German tax advisory for international businesses & investors
We help foreign companies, entrepreneurs and investors establish, operate and expand their business in Germany — with tax advice, accounting and compliance in English, German and Russian.
Six areas we cover
Each area has its own specialists. You get the advice that fits your situation — not the person who happens to be free.
Corporate services
Bookkeeping, payroll, financial statements and tax compliance for companies operating in Germany
Read moreCompany formation
Setting up a GmbH in Germany: legal form, incorporation and tax registration
Read moreInvestors
Acquisitions as a share or asset deal, tax due diligence, holding structures and exit
Read moreSubsidiary or branch
Which form a foreign company should choose in Germany — and when a permanent establishment arises on its own
Read moreProperty
Buying, letting and selling German real estate — directly or through a company
Read moreWhy international clients come to us
What makes us different from an ordinary firm
Most German tax firms look after German clients with German facts. Our normal case is a different one: a company abroad that stores goods in Germany. An investor who wants to take over a Munich GmbH and needs to know what comes with it. A family buying a property and still deciding who should hold it.
That calls for two things that are not a given: the client's own language, and routine with cross-border facts. We have both.
Where we advise
- Choice of legal form when setting up in Germany
- Incorporation and registration of new companies
- Subsidiary, branch or permanent establishment
- VAT registration and ongoing filings
- Bookkeeping and payroll
- Financial statements and balance sheets
- Corporate income tax, trade tax and VAT returns
- Withholding tax and transfer pricing in the group
- Acquisitions (M&A): share deal or asset deal
- Tax due diligence
- Holding structures and shareholdings
- Property investments, including through a company
Private individuals
We also advise individuals with a cross-border connection — expats, managing directors, contractors: Private clients. German-speaking private clients and mid-sized businesses in the Munich area with no international connection are looked after by Steuerkanzlei Fuierer — the practice of our managing director Ulrich Fuierer, at the same address. Its website is in German.
How an engagement starts
First contact
You describe your case by e-mail or phone. We tell you what to expect.
Assessment
An initial analysis of your tax position. Free of charge and without obligation.
Proposal
Scope and fees in writing. You then decide whether to go ahead.
Ongoing support
Deadlines, filings, correspondence with the authorities. Your contact person stays the same.
Frequently asked questions
Do you advise companies without a place of business in Germany?
Yes — that is our focus. A foreign company can become liable for German VAT without having any establishment here: through a warehouse, through trading inside Germany, or through distance sales to German customers. We handle the registration and the ongoing filings.
Do you also advise on buying a company in Germany?
Yes, on the tax side: share deal or asset deal, tax due diligence before signing, the structure — directly or through a holding company — and the ongoing work afterwards. Your lawyers are responsible for the purchase agreement; we agree the tax provisions in it with them. More under Investors.
Which languages can we work in?
English, German and Russian — in advice, in correspondence and in the bookkeeping. We can enter posting texts in all three languages, so that your head office can read the accounts. What has to stay in German is set out under English-speaking tax advisor in Munich.
What does an initial assessment cost?
Nothing. You describe your case, we tell you what to expect in tax terms and what we would charge. Only then do you decide.
How are your fees calculated?
Under the German Tax Advisers' Fee Regulation (StBVV), which sets a range for most activities. For recurring work such as bookkeeping and payroll we can agree a flat monthly fee.
Can you work with our existing accounting software?
Usually yes. We work in DATEV as standard, but for internationally active clients we also post transactions directly in the client's own system via remote data transfer.
Do you also advise clients with no international connection?
That is what Steuerkanzlei Fuierer is for: the practice of our managing director Ulrich Fuierer advises German-speaking private clients and mid-sized businesses in the Munich area — income tax, property, inheritance and gift tax, bookkeeping and annual accounts. Its website is in German.
Let's talk about your case
An initial assessment of your tax position is free of charge and without obligation. Tell us what it is about.