Freelancers
Doctors, architects, lawyers, tax consultants, artists, journalists, environmental consultants – the activities covered by the liberal professions are as varied as the possible legal forms, provisions and requirements, which we will inform you about here.
Detailed information
Please read in the aspects of daily life "Business Start-up" and "Trading License" what you should also take into account as a founder of a new company and how to apply for a trading license.
Note: If you want to provide a service in Baden-Württemberg as a German, as a member of another EU/EEA State (EU-/EWR-Staat) or as a Swiss national, which is included in the EU Services Directive, you will find under "Self-employment Online" (Selbständigkeit online) detailed information for the specific requirements, which you have to meet, and how to get to the electronic procedure management.
To the procedures and services
- Academic healthcare professions - Recognition of training - application
- Admission as a European lawyer
- Application for employment with compulsory insurance in the unemployment insurance (self-employed)
- Applying for a licence to practise as an NHS dentist
- Applying for approval for a law firm
- Applying for a temporary professional permit as a vet
- Applying for entry in the register of dentists
- Applying for membership of the Federal Chamber of Pharmacists (Landesapothekerkammer)
- Applying for membership of the State Chamber of Dentists
- Applying for membership of the State Chamber of Psychotherapists
- Artists¿ social welfare fund (KSK) - registering as a freelance artist or publicist
- Bar Association - Admission
- Carrying out a registration for the doctors', dentists' and vets' pension scheme
- Chamber of auditors - Accreditation of an audit firm
- Chamber of Engineers - Registration in the list of consulting engineers
- Chamber of Tax Consultants - Appointment as tax consultant
- Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys - Admission as a patent attorney
- Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys - Admission as a patent law company
- Database of translators and interpreters (DÜD) - applying for registration for temporary activities (translators and interpreters from other EU/EEA countries)
- Established European lawyer - application for entry to the bar association
- Health insurance for freelancers
- Interpreters, translators with place of residence or business in Baden-Württemberg
- Licence committee - applying for a licence as an contract doctor
- Partnership register - registering an entry
- Payment of social security contributions for artists
- Pension fund for architects - registering as a member
- Pension fund for auditors and certified accountants (WPV) - applying for membership
- Pension fund for engineers - registering as a member
- Pension fund for lawyers - registering as a member
- Pension fund for psychotherapists - registering as a member
- Pension fund for tax consultants - registering as a member
- Public accountants - applying for appointment
- Registering with the List of Architects (Architektenliste)
- Registering with the Register of Medical Practitioners
- Registration in the list of architects
- Social security - Determining the insurance requirement (Status determination)
- State professional body of doctors - registration of membership
- State Professional Body of Vets - registration of membership
- Test engineer for building engineering - Recognition
- Translators and interpreters residing or doing business in other countries - applying for administration of the oath