12T08:54:51","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T08:54:51","slug":"sole-proprietorship-vs-incorporation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.sprachgetriebe-consulting.de\/?p=899","title":{"rendered":"Sole proprietorship vs. incorporation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I became self-employed as a freelance translator in 2019, and prior to this, I had been translating on the side for 7 years. The encounter with the unprecedented pandemic of COVID-19 a year after I turned to full-time was unexpected and challenging, but thanks to the basis I had built with clients and partner agencies by then, the last two years weren\u2019t that bad for me.

In the meantime, I have been wondering whether I should incorporate my business. In consideration of a nature of the job, however, you can complete a translation task alone. You may provide more extended services such as TEP (translation, editing and proofreading as a set), collaborating with peers through outsourcing so long as your clients agree, but that\u2019s not a reason enough to become incorporated.

I operate a translation-agency-like business with my reliable, competent fellow translators as a team and provide translation\/localization, editing, proofreading, TEP, transcreation, copywriting, interpreting, or (cultural) consultation according to clients\u2019 needs. In this month, I had a chance to discuss with a prospective client for interesting translation projects in finance which is one of my fields of expertise, but it was put on hold as I am not incorporated. I quoted for a TEP service, but they didn\u2019t want to accept the price. They differentiate rates for sole proprietors and the ones for incorporated entities, even if a service to be provided is the same regardless a form of business. We reached the conclusion that we\u2019d re-open the discussion for collaboration if and when I become incorporated.

Until this happened, I had been satisfied with how my business were going but now I see myself being ambitious. Obviously, however, there are pros and cons of the incorporation:

Pros:
– You can appropriate more extended variety of expenses to be included in your accounting records.
– You will gain more flexibility and options to save tax.
– You will gain wider access to clients who aren\u2019t willing to do businesses with freelancers.
– You will gain more credibility in terms of concluding contracts or financing.
etc.

Cons:
– Your income will be fixed.
– The amount of fee and withdrawal of your social benefits will increase technically.
– Corporate tax is inevitable even if your business goes into the red.
– You will have more paperwork.
etc.

Honestly, the insurance fee will most likely increase by 10 times or more (It\u2019s my unique case) if I change the form of business. That\u2019s the only issue that makes me hesitate. In spite of that, however, I think it is worth becoming incorporated to gain wider access to interesting projects in my fields of expertise (and interest). It\u2019s just a matter of attributes of clients with whom you are going to do business.

Everyone has different objectives and circumstances. Do you choose to stay unincorporated or become incorporated?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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