This regulation does not apply to persons who have a special relationship of trust with their customers or clients, or who are prohibited by professional law from receiving this type of bonus and/or passing on confidential information from their customers/patients/clients.
We reserve the right to reject real estate objects, owners or tipsters without stating reasons. Legal recourse is excluded. If there are several tips for one property, only the first tipster will receive the first prize and bonus.
Due to our confidentiality obligations, the tipster does not receive any information from us about the content of the brokerage contract or the property purchase contract.
Avoid making the owner feel harassed or pressured by you. Unsolicited calls to an owner you do not know or deliberate deception of owners are prohibited by law. Violations will result in no tip commission being paid.
Also inform them that you may receive a bonus for the recommendation. We would like to draw your attention to the fact that, even as a private tipster, you may have to pay tax on the initial bonus and premium as other income as soon as these payments reach the one-off tax-free amount of EUR 256.00 p.a. (Section 22 (3) EStG).
However, if you do not act regularly as a tipster, you are exempt from VAT because you are not acting as a business (Section 1 (1) UStG). You are responsible for complying with the requirements of tax law. Please consult your tax advisor or similar for more information.