How we write and review our guides
Who writes the guides on vaytax.com, how they are made and checked, and how to tell us when something is wrong.
Last updated 6 October 2026.
Who is responsible
Every guide on vaytax.com is published under the name of Michael Stiller, a licensed German tax advisor (Steuerberater) and founder of FRADECO GmbH Steuerberatungsgesellschaft, the firm that runs Vaytax. He has reviewed every guide and is responsible for the tax statements in it. You can check his licence in the official register of German tax advisors. More about him and the team is on our about page.
How a guide is made
Our team prepares drafts with the help of AI tools, for research notes, structure, first drafts and translation. A person then checks every statement of law against its primary source: the German VAT Act (UStG), the Fiscal Code (AO), the EU VAT Directive, and the publications of the Federal Central Tax Office (BZSt), the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) and the tax offices. Prices come from our live price list, never from memory.
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What our guides are not
Our guides explain the rules in general. They are not advice on your own case, which depends on facts we would need to see. If you want an answer for your situation, ask us: we reply in writing and quote any paid work before it starts.
Corrections
If you find an error, write to contact@vaytax.com. We check it against the source, fix it, and record every correction of substance here.
6 October 2026, German VAT rates: added that the €10,000 EU threshold for cross-border sales to consumers applies only to sellers established in the EU; a seller established outside the EU has no threshold.
6 October 2026, German VAT registration guide: the closing section now gives the usual 4 to 8 weeks for the tax number, in line with the rest of the page, instead of 6 to 10 weeks.