AVGS
The slip of paper that turns paid coaching into free coaching. And that nobody told you about.
MORLANGOSLOV
German bureaucracy in plain language. Officially — in Morlang terms — and what to do.
Bescheid
The envelope that makes your stomach tighten. Inside: either money or a deadline.
EKS
The form where you promise a future and later explain why it did not arrive.
Gewerbeanmeldung
Fifteen minutes at a counter that then define your taxes for years.
Gründungszuschuss
Start-up money you do not repay — if the steps happen in the right order.
Bildungsgutschein
A coupon for a profession. It has an expiry date, which is usually left unmentioned.
Einstiegsgeld
The Bürgergeld version of start-up money. At the authority’s discretion.
Sachbearbeiter
The person whose wording decides your year. Also a person.
Maßnahme
What you are offered when you have not said what you want yourself.
BAFA
The state pays for your consultant while you assume consultants are out of reach.
KfW
The bank that lends through your bank — and therefore asks for twice the paperwork.
Steuernummer
The number without which an invoice is not an invoice.
Kleinunternehmerregelung
A convenience that sometimes costs more than it looks.
Umsatzsteuer
Money in your account that does not belong to you.
Businessplan
Not an essay — a calculator with text around it.
Anerkennung
A long road that not everyone needs and not always.
Lebenslauf
A document read for seven seconds that decides a year of your life.
DATEV
Five letters in a job ad without which it never gets opened.
AZAV
The reason some providers accept vouchers and others do not.
Bürgergeld
Neither a verdict nor a ban on self-employment. Just a different toolbox.