Successfully in independence after the practitioner training many aspiring health practitioners who are still in education, dreaming of one day to open her own practice. There are already 1,300 naturopath practices in Germany. Individual practices are the major part of it, but also community practices are a popular alternative among practitioners. For the successful business start-ups, there are things to consider several of the entrepreneur in advance should be aware. The following introduces some important points, which should facilitate the independence especially in the initial phase. An important precondition is approval, which receives the naturopath with the successful completion of the occupational review.

At the moment there is no nationwide unified test, instead the education at the State level is regulated. The questionnaires and mediated knowledge but not very widely differ. For the start-ups is also a practice permit required. The practitioner must be therefore at least 25 years old and have a secondary school. A police clearance and a health certificate at the Health Department must also be submitted. Similar to physicians and physiotherapists, the profession of the practitioner belongs to the so-called liberal professions or occupations of the catalog. The self-employed must be registered no later than one month after beginning at the relevant tax office. A business registration is, however, not necessary.

The revenues are considered income from self-employed work and the practitioner is obliged to pay income tax, as well as to submit an income tax return including the installation of GSE. Revenue from therapeutic services are in principle sales tax, additional income, for example, for the organisation of seminars or they are considered coaching as well as author fees, from an altitude of 17,500 euros per year but VAT. State agencies are also different Funding opportunities and consulting services available. This includes, among other things, initial funds of the employment agency, private loans, and partly also the promotion of seminars in the commercial sector, for example through appropriate consultation vouchers. You can find more helpful tips for establishing existence after the practitioner training, for example, in a guide of online platform Lecturio.

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