H.P.O. Skilled crafts

Which economic value do skilled crafts have in Germany?

According to its central association, the industry employs 4.8 million people in 967,200 businesses. Around 30 percent of all apprentices are employed in skilled crafts – 12.2 percent of the complete workforce. The total turnover of all businesses is 490.5 billion euros.

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What is a business assessment?

A business assessment (known in Germany as a BWA) gives monthly information about costs and revenues, and the wealth or debt situation. The necessary data is taken from the financial accounts. H.P.O. offers to undertake this important assessment for skilled crafts businesses and supplies them with a commented summary every month.

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What does controlling mean?

Controlling is not control, as is so often assumed. Controlling means the steering and coordination of operational processes with the aim of monitoring their profitability.

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How can jobs be “controlled”?

Put simply, there are three phases that are decisive for controlling: the capturing and classification of costs in the calculation phase, the target performance comparison during implementation, and the analysis of the results and their consideration in current and future planning. You can read more about this in H.P.O. News for Skilled Crafts.

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What are domestic services?

Since 2003, skilled craft work carried out in private households is tax deductible as domestic services. Up to 20 percent of the invoice sum, to a maximum of 600 euros a year, can be deducted from the tax debt.