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The Hidden Tax Trap for SaaS Founders in Germany

Something that should worry every indie hacker considering Germany as their base: Our tax system effectively penalizes software founders who bootstrap to exit. Unlike the US, UK, or Australia where founders benefit from favorable capital gains treatment, German founders face a crushing 50% tax burden on asset sales. No startup blog talks about this, no VC mentions it, but it's a fundamental flaw that makes Germany one of the worst places to build and sell a bootstrapped SaaS business, especially...

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