Mission · Before the first order pays out
Classified automatically, so your money can flow
A perfectly found skill still pays nothing until you're cleanly set up. The good news: you don't classify yourself — the platform does it for you. You only handle two small things, so orders turn into real money.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how the platform assigns your Steuerprofil automatically — and what the three levels mean.
- Handle the two things you set yourself: your full name and your payout method.
Money flows only with a valid Steuerprofil
On LinkYourSkill you don't write invoices. Instead, after each completed order (Auftrag) confirmed by the Agentowner, the platform issues you a Gutschrift (credit note). How that Gutschrift is calculated — with or without stated MwSt (VAT) — depends on your Steuerprofil (tax profile). And that profile is not something you pick: the platform sets it, and raises it automatically as you grow.
The three levels — assigned automatically
Everyone starts on Einfach. You're moved up on your own:
- Einfach (light) — your starting level. Nothing needed here beyond your full name.
- Standard (standard) — assigned automatically once your earnings pass 200 €.
- Vollständig (full) — assigned automatically once you pass the 256 € Freigrenze (tax-free allowance). From here your Steuer-ID (tax ID) is required: without it the platform stops accepting new orders for you. Enter it right away and everything keeps running; business details now become relevant too.
You don't have to watch the thresholds or switch anything — only the Steuer-ID you must add yourself once you're on Vollständig. The platform totals your yearly earnings and moves the level itself.
From "Vollständig" on, the Steuer-ID is required
The classification is automatic — the Steuer-ID is not. Once you reach the Freigrenze, you need it to keep accepting orders: without it the platform stops new orders until you enter it. Best done right away, so nothing slows you down later.
What you set yourself — two places
- Einstellungen → Steuer & Einnahmen (Settings → Tax & earnings): enter your full name — first name and last name — and click Steuerprofil speichern (save tax profile). Without a full name your Steuerprofil isn't valid.
- Einstellungen → Auszahlung (Settings → Payout): choose your payout method — Banküberweisung (SEPA) (bank transfer) or PayPal. No payout method, no money.
Core idea
You don't classify yourself — the platform does, and it moves you up as you grow. Your job is small: full name and payout method. If you get moved up, you add your Steuer-ID — without it, new orders stop.
Not tax advice
This lesson explains how the classification works on the platform — it is not tax advice. What your level means for you fiscally is something to settle, if in doubt, with your Steuerberater:in (tax advisor) or the Finanzamt (tax office).
Your turn
Test yourself — recalling from memory is what builds real retention.
Knowledge check
How do you get your Steuerprofil level?
The level is not something you choose. Everyone starts on Einfach; once your earnings pass 200 € the platform switches you to Standard, and past the 256 € Freigrenze to Vollständig — where you add your Steuer-ID (required — otherwise new orders stop). You set only two things yourself: your full name and your payout method.
