For YouTubers
Your channel is a business. Affliq keeps the books.
AdSense payouts from Google, sponsors for the integration, affiliate links in the description and cameras from brands? Affliq collects it all in one place and tells you what to set aside for tax.
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Uploading is the easy part.
The questions that pile up between two videos.
“Why is there no VAT on the AdSense credit note?”
YouTube pays by self-billing credit note, and the payout comes from another EU country. Affliq knows the platform's master data and gives it the right tax case. If you're under regular taxation, the EC Sales List is prepared.
“What does the channel really earn me each month?”
Ad revenue, sponsorships, affiliate commissions and products in one figure, split by source. What changed since yesterday comes first.
“How do I invoice the sponsor for the integration properly?”
From the deal with one tap: gapless numbering, the details § 14 UStG requires and the right tax case, even if the sponsor is based abroad.
“The camera from the manufacturer, does it count?”
If you keep it, usually yes. Affliq records gear with market value and business share so your tax adviser can treat it correctly.
Everything besides the edit.
For YouTubers with long videos, Shorts and livestreams.
YouTube payouts
Import the credit note or share a screenshot. Affliq classifies it with billing entity, country and VAT ID, under regular taxation including the EC Sales List.
Sponsorships with deliverables
Integration, dedicated video, Shorts package: a deal with fee and delivery date, a reminder before and the invoice once everything is live.
Affiliate links and commissions
Commissions from partner programmes from estimated to paid, clawbacks named.
Tax reserve and limit
What to set aside, when the prepayment is due and how close you are to the Kleinunternehmer limit.
Money from Google isn't like money from a client.
Ad revenue from the YouTube Partner Program arrives by credit note and not from Germany. That usually means reverse charge, and anyone under regular taxation reports such supplies in the EC Sales List. Kleinunternehmer are exempt from it (§ 18a Abs. 4 UStG). Few YouTubers know this until their tax adviser asks.
Affliq knows the platform: who pays, from where, with which VAT ID. You import the payout, Affliq picks the tax case and prepares the filing where one is due. Sponsors get a proper invoice, affiliate commissions their state, gear from brands its value.
At year end it's all in one package for your tax adviser: income with evidence, products with value and whereabouts, the bookings for DATEV, sevDesk or lexoffice.
Affliq records and does the maths, it does not advise. How things are taxed is your tax adviser's call.
Frequently asked questions
Do I have to pay tax on YouTube income?
Yes, income from ads, sponsorships and affiliate links is usually business income in Germany. Affliq keeps a tax reserve at your own rate and shows the Kleinunternehmer limit. What applies to you is for your tax adviser to say.
Do YouTubers have to file an EC Sales List?
Not as a Kleinunternehmer: § 18a Abs. 4 UStG expressly exempts you. Under regular taxation, a payout from a company in another EU country is usually reported in the EC Sales List. Affliq recognises such payouts from the platform master data.1
Does Affliq connect to my YouTube channel?
No need. You import credit notes or share screenshots. Affliq never posts, never uploads and never reads dashboards.
Can I invoice sponsors?
Yes. Invoices under § 14 UStG with gapless numbering and the right tax case, as e-invoices for companies too. If someone doesn't pay, reminder and dunning letter are ready.
Does Affliq help with editing?
Affliq is your back office: deals, invoices, payouts, products and tax. Editing and uploading stay in the tools you already use.
Sources
Statutes and administrative guidance. The current statutory text always prevails, and what applies to you is for your tax adviser to say.
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