Taxes and Business
As a self-employed caregiver you're responsible for your own taxes.
As a self-employed caregiver you are responsible for your own taxes. During onboarding you state your country of establishment and your tax number, and you set out how you bill your care service: VAT-exempt, as a small business, or at your country's rate. That is what determines what your invoices say.
The invoices to families are issued by CAIR in your name. For the service fee that is withheld from your payout you receive a separate service fee invoice from CAIR.
If your business is established elsewhere in the EU, that service fee invoice is net: you declare the VAT in your own country yourself (reverse charge). This requires a confirmed VAT identification number. In Germany we state 19 percent German VAT instead, which you deduct as input tax if you are entitled to deduct. As a small business you are not.
Keep all invoices and receipts. You find them in the booking details and can download them as PDF. For tax questions we recommend contacting a tax advisor in your country.