Pick where you need to be registered and filing. One account either way.
Most common
Germany
German VAT registration and filings, or a takeover of the filings on your existing German VAT number.
France
French VAT registration, your monthly French VAT returns (CA3) and French tax-office correspondence, handled in English.
Both
German and French VAT in one purchase: one payment, one invoice, one account. Each country keeps its own registration and filing calendar.
Buying both together is one purchase, billed yearly. You can also take one country now and add the other from your dashboard later.
The country on your company registration, not where you hold stock. French VAT rules treat sellers differently depending on this.
We cannot take on French VAT for a company established here.
France requires sellers established outside the EU to appoint an accredited fiscal representative (représentant fiscal), unless their country has a mutual-assistance agreement with France. Yours does not, so a representative is mandatory. That representative is jointly liable for your French VAT, and we do not act in that role for any client.
Two things this does not block:
Germany is unaffected. German VAT registration and filing have no equivalent requirement, and we handle it for sellers in your situation today.
Selling to French consumers may not need a French registration at all. If your stock sits in Germany or elsewhere in the EU, your French VAT can usually be declared through the One-Stop-Shop from Germany. If you hold stock in France, a French registration is unavoidable and you will need a dedicated fiscal representation provider.
Two plans. Pick the one that describes you, you only ever pay one.
Basic files what you confirm. Pro adds the source check, every tax-office letter read for you and two tax advisor hours a quarter. Annual billing only.
Pro applies once per order; the advisory hours and the letter reads cover both countries.
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Not registered yet
Register me for German VAT
You don't have a German VAT number yet. We get you registered and file every routine return from there.
€1,499/ year · registration + all filings
Includes your filings. No monthly fee on top.
✓We register you with the German tax office (the Finanzamt)
✓Every VAT return (monthly or quarterly) plus the annual one, filed for you
✓Tax-office letters forwarded to you, in English, with the deadline namedProEvery tax-office letter read for you in plain English, deadlines watched
✓A licensed German Steuerberater on your file
Already have a VAT number
Just do my filings
You're already registered in Germany. We take over your filings, with no gap. If you still need a VAT number, choose the plan on the left instead.
€119/ month · or €1,299/yr
✓Your monthly or quarterly VAT returns and the annual one, filed for you
✓EU sales report (the ZM) included whenever you need it
✓Tax-office letters forwarded to you, in English, with the deadline namedProEvery tax-office letter read for you in plain English, deadlines watched
✓No registration fee, you're already registered
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.
Pro What Pro adds, on top of everything in Basic (11 items) ▾
Source check before filing: we compare your return with the report you uploaded (marketplace VAT transactions report, invoicing export, sales summary) and flag every deviation
Two corrections (Berichtigungen) of already-filed returns a year
Every tax-office (Finanzamt) letter read for you in plain English: what it says, what it means, what to do
Objection deadlines (Einspruchsfristen) on assessment notices watched, with a warning before one runs out
Your annual return reconciled against the year's monthly or quarterly returns before filing
Filing extension (Dauerfristverlängerung) applied for by us: one more month on every return
Priority registration included: your registration questionnaire goes to the tax office within one business day after the documents we asked for are complete
Price list and stock-movement (Verbringen) valuation for EU warehouse transfers
Your accountant copied on every e-mail
A named contact who knows your file
Two tax advisor (Steuerberater) hours a quarter for tax-office questions, assessment checks and transaction questions; unused hours lapse
Annual billing only. In both plans you enter and confirm your own figures.
Just need the VAT number, not a filing plan?
Registration only, €699 one-off. We register you and hand over your Steuernummer; our mandate ends when it is issued and we then withdraw our power of attorney. VAT returns are not included. Planning to file with us? The €1,499/yr all-in is cheaper than €699 + a filing plan (≈€1,998 in year one).
