German VAT for foreign sellers · Licensed German Steuerberater

German VAT for Foreign Companies,
handled end to end.

Registration, monthly filings, and every Finanzamt letter, handled by a licensed German tax advisor, in English.

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48h
Application turnaround
from €89
per month, all-inclusive
2,000+
Filings in 2025
✓  No German company needed ✓  No fiscal representative required ✓  No deposit or cash bond ✓  We flag any apostille before you pay
Registered with the Steuerberaterkammer Rheinland-Pfalz
A product of FRADECO GmbH, licensed German tax advisory, serving international sellers since 2021
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Where do you fit?

Three situations. One clear next step.

Pick the one that sounds like you. Each route takes you straight to the right place, no detours.

New to German VAT

I need to register

Selling into Germany and you need a German VAT number, plus the monthly filings that follow. €1,199/yr all-in.

Start registration → Already registered

I just need my filings done

You already have a German tax number. You want the monthly returns handled, reliably. €89/mo.

See filing plans → Just researching

I'm not sure what I need yet

Answer a few questions and find out whether Germany even requires you to register.

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Core German VAT €1,199/year all-in with registration, or €89/month if you already have a German VAT number. EU One-Stop-Shop add-on €250 setup + €150/quarter. Finanzamt letter from €200 net, no subscription.
Already selling on amazon.de? See your estimated German VAT from your own report first, free, read on your device, nothing uploaded.

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How it works

One compliance engine, every month.

Whether we register you from scratch or you arrive with a VAT number already, everything converges on the same filing rhythm, run by the same advisor.

01We file your UStVA

Every month or quarter, the Finanzamt sets your cadence. Always by the 10th.

02EU sales list (ZM)

Filed alongside whenever you sell B2B cross-border, with every EU customer VAT ID checked against the EU VIES register first.

03Annual return

The Jahreserklärung prepared, reviewed, and filed at year end.

+ Add-on
EU One-Stop-Shop, layered on top

Sell B2C to consumers across the EU from German stock? We switch on one quarterly OSS return, filed through Germany, when your EU-wide sales cross €10,000. It rides on your existing registration, nothing extra to set up.

€250 setup · €150/qtr + Add-onEORI number application (clear German customs and reclaim import VAT), €149 one-off add-onLearn more →
Urgent · Finanzamt letter

Got a letter from the Finanzamt? Read it free. Then have it handled.

Schätzbescheid, payment reminder (Mahnung), Anhörung, Nachforderung. Photograph it and you get the letter type, an English translation, and every deadline and euro amount it names, in seconds. Free, no signup. If it needs a response, a licensed German tax advisor sends you a fixed price to deal with it: quoted per case from €200 net, within 24 hours (weekdays), no subscription.

Read my letter, then quote me

The read is free and instant. You pay nothing until you accept a quote.

How you stay in control

Everything handled. Everything visible.

The dashboard is your window into the service: registration progress, every filing, every Finanzamt letter, and what you paid, all in plain English.

