Good day, I have a few questions about the car purchase as a trader. A large car dealer between Hamburg and Bremen sells relatively young used cars at quite acceptable prices. We are looking for an Audi A6 with approx. 100,000 km. Now I have repeatedly stumbled over the “purchase as a trader” in the last few years when searching for used cars, because I can save myself the VAT here and the vehicles are sold without “risk surcharge”. I ha However, it is reasonable to register a small business (ebay trade or similar) by selling it to a trader, to save about 2000-2500 Euro in the purchase with my price frame. It is quite clear to me that I do not guarantee this. Now it is possible, however, to secure such a vehicle with a used car insurance for about 250 Euro/year against repair costs. So I always have after my short calculation I consider the offers of the car dealership to be serious, as they also sell to private persons at an additional cost (+tax). – So if I register a small business and buy such a vehicle to use it privately, what do I have to take into account? – Do I have to prove that I also use the vehicle commercially and if so, how is this checked? – Can I simply specify a commercial use if my “company” does not make any sales? – Do I have to drive the vehicle? or does it have to be “registered” somehow? Thank you for the answers