Included in your plan
✓German VAT registration with the Finanzamt
✓All VAT returns (monthly or quarterly) plus the annual one
✓Finanzamt letters forwarded to you, in English, with the deadline namedProEvery Finanzamt letter read for you in plain English, deadlines watched
Licensed German SteuerberaterMember of SteuerberaterkammerFiled via the Finanzamt
Two plans. Pick the one that describes you, you only ever pay one.
Basic files what you confirm. Pro adds the source check, every tax-office letter read for you and two tax advisor hours a quarter. Annual billing only.
Not registered in France yet
Register me for French VAT
You don't have a French VAT number yet. We register you with the French tax office and file every monthly return from there.
€1,899/ year · registration + all CA3 returns
Includes your filings. No monthly fee on top.
✓We register you with the French tax office for foreign businesses (SIEE)
✓Every monthly French VAT return (CA3), filed for you
✓French tax-office letters forwarded to you, in English, with the deadline named
✓We follow up until your number arrives, realistically 2 to 3 months
Already have a French VAT number
Just do my French filings
You're already registered in France. We take over your monthly returns, with no gap. If you still need a French number, choose the plan on the left instead.
€155/ month · or €1,699/yr
✓Your monthly French VAT returns (CA3), filed for you
✓We add your company to our account at the French tax office and take over
✓French tax-office letters forwarded to you, in English, with the deadline named
✓No registration fee, you're already registered
Pro What Pro adds, on top of everything in Basic
Source check before filing: we compare your French return (CA3) with the report you uploaded (marketplace VAT transactions report, invoicing export, sales summary) and flag every deviation
Two corrections of already-filed returns a year
Every French tax-office letter read for you in plain English: what it says, what it means, what to do
Objection deadlines on assessment notices watched, with a warning before one runs out
Priority registration included: your registration file goes to the French tax office (SIEE) within one business day after the documents we asked for are complete
Price list and stock-movement valuation for EU warehouse transfers
Your accountant copied on every e-mail
A named contact who knows your file
Two tax advisor hours a quarter for tax-office questions, assessment checks and transaction questions; unused hours lapse
Annual billing only. In both plans you enter and confirm your own figures.
Just need the French VAT number, not a filing plan?
Registration only, €799 one-off, charged in full at signup. We register you with the French tax office and hand over your French VAT number; our mandate ends when it is issued and we then revoke our authorisation (mandat). French VAT returns (CA3) are not included; the filing plan is optional afterwards (€155/month or €1,699/yr). Planning to file with us? The €1,899/yr all-in is cheaper than €799 + the filing plan (€2,498 in year one).
Handled by FRADECO SAS, ParisAuthorised agent (mandataire)Filed with the French tax office
You're just creating a login here. You'll see exactly what we'll do, the documents you'll need, and your full price, and review everything before any charge at the secure checkout.
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Basic plan, one flat annual fee, first charge at signup.
What you'll need
passport / ID, your home-country company registration, articles of association, IBAN.
Already have a VAT number
I already have a German VAT number
€119/ month
We file your monthly VAT return and the annual one
EU sales report (the ZM) included whenever you need it
English dashboard, a licensed German tax advisor on your file
No registration fee, you're already registered
Month-to-month. Cancel to the end of the following month.
Or €1,299/year (save ~9%). Past months to catch up? +€99 each, shown before you pay.
What you'll need
passport / ID, your existing German VAT number, IBAN, current filing frequency.
Either way, you register with us: a short onboarding form, then you sign the engagement letter and power of attorney with our licensed German tax advisor (Steuerberater). The only difference is whether we also register you for a German VAT number. You'll see your exact total before any payment.
No German company needed · no fiscal representative required · no deposit or cash bond. If your company papers need an apostille, we tell you which ones before you pay.
Licensed German SteuerberaterMember of SteuerberaterkammerFiled via the Finanzamt
Your company
Basic details about your business as registered in your home country.
Have these ready
We'll now collect what the Finanzamt needs to register and file VAT for your company. You can come back to any step, your progress saves automatically.
