German VAT for foreign companies,
handled end to end.

Catch-up returns for periods before you joined are €99 each. Written advisory beyond routine filing questions is billed from €200 per hour. Both are quoted before any work starts.

Automated translation and general information, not tax advice. Always check deadlines against the original letter.

No. Your company can be based anywhere. For non-EU sellers we act as your German tax correspondent, so tax office mail reaches us and gets answered.

No. Germany does not require fiscal representation for foreign sellers registering for VAT, so there is no surcharge for it here.

We submit your application within 48 hours of receiving your signup. The Finanzamt then typically takes 4 to 8 weeks to issue your tax number (Steuernummer) and VAT identification number (USt-IdNr).

Yes, up to four years back. Catch-up returns are €99 each and quoted before we start. They sit outside the plan price.

A licensed German tax advisor reviews and submits every return. You confirm your own figures first; we do not invent numbers on your behalf.

Two separate clocks, and they depend on the plan. The €99/month filing plan is for businesses that already hold a German tax number (Steuernummer): it starts the day you sign up, and we file from the first period you give us. If you do not have a Steuernummer yet, registration belongs to the €1,499/year all-in plan: it is charged at signup, and we use the first 4 to 8 weeks to prepare and submit your tax registration questionnaire (Fragebogen zur steuerlichen Erfassung) and handle the Finanzamt back-and-forth until your number is issued. In that window there are no VAT returns yet, but real work is happening on your file.

The filing obligation itself begins with the start of your business activity in Germany, not automatically with the number being issued. Your activity start date is something you declare yourself in the Fragebogen: if your goods, stock, or operation will not be live in Germany for several months, you put that later date, and monthly UStVA filings begin from that date. In practice you control when the filing clock starts, and we help you set it correctly so you are not filing for months you were not yet active. Our VAT check takes 30 seconds and helps you decide whether registering now or later makes sense.

Filing on time is our job. We are a licensed German tax advisory firm and we carry professional liability insurance, as German law requires of every Steuerberater. A penalty caused by a mistake on our side is our responsibility. A penalty caused by figures that reach us late or incorrect sits with you. We hold the power of attorney (Vollmacht), so the Finanzamt's letters come to us and we respond to them.

Yes. If you already hold a Dauerfristverlängerung (the permanent one-month extension on every German VAT deadline), tell us at signup and every deadline in your account shifts by a month automatically, so you never track two sets of dates. Routine filings under the extension are included in your plan. If you want to set one up, we arrange it with your licensed German tax advisor. Full explainer: German VAT deadline extension, explained.