CIP Certified Independent Professional GmbH

We offer an award-winning innovative digital transformation solution to the long-standing issue of bogus self-employment in the German economy, which has remained unresolved for years.

CIP Certified Independent Professional GmbH is a private-sector initiative that enables both contractors (our customers) and their clients (companies, public sector clients) to collaborate with confidence—without fear of the dire consequences of bogus self-employment. The solution was developed with the involvement of self-employed individuals, board members, managing directors, supervisory board members, experienced lawyers, association members, and other experts. What drove us all was the desire to finally develop a pragmatic solution—for self-employed individuals and entrepreneurs, by self-employed individuals and entrepreneurs—to address this problem, which has plagued the German economy for many years. Our economy suffers enormous economic and international competitive disadvantages due to ambiguous and immeasurable criteria for bogus self-employment. Of course, only legislators can change the laws.

The CIP certification clarifies questions that would otherwise only be resolved—after much effort and high legal costs—in years-long court proceedings, at the point when such clarification should logically occur: before the contract is awarded and during the performance phase.

Take advantage of CIP certification and turn a cumbersome process on its head!

For CLIENTS: https://cip-scheinselbststaendig.de/fuer-auftraggeber/ (Free for clients)
For CONTRACTORS (self-employed individuals, freelancers, founders): https://cip-scheinselbststaendig.de/fuer-selbststaendige/
(only €29/month for self-employed individuals)