garyh911

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About garyh911

  • Birthday 05/23/1951

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  • Location Dresden
  • Nationality American
  • Hometown Brewster, NY
  • Gender Male
  • Year of birth 1951
  • Interests Travel, Gardening, German history, teaching English

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  1. Missysx gave positive reputation to a post in a topic: Brexit: The fallout   
  2. garyh911 gave positive reputation to a post in a topic: Yet Another Pension Problem   
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  7. Brexit: The fallout

    garyh911 replied to dom's topic in International affairs

  8. Legionella in house water supply caused health problems.

    garyh911 replied to sridevi's topic in Legal

    Does anyone know if landlords are legally required in Germany to periodically check water quality for Legionella or other bacteria and chemicals?  Ours had been checked a few years back but nothing recently.
  9. garyh911 gave positive reputation to a post in a topic: Intra-EU flight hijacked in Belarus   
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  12. Is anybody cutting their own hair?

    garyh911 replied to colincostello's topic in Life in Berlin

    I've been cutting mine since last March of 2020.  I bought a hair cutting kit and since the Friseur didn't want to do Hausbesuch, the hell with her.  It looks good enough for me.  And I cut my wife's hair too..  Saved a couple hundred euros !!
  13. garyh911 gave positive reputation to a post in a topic: Got my first Pfizer shot, shocked by German vaccination certificate standard   
  14. My wife and I have lived in Germany for almost 3 years. She is a German national who had lived in the US for 17 years and then wanted to come home to go to a Berufsschule for retraining as a Arzt Assistenin. She will be finished this year but for this type of job the yearly pay is only about 12K €. I will be 62 this year and can start collecting Social Security - about US$20K if I take it now.   The question is - if I get US Social Security do I have to pay German or US income tax on it? In the US, the $20K or so that I would get per year would not be taxed because of the small amount. Since this money was neither accumulated during a life of working in Germany or paid to me by the German government I don't see why it should be taxed here. And I'm sure I'll get soaked for taxes here! I know I will have to claim the income to TK for my medical insurance so there is no point in trying to hide it - they know that by 65 or 66 I will certainly be taking it.