Exactly as it appears in your country's commercial register (e.g. Companies House, Registre du Commerce, Handelsregister).
Your company number in your home country's register (Companies House, KvK, Registro Mercantil, etc.). It is on your register extract.
Which register your company is entered in, and where. On a French company this is the Greffe, on a UK one Companies House.
The date your company was entered in that register.
The date on your articles of association or equivalent founding document. Often the same as the date registered.
Your responsible tax office (Finanzamt) Based on your country, German law (UStZustV) assigns a centralized Finanzamt for your VAT. We handle all communication with them.
Registered address
The official address of your company's registered office (siege social / sede legale).
Including international prefix.
Your main website. Add a separate online-shop URL on the next step if it lives at a different address.
Your company's tax ID where you're incorporated. We need it for cross-border reverse-charge invoicing.
Where to find it: your home-country tax registration certificate, or any invoice you've issued.
Examples: UK GB123456789 · FR FR12345678901 · IT IT12345678901 · ES ESA12345678 · US EIN 12-3456789.
Don't have it handy? Your work is auto-saved, come back when you find it.
Which tax office in your home country issued the number above. Helps us decode foreign-language certificates faster.
Only if you already hold one. Most non-EU sellers never need their own. Issued by your home customs authority.
German tax registration
Based on the choice you made on the previous screen. Tap "Change" if you picked the wrong one.
When should we start filing? Pick a future month if your VAT obligation begins later, this month if you're starting now, or a past month to catch up (each past return is €99, charged once at signup: one late quarter is one return, not three).
✓ No backfile filings, your subscription starts this month
⚠ Finanzamt may issue Verspätungszuschlag for late filings; we file them but cannot waive those surcharges.
German Steuernummer format: XXX/XXX/XXXXX (10 or 11 digits with slashes).
Where to find it: top-right of any Finanzamt letter you've received, or on your last UStVA confirmation.
Different from the EU VAT ID (DE...) field below. Don't have it? Auto-save's on, come back later.
The DE number you use on invoices and marketplaces, different from the Tax ID above. Format: DE + 9 digits. We file your EC sales list and the electronic power of attorney under it.
How often you currently submit VAT returns. We'll continue at the same cadence.
Upload the letter from the Finanzamt confirming your Tax ID. PDF preferred (PNG or JPG also accepted). Helps us verify the number against the tax office.
A filing extension that pushes each VAT deadline one month later (e.g. June UStVA due 10 August instead of 10 July). Select Yes only if your Finanzamt has confirmed it. We verify before filing.
Business activity in Germany
Tell us what your company does in Germany so we can fill in the tax registration correctly.
Pick the closest category; the tax office reads it in German. If none fits, or you provide services, choose "Something else" and describe it in your own words.
Your words go to the tax office exactly as typed, in quotes, so name the product or service type: "products" or "goods" alone is not accepted. For services, say which, e.g. "SaaS subscriptions for dentists".
For example Amazon, eBay, Etsy, Kaufland, Otto, Shopify-hosted shops.
Marketplaces you sell on
Add every platform you sell on (required). Seller ID (recommended): the tax office usually asks for it; without it your registration can take longer.
Marketplace 1
The tax office usually asks for it; without it your registration can take longer. For Amazon: found in Seller Central under Account Info.
If you also sell through your own website to German customers.
German, as it goes on the registration form (Fragebogen); the English reading is for you. Your marketplaces and webshop from below are included automatically. If something is wrong, change the answers above.
VAT setup
Helps us pre-fill the right Finanzamt boxes. Tick what applies; leave blank if unsure.
If Amazon (or a 3PL) moves your stock into warehouses in other EU countries, those moves are reported on your German return under your VAT number in the destination country. Add any you already hold and we'll fill them in for you automatically. You can add more later.
