Taxes Paid: Putting Money Where My Mouth Is
Today I finished paying the taxes for my two firms. On top of that, I paid the gift tax on money a friend had sent me to help finish the reverse-engineering work on the Iranian National ID projects. Part of that job needed external support and I did not have the budget for it. Help arrived just in time. Every incoming euro went straight into the cause — and I still paid gift tax on it on top of that. Who cares. We put our money where our mouth is.
The 2024 income tax declaration is fully done as well. I will be getting several thousand back, thanks to the direct donations I had made to our NGO over the course of the year. That refund, too, will find its way back into the work.
What’s Next
A couple of things still on the list:
- Finalise the 2025 income tax declaration.
- Finalise the tax declaration for TCF — this one only needs to be filed every two to three years, but it’s due.
Once those are off my desk, I am free. And when I say free, I mean free to commit fully. At that point I am either a full-time soldier or a full-time politician. No more half-measures, no more splitting attention between a day job and the cause.
Two concrete paths are on the table:
- Running in the upcoming communal elections here in Germany with Jomhoor.
- Leaving the country altogether to focus on the work where it needs to be done.
Either way, the books are clean, the obligations are met, and the runway is clear. The next move is a question of where, not whether.