Which German tax office (Finanzamt) handles your company is fixed by your country, and each office has its own queue. This page lists what the offices are actually working on right now, from our own filings and our phone checks with them. Every figure carries the date we last checked it.
The typical range for a German VAT registration is 4 to 8 weeks from submission to tax number (Steuernummer). Individual offices can run materially longer. When we learn an office's real queue position, it goes on this board with its source and check date.
| Tax office | Handles companies from | Last checked | Current status |
|---|---|---|---|
| All tax offices | See which office handles your country in the Finanzamt lookup | Rolling | A typical registration takes 4 to 8 weeks from submission to tax number. Offices that run longer, and our own measured times, are listed here per office as soon as the page loads. |
Sources: phone checks with the tax offices and our own completed registrations, never estimates. An older check date is shown rather than hidden; it means nothing newer has been confirmed with that office.
We prepare and submit your tax registration questionnaire (Fragebogen zur steuerlichen Erfassung) to the office your country routes to. This part is fast.
Applications are processed in the order they arrive. Typically 4 to 8 weeks; the board above shows offices we know are running longer. The queue belongs to the office, and no provider can jump it.
The office issues your tax number (Steuernummer). We confirm it the day it reaches us, and your filings can start.
While you wait, we handle all correspondence from the office, check the status with them directly, and your dashboard shows exactly which stage your registration is in. You are never the one chasing a German authority.
Every week between deciding and submitting is a week added to the calendar above. If you are still working out whether you need a German VAT number at all, the free check answers it in a minute.