On Amazon FBA? You usually won't have a formal warehouse contract, and that's fine. Upload your Amazon FBA agreement or a storage / inventory report if you have one handy. If not, leave this blank, you've paid and you can finish now, and we'll collect whatever the Finanzamt needs for the warehouse together during onboarding. PDF preferred.
Helps us apply the correct German VAT rate. Most e-commerce is standard 19%. Second-hand goods bought from private sellers are usually taxed on the margin only (margin scheme / Differenzbesteuerung); pick that option and we tell the tax office.
Expected revenue
€
Net amount (without VAT). Best estimate is fine.
€
Best estimate is fine.
When you first stored goods in or shipped to Germany. Can be a past date.
Leave blank if your activity is ongoing.
Your setup (optional)
Helps us tailor Vaytax to the tools you already use. Skip if you'd rather not say.
People & ownership
Legal representative and company shareholders.
Why do we need this?
The German tax office requires the details of at least one person who can legally sign for the company. This is typically the managing director or CEO.
The German tax office records a salutation for the person who signs for the company.
Representative's address
Personal address of the legal representative. Can be the same as the company address.
Identity & foreign VAT verification
The Finanzamt requires identity verification of the legal representative. If your company already holds a foreign VAT-ID, a copy of the certificate speeds up the registration.
The Finanzamt verifies the identity of each managing director (Geschäftsführer), not just one. If your company has several, select all their passport or ID copies here (hold Ctrl/Cmd to pick multiple files). PDF preferred (PNG or JPG also accepted). Asking for all of them now saves a Finanzamt query later.
Missing documents are the most common reason a registration takes weeks longer. The tax office will ask for this document before it issues a number. Tell us why you cannot provide it, so we can prepare the answer now.
Your home-country VAT registration certificate (VAT ID or local equivalent). The Finanzamt uses it to verify cross-border registration. PDF preferred (PNG or JPG also accepted).
Missing documents are the most common reason a registration takes weeks longer. The tax office will ask for this document before it issues a number. Tell us why you cannot provide it, so we can prepare the answer now.
Your French registration
The French tax office for foreign businesses (SIEE) asks for two company documents plus a short description of your French activity. Everything else it needs, we take from the details you already gave above.
Your company's founding document in its original language. PDF preferred (PNG or JPG also accepted).
Missing documents are the most common reason a registration takes weeks longer. The tax office will ask for this document before it issues a number. Tell us why you cannot provide it, so we can prepare the answer now.
Your VAT registration certificate at home, or your trade-register extract if your country does not issue one.
Missing documents are the most common reason a registration takes weeks longer. The tax office will ask for this document before it issues a number. Tell us why you cannot provide it, so we can prepare the answer now.
The warehouse or fulfilment provider and its town. If you hold no stock in France, write how you sell there instead.
One line describing the activity. The French tax office uses this to classify your registration.
This decides how your sales are treated and what we report.
In euros, excluding VAT. An estimate is fine, the tax office only wants an order of magnitude.
The number we take over (it starts with FR). We add your company to our account at the French tax office under this number; France then posts an activation code, to you or to us, within 2 to 3 weeks.
Contracts, offers, invoices, or a marketplace listing showing you sell into France. The tax office requires this with the registration, so we have to pass it on.Understood. We will come back to you for this before the registration is submitted, because the tax office asks for it.
Your monthly French VAT returns (CA3) start from this month. An estimate is fine, we confirm it once the tax office issues your number.
Two documents follow from us
France also needs two signed mandates letting us act for you: one for the registration portal and one for the tax office. We send both pre-filled once your registration is under way (one must go on your own letterhead), so there is nothing to prepare now.
Two things will need you after the tax number arrives
French returns are filed through your company's own online tax account, which we manage for you. To get access, the French tax office posts an activation code, sometimes to us and sometimes to you. If it reaches you, send it on straight away: nothing can be filed until it is entered, and this step alone usually takes two to three weeks.
