Already registered in Germany? Just switch the filing.

Switch your German
VAT filing to Vaytax

You already have your German VAT number. If you are unhappy with your current provider, left without support, or your provider stopped serving you, Vaytax takes over your monthly VAT return filing. No switching fee, measured in days, €79/month.

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The Short Version

You keep your German VAT number. It belongs to your company, not to your provider. Switching is a power-of-attorney (Vollmacht) handover, not a re-registration. There is no gap in your tax registration.

There is no separate switching fee. The change of representation is handled as part of onboarding. If past months are unfiled when you switch, we catch them up at €79 per past month (one-off).

It is measured in days, not weeks. Because you already hold your German VAT number, there is no 4 to 8 week registration wait. Once your documents are in, your filing moves over in days.

Who this is for

If you are already VAT-registered in Germany and any of these sound familiar, switching is straightforward.

Unhappy with your current provider

Slow replies, surprise fees, filings you can never quite see, or a service that never felt built for a foreign seller. You want a clean monthly cadence and a licensed tax advisor you can reach.

Unsupported or left in the dark

You are registered, but no one is actively filing for you, answering your questions, or handling the routine Finanzamt letters. You need someone to take ownership of the monthly return again.

Your provider shut down or exited

The service you used has wound down, stopped serving Germany, or stopped serving your segment. Your VAT number is still live and still has deadlines. You need continuity, fast.

Behind on filings after a gap

If a few months slipped because the handover was messy, we file the open months as catch-up at €79 per past month and put you back on a clean monthly schedule.

What switching involves

Three moving parts, all handled as part of onboarding. No separate switching project.

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Step 1

Sign up on the already-registered path

Start your registration on the path for companies that already hold a German VAT number. You enter your existing tax details, your address, and your bank details. No re-registration with the Finanzamt is needed.

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Step 2

Sign the power of attorney (Vollmacht)

You sign the Vollmacht and the engagement letter (Mandatsvereinbarung) electronically. No printer, no scan. This authorises us to act as your representative for your German VAT filings.

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Step 3

We take over representation with your Finanzamt

As part of onboarding, we register the new Vollmacht with your assigned Finanzamt and take over your VAT return filing. Your future correspondence and filing access route to us. Your German VAT number stays exactly the same.

Catch-up filings

Behind on a few months? We file them.

If past months are still unfiled when you switch, we file them as catch-up at €79 per past month, charged once. After that you are on the standard monthly cadence with nothing outstanding.

Catch-up applies only to months that were genuinely unfiled before you joined. Once you are with us, every monthly return is part of your subscription.

How fast is the switch?

Measured in days once your documents are in.

No registration wait

You already have your German VAT number

New registrations wait 4 to 8 weeks for the Finanzamt to issue a tax number. You are past that. There is no such wait when you switch, because your number already exists.

Once documents are in

The handover moves in days

After you sign up and sign the Vollmacht, the change of representation and your first filing setup happen in days, not weeks. The main variable is how quickly your existing details and any open documents come across.

Ongoing

Then it is just monthly

From there it is a clean monthly cadence: you enter your turnover, a licensed German tax advisor reviews and files your VAT return, and you get your confirmation back.

Pricing

You already have your German VAT number, so there is no registration fee. Filing only.

Annual
€853/year

The same routine filing, billed yearly instead of monthly. Works out lower than paying month by month.

Catch-up filings for months before you joined are €79 per past month, charged once. Corrections to an already-submitted return are quoted per case. No per-transaction surcharges.

Switching, answered

What does switching cost?

Nothing separate: the change of representation is handled as part of onboarding. If past months are still unfiled when you switch, we catch them up at €79 per past month. There is no lock-in on our side either.

How many filings are included?

All routine filings: the monthly VAT return (UStVA) every month, plus the annual VAT return. There is no per-filing charge for this routine cadence. Catch-up filings for months before you joined are €79 per past month, and corrections to an already-submitted return are quoted per case.

Are routine letters from the Finanzamt included?

Yes. Routine correspondence about your filings (acknowledgements, standard queries, routine letters) is included. More complex matters, a full audit, or substantive tax advice are quoted separately before any work starts.

Already registered in Germany

Move your filing in days, not weeks.

Sign up on the already-registered path, sign the Vollmacht, and we take over your German VAT return filing as part of onboarding.

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