What a cracking company, did everything they said they would, managed expectations including timings and just got on with it, with clear language and no BS.
Tim · United Kingdom
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Germany and France · for foreign online sellers
German and French VAT, handled by a licensed advisor.
A licensed German tax advisor registers your company and files your German returns, in English, and the same team files your French ones. You send the figures and follow every step in one dashboard.
German VAT: €1,299 a year, registration and every filing included. Already registered: from €99 a month. See plans
Thousands of companies registered with us · every Trustpilot review is five stars
Ready to start? Start your registration: the form takes about fifteen minutes. Not sure what you need? Take the 60-second check. Or read about the German service and the French service.
Returns · Example Trading LtdTest data
ReturnPeriodStatus
Monthly VAT return (UStVA)OctoberWaiting on you
French VAT return (CA3)SeptemberIn progress
Monthly VAT return (UStVA)SeptemberDelivered
EC sales list (ZM)AugustDelivered
Letter of 2 OctRead and explained in English. Deadline named.
Your next stepOctober figuresDue to us Thu 5 Nov
For sellers on
Amazon- eBay
Shopify
Etsy- Otto
Kaufland
Zalando
I contacted them regarding an urgent VAT filing issue. They solved my problem very quickly. They handled what my previous accounting company should have taken care of. They provide fast and clear communication, along with a transparent and user-friendly dashboard that makes managing everything much easier. A huge thank you!
Zoltan · Hungary
5-star review on Trustpilot →
Track record
A working practice, not a new one.
2021Filing for international sellers since
A licensed German tax practice with its own advisors.
2,000+Filings completed a year
Returns filed and accepted, not accounts opened.
24hAverage reply from your advisor
On weekdays, from a person who knows your file.
Why sellers use us
German VAT on your own, or with us.
On your own
Everything in German
- The tax registration questionnaire (Fragebogen) and every letter after it arrive in German.
- Deadlines come by post, and a missed one costs a late-filing surcharge.
- Finding an advisor who works in English and takes small foreign companies.
With Vaytax
One advisor, one dashboard
- We prepare and file your registration. The tax office takes typically 4 to 8 weeks; you see where it stands.
- Every deadline is a date in your dashboard, with your date to send us the figures.
- A licensed German tax advisor files every German return; the same team files the French ones.
Letters · Example Trading LtdTest data
Letter from the tax office (Finanzamt) · 2 OctWaiting on you
In plain English
The tax office asks for one invoice behind your August return. Upload it and we send the reply.
Deadline30 Oct
Needed from youThe invoice, by 23 Oct
The dashboard
Every return, letter and case, in English. You see who is on it.
The service is a licensed tax advisor doing the work. The dashboard is your window into it: registration progress, every return with its receipt, every letter read and explained, and what you paid. One login for both countries.
- Returns: status, the date you send figures by, the filing receipt.
- Letters: read and explained, deadline named.
- Cases: every job outside your returns, quoted before it starts.
Free, no signup
Three tools, open to anyone.
Do I need German VAT?
Answer a few questions about your stock and sales and see which registrations follow.
Take the 60-second check →A letter from the tax office?
Photograph it and get the letter type, an English translation and every deadline it names.
Read my letter →Amazon VAT calculator
Drop in your Amazon VAT report and see the German VAT it adds up to. It is read on your device; nothing is uploaded.
Open the calculator →Case work, quoted before it starts
A problem, not a plan?
Missed years, a switched-off number, a letter with a deadline. Quoted before work starts, paid before work starts.
Outstanding years and unfiled returns
We file what is missing and deal with the estimate.
€99 per missing return
Reactivating a switched-off number
Usually it can be brought back without starting again.
from €400
Estimated assessment or hearing: the response
We answer with the real figures inside the deadline.
€400 to €800
Address change at the German tax office
We notify the office and send you the updated VAT-ID confirmation.
€400 fixed
Who does the work
Michael StillerLicensed German tax advisor (Steuerberater) at FRADECO GmbH, a licensed tax advisory firm
An in-house team in Germany and France.
Vaytax is the VAT service of a licensed German tax advisory firm. Your returns are prepared, reviewed and submitted by the firm itself. Letters from either tax office reach you in English with the deadline named, read and explained; on Pro, a written response is covered by your included advisor hours.
About usLicenceSteuerberaterkammer Rheinland-Pfalz
CountriesGermany and France, one team
LanguageEnglish, every letter explained
What our customers say
Trusted by international businesses
… Auch das Pricing ist sehr fair, transparent und gut nachvollziehbar. Für EU-Unternehmen, die in Deutschland umsatzsteuerpflichtig sind und eine zuverlässige Betreuung suchen, ist Vaytax aus meiner Sicht eine wirklich sehr gute Wahl.
In English
The pricing is very fair, transparent and easy to follow. For EU companies with a German VAT obligation who want reliable support, Vaytax is in my view a really good choice.
Peter · Vaytax customer
5-star review on Trustpilot →
Fradeco is always a reliable partner for us. We greatly appreciate their high level of expertise and practical advice on all aspects of day-to-day accounting and the timely preparation of monthly and annual financial statements …
Vivian Schneider · VP Finance
Dörte von Wenckstern · Senior Director Accounting, Meininger Hotels
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Dörte von Wenckstern · Senior Director Accounting, Meininger Hotels
In a short space of time, Fradeco has become our competent and reliable partner, responding individually to our wishes and concerns, reacting at lightning speed and handling even the most difficult issues immediately to our complete satisfaction.
Tobias Wischniewski · Head of Finance & HR, EDF
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Common questions
Questions sellers ask first.
Anything else: write us, a person replies within 24 hours on weekdays. More answers 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.
Yes, directly: you need no German address and no fiscal representative, and everything runs in English. Every US company is registered with Finanzamt Bonn-Innenstadt. We fill in the registration questionnaire (Fragebogen zur steuerlichen Erfassung) from your answers and track it until your tax number and VAT ID arrive, typically in 4 to 8 weeks. You send IRS Form 6166 (your certificate of US tax residency) and your formation documents. On the all-in plan, every VAT return after that is included.
Upload your sales report (Amazon, Shopify, easybill or DATEV) or type your totals by the date shown in your dashboard. We prepare, check and file the return.
German returns are filed by a licensed German tax advisor (Steuerberater) after an automatic check; on Pro, a person also compares each return with your upload before filing. French returns are prepared and filed by the same team.
We submit your application to the tax office (Finanzamt) within 48 hours of receiving your registration. The tax office typically takes 4 to 8 weeks to issue your tax number (Steuernummer). The EU VAT ID (USt-IdNr.) is a second step: we apply for it once the tax number is issued, and it usually takes a few more weeks. You can start selling immediately; we backfile the period once your number arrives.
No. Germany does not require a fiscal representative for a standard VAT registration, unlike some other EU countries. Your company registers directly and we act as your authorised recipient for Finanzamt correspondence.