the happiness of tax paying

The process of being allowed to pay taxes in Germany is surprising difficult. I was not able to invoice properly until I was given a Steuernummer (tax number). The process involved many calls back and forth between the Finanzamt (tax dept.) and the kind colleagues willing to put up with them.
When the letter final came telling me how and when to pay taxes, I was so happy it was all fixed. I’d never been so happy to have the ability to pay taxes before!

(this was in Nov/Dec after applying start of Oct)