You will also get a French direct-debit mandate from us. You sign it and send it to your own bank. Until your bank has it, the French tax office cannot collect the VAT you owe, so this one is worth doing the day it arrives.
Your French fee:as agreed at checkout.
Read the full French engagement contract (French binding text + English translation)
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Signed electronically, like your German engagement. This document never goes to a tax authority.
Shareholders
List all shareholders, so the percentages add up to 100%. The tax office asks who owns the company and will not accept a partial list. For a sole owner, tick the box below.
Shareholder 1
Nominal share value in your home currency (e.g. £100 for a UK Ltd, €25,000 for a German GmbH).
Total across all shareholders cannot exceed 100%.
Share capital
The company's total registered share capital, exactly as it stands in your incorporation documents, because it is a figure the tax office relies on. If the ownership amounts above add up to a figure we suggest it below; use it only if it is the registered capital, otherwise type the real one.
Exactly as your incorporation documents state it, cents included if that is what they say.
Three-letter code, e.g. EUR, GBP, USD.
Bank & SEPA
Bank account and SEPA direct debit mandate.
Bank details are optional here.
If your company account isn't open yet, skip this step, your registration still goes to the Finanzamt and we add the account before your first return. When you do have it: the tax office uses it to send any VAT refund (common for Amazon FBA sellers with lots of input VAT), and an optional SEPA mandate lets them collect any VAT due automatically, which avoids late payment penalties.
Optional. If your company bank account isn't open yet, leave this blank and we'll add it before your first return. EU IBANs preferred; non-EU account numbers also accepted (BIC required for routing).
8 or 11 letters/digits. Needed alongside the account for the Finanzamt's SEPA direct debit.
Where to find it: any bank statement, or look it up from the IBAN at iban.com/iban-checker.
Name of the bank that holds this account.
SEPA Direct Debit Mandate
We recommend setting up SEPA direct debit with the tax office. This way, VAT payments are collected automatically on the due date, no missed payments, no penalties.
Type your full name above, then click to sign electronically. The signed PDF will download for your records.
✓ Signed electronically
Documents for tax registration
Two documents the Finanzamt needs from your home country to issue your German Tax ID.
We'll handle your VAT registration
Our licensed German tax advisor will prepare your tax registration form, submit it to the Finanzamt, and handle all correspondence until your Tax ID is issued.
Annual all-in (registration included)
€1,499 per year
Your €1,499/year all-in plan includes German VAT registration and all your monthly and annual filings. First charge at checkout, renews yearly.
Required documents
Upload in PDF, PNG, or JPG. Both are mandatory for the tax registration form.
Official proof your company exists, from your home-country business register. Examples: Companies House (UK), KRS or CEIDG (Poland), KvK (Netherlands), K-bis (France), Handelsregister (Germany), or your local equivalent. Ideally dated within the last 3 months. PDF preferred.
Missing documents are the most common reason a registration takes weeks longer. The tax office will ask for this document before it issues a number. Tell us why you cannot provide it, so we can prepare the answer now.
Your company's articles of association or equivalent founding document. PDF preferred.
Missing documents are the most common reason a registration takes weeks longer. The tax office will ask for this document before it issues a number. Tell us why you cannot provide it, so we can prepare the answer now.
Storage evidence (Lagernachweis): proof that your goods are stored in Germany. Either an Amazon Inventory Ledger or Cross-Border Inventory Movements report from Seller Central showing German fulfilment centres, or your warehouse contract or a confirmation from your logistics provider (3PL) naming the German address. The Finanzamt has refused a registration that claimed German storage without it.
Amazon: Seller Central > Reports > Fulfillment > Inventory Ledger, filter by country DE, then print to PDF (or screenshot); or Reports > Fulfillment > Cross-Border Inventory Movements for the period since your stock reached Germany. Own or 3PL warehouse: the signed contract or the provider's confirmation letter with the address. PDF, PNG or JPG.