See how it works →
  • 01
    Registration
    One guided form and your documents. We prepare the Finanzamt application and every mandate.
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  • 02
    Filing
    Copy last month, upload your sales report, or type the figures. Little work for you; we do the heavy lifting.
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  • 03
    Documents
    Every signed mandate and tax-office letter, searchable, in one vault.
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  • 04
    Notifications
    Official German letters translated. Deadlines surfaced. Nothing missed.
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  • 05
    Reports
    Year-to-date VAT paid, filing log, and bookkeeper-ready exports.
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vaytax.com/filing
Registration · In progress
We're on it. Nothing to do from you.
Your part
Done · form and documents complete, mandates signed
Application
Filed with the Finanzamt · 14 Mar
German tax number
Typically 4-8 weeks · we track it and keep you posted
Updated · todayView status →
Filing · March 2026
Filed. Nothing to do from you.
VAT due
6,655.85 €
📄 report.csv 1,204 lines read · every line classified ✓ adds up to your file's total
Filed Confirmed by Finanzamt
Your figures received04 Apr
Reviewed and filed by your advisor08 Apr
Finanzamt confirmation10 Apr
Collected by SEPA · 12 Apr·Next: April, due 10 May
Documents · 14 files
One vault. Searchable.
Search documents…
Mandate · signed12 Mar 2026
March 2026 filing08 Apr 2026
Tax office · confirmation10 Apr 2026
SEPA mandate12 Mar 2026
February 2026 filing08 Mar 2026
Inbox · 1 unread
Translated. Summarised. Sorted.
Tax office2h ago
Confirmation: March 2026 filing accepted
Original German letter translated below. No action needed.
Deadline1d ago
April filing due in 6 days
We have everything we need. Just upload your turnover when ready.
Tax office3 weeks ago
German tax number assigned: 27/123/45678
Your German tax number is active. We can now file on your behalf.
2026 · Year-to-date
Total VAT paid
15,706.35 €
3,210.40
5,840.10
6,655.85
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Why Vaytax

The tax advisor you can actually reach.

Traditional advisors know German tax law but hide behind German-only portals and phone lines. Software platforms give you English UX but subcontract the filing to strangers. Vaytax is both.

Vaytax
€89/mo · flat
Traditional tax advisor
German-only portal & processes
Online VAT platforms
Software UX, subcontracted filing
What our customers say

Trusted by international businesses in Germany

Vaytax made my German VAT registration straightforward and easy. The team was always responsive, answered my questions clearly, and provided excellent support throughout the process. Their platform is intuitive and easy to navigate. What impressed me most was how open they were to feedback. Suggestions were taken seriously and implemented quickly. Having such a responsive and supportive partner makes a real difference.

Anna · Founder
atelier naia

Fradeco is always a reliable partner for us. We greatly appreciate their high level of expertise and their practical, hands-on advice across every area of our day-to-day accounting and reporting.

MEININGER
Vivian Schneider
Vice President Finance

Working with Fradeco feels like working with colleagues from our own company. Their expertise in both the German and French context, mixed with goal-oriented pragmatism, is absolutely valuable.

Tobias Wischniewski
Head of Finance & HR

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Common questions

The short answers. The full list lives on the FAQ page.

No. You can be based anywhere in the world. For non-EU sellers (e.g. UK post-Brexit, US, China) we act as your German tax correspondent so all tax-office mail is handled by us, in Germany.

No. The Finanzamt letter intake at /finanzamt-letter is a separate one-shot service. Send us the letter, a licensed German tax advisor reviews it, and you get a fixed-price quote within 24 hours (weekdays). No subscription, no ongoing commitment.

Send your letter →

We submit your application to the Finanzamt within 48 hours of receiving your registration. The Finanzamt typically takes 4–8 weeks to issue your Steuernummer and USt-IdNr. You can start selling immediately; we backfile the period once your Tax IDs arrive.

Monthly VAT return filings with the Finanzamt, the annual VAT return, the EU sales list (Zusammenfassende Meldung), all routine tax-office correspondence, and a dashboard in English. Not included: incoming-invoice review, tax advisory, and legal advice, those are tax advisory on request and billed at €200/hr. The EU One-Stop-Shop (OSS) is a separate add-on, not part of the €89/month.

Amazon collects and remits VAT on many of your marketplace sales under §25e, but that does not register you. Amazon needs a valid German VAT number to keep your account active, your monthly UStVA still has to be filed, and marketplace-collected sales are reported separately from your B2B and non-marketplace revenue.

Yes. Notice runs to the end of the following month. We file any return whose period falls within your active subscription, then close your account and deregister you with the tax office if requested.

Not ready to commit?

Find out exactly what you need first.

Answer a few quick questions about how and where you sell. We will tell you whether Germany requires you to register, and what it costs, in plain English. No account, no obligation.

Free. Takes about a minute. We never share your email.

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