In a first step the following decisions have to be made:

1. legal form of the new company
2. name of the new company
3. business purpose
4. business address
5. who will be shareholder, who will be director
6. rights and obligations of directors

Given these information, articles of association will be defined by a notary office and the company gets founded.

A bank account will be opened and the share capital has to get paid in (if applicable)

After those steps the tax registration (incl. VAT registration ) has to be made.

Furthermore you might to register at local authorities.

Speak with the specialist of Cosmotax. We will find the best way to start your German assignment.

There are many reasons why to setup a company in Germany. Here some facts:

Einzelunternehmer

Dies sind stets Individuen mit einer wirtschaftlichen Betätigung auf dem deutschen Markt, z.B. Freiberufler mit IT- Projekten in Deutschland.

Kapitalgesellschaften

Dies ist oft die bevorzugte Unternehmensform für bereits bestehende ausländische Unternehmen, die in Deutschland eine Niederlassung gründen wollen. Verschiedene Formen der Kapitalgesellschaft sind:

• GmbH (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung )
• AG (Aktiengesellschaft)
• UG (Unternehmergesellschaft haftungsbeschränkt)

Personengesellschaften

Personenggesellschaften haben mindestens zwei Gesellschafter (Privatpersonen oder andere Unternehmen). Diese Unternehmensform ist oft günstig für Familienunternehmen, die z.B. in Immobilien investieren wollen. Beispiele sind:

• OHG (Offene Handelsgesellschaft)
• GmbH & Co. KG
• KG (Kommanditgesellschaft )

Es gibt darüber Hinaus die Möglichkeit, Betriebsstätten von ausländischen Firmen in Deutschland zu gründen. Sie können z.B. als ABC o.o.o. Russland, Niederlassung Deutschland operieren.

Schreiben Sie ein Email an Cosmotax oder rufen Sie uns an. Wir erstellen Ihnen eine erste Bestandsaufnahme und schlagen Ihnen Gestaltungen vor, um Ihre Investition in Deutschland optimal zu gestalten.

Why should you choose a German accounting firm like Cosmotax for company setup instead of a professional formation service?

Expertise

• We do not have the expertise in forming companies in 50 different countries, but we supported many dozens of company setups in Germany.
• We are fluent in German, English and Russian language.
• Our specialists for company formation hold MBA titles, are all chartered accountant in Germany (Steuerberater) and worked many years for ‘Big four’ accounting firms like Ernst & Young and PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
• We do have experienced network of lawyers, notaries, solicitors, landlords, bankers, that will resolve any upcoming issue for you.

Fees

• Our business model is not “hit and run” which means we would make one times our profit by forming your company and then our business relationship is ended.
• Our objective is to provide perfect service to you at the formation process and therefore gain you as new client for our accounting firm. We would appreciate to provide the full scope of compliance and accounting service to you. Thus we are interested in a long term relationship with you and your new formed company.

You can see this company setup procedure is only a first step to build up a business relation.

Therefore our fees are moderate. For example setup a GmbH with a share capital of EUR 25.000 (including consulting, notary fees, court registration fees, tax registration, VAT number, open up bank account and creating contact to landlords is below EUR 2.000 (net w/o VAT or any translation costs if applicable).