VAT accounting method
Which one fits you? Cash basis is usually better for new sellers under €800,000/year because you only pay VAT when the customer actually pays. Accrual basis is required above the threshold and is the default for established e-commerce. Pick cash basis if you sometimes wait weeks for payment; pick accrual basis if everything is paid at point of sale (most marketplaces).
Small business scheme (Kleinunternehmer, §19 UStG)
Germany lets very small businesses skip charging VAT under the small business scheme (Kleinunternehmer-Regelung). That option is not open to companies based outside Germany: since 2025 an EU-based business can only reach the German exemption through the EU small business scheme run by its home country, and a business based outside the EU cannot use it at all. We therefore register you as waiving the scheme, so you charge German VAT from the start. Waiving binds you for five calendar years (§19 Abs. 3 UStG), which is the normal position for a foreign seller with German sales.
A rough figure is fine. The tax office asks for it to set your filing frequency. Enter the VAT amount, not your turnover.
Previous VAT refund applications
Provided by the Bundeszentralamt für Steuern (BZSt) on your refund decision letter.
Your tax office () will also want to know
usually sends these questions by letter weeks after your registration questionnaire (Fragebogen) is filed, and the registration waits until you have answered. Answer them here instead: we send your answers to the office together with the questionnaire, as your own statements. You only see the questions that apply to your business.
You can change these answers until we send them to the office.
Legal documents
Engagement letter and power of attorney for FRADECO GmbH (German tax advisory firm).
Engagement Letter
Your service agreement with our licensed tax advisor: the VAT filing service, or the standalone registration if that is what you chose.
What this covers, and what stays your job
This is a self-service VAT filing service. We prepare and file your monthly VAT returns, recapitulative statements (ZM) and the annual VAT return, but you remain responsible for capturing the underlying numbers each month and each year. The split below applies to both monthly and annual filings. If you chose the standalone registration (€699 one-off), none of the filing work below is included: we prepare and submit your tax registration and handle the Finanzamt until your number is issued, and the engagement ends there.
✓ What we do (tax advisor)
Prepare the monthly VAT return, recapitulative statement (ZM) and annual return from the data you provide
Plausibility check on every submission
File electronically with the Finanzamt (no paper, no receipts)
Send the transmission receipt
Reconcile the annual return against your monthly filings
Credit any advance VAT payment and calculate refund / balance due
General email support on the filing process
Routine Finanzamt correspondence on your filings (reminders, queries, registration follow-ups)
By signing below, I accept the engagement letter with FRADECO GmbH on the terms shown above. German text prevails; the full agreement is above and in the PDF you download.
Type your full name above first: it becomes the signature inside the PDF.
Type your full name above, then click to sign electronically. The signed PDF will download for your records.
✓ Signed electronically
Power of Attorney
Authorize our licensed tax advisor to file German VAT on your behalf.
✓ Power of attorney (Vollmacht): on file
What you're authorizing
By granting this power of attorney, you authorize FRADECO GmbH (German tax advisory firm) to:
Register your company for German VAT with the competent tax office
Submit monthly VAT returns to the Finanzamt
Submit annual VAT returns
Submit recapitulative statements (ZM)
Receive and respond to all correspondence from the tax office on your behalf
Handle objections and appeals related to your German VAT
Sign your Power of Attorney by hand. German tax offices require a handwritten signature on this document. Download it, print and sign it, then upload the signed copy below. It grants FRADECO GmbH full power of attorney to represent your company in all German VAT matters before the tax office, valid until revoked in writing.
Already filled in with your company details. Sign it by hand where indicated, then upload a scan or clear photo below.
PDF, PNG, or JPG. Must show your handwritten signature.
Review your information
Please check that everything is correct before submitting.
What happens next
Activity start vs first filing date
✓ Backfile filings will be billed later, once the Finanzamt confirms your start date. Today's total only includes the recurring subscription (and registration fee for Path A).
Free-text. Flagged to your tax advisor along with the registration.
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