A status report has been causing a stir for a few days now: bottle collectors should be viewed as entrepreneurs.
This emerges from an in-house information document from a Berlin drinks retailer, which was signed by the managing directors. The status report, which is a copy of this house information, appeared on Facebook on September 11th.
More precisely, it is about refusing to accept empties if they are so-called bottle collectors who do not have a business license for collecting bottles and cannot provide a sales tax number. The image in the following status message is not fake:
Tagesspiegel also reported on this status report and conducted an interview with the author of the status report. Here you can read, among other things:
Many of these bottle collectors have no address, and certainly no VAT number.
The owner of the business has now spoken out on Facebook This provides brief information about what has been described and distances itself from the house information:
Ladies and Gentlemen
As the owner of Horst Lehmann Drinks GmbH, I distance myself from the letter from the management.
The responsible managing director was placed on leave with immediate effect. Furthermore, all returnable bottles will be taken back. I'm sorry that this misunderstanding occurred.
Best regards
Horst Lehmann

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