German VAT for foreign companies,
reviewed and filed in Germany.

Catch-up returns for periods before you joined are €99 each. Written advisory beyond routine filing questions is €200 an 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 goes to your dashboard in English with the deadline named.

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

We usually submit your application within a few working days once your documents are complete; with priority registration (extra), within one working day. The Finanzamt then typically takes 4 to 8 weeks to issue your tax number (Steuernummer). The VAT identification number (USt-IdNr), from the BZSt, often comes with it, otherwise usually a few weeks later.

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. The monthly filing plan (Standard, €99/month) 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 all-in plan (Standard €1,299/year): 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 answer the German tax office's (Finanzamt) follow-up questions 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 VAT returns (UStVA) 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 about a minute 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 every letter from the tax office comes to us. We read it and tell you in plain English what it means, what you need to do, and by when; routine letters we answer for you, and anything beyond routine gets a fixed quote before we start.

Yes. If you file monthly it is an extra at a fixed €199 per calendar year; if you file quarterly it is included at no extra charge. It is booked in your account once your filing frequency is known, not at signup, and a change of filing frequency applies from the following year. We apply for the permanent one-month extension on every German VAT deadline (Dauerfristverlängerung) for that calendar year at the next application window; the tax office decides, and any special prepayment (Sondervorauszahlung) it asks for is separate from our fee and paid by you directly to the tax office. If you already hold one, 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. Full explainer: German VAT deadline extension, explained.