Tax and accounting in Germany

DE Partners And Part Year

Use this skill for two German income tax cases in tax year 2026. Part 1, partner

Ryan Duguid

DE Non Resident Tax

Use this skill when a person or company that does not live in Germany has German

Ryan Duguid

DE VAT Annual And Special Schemes

German VAT for tax year 2026 beyond the monthly or quarterly advance return: the

Ryan Duguid

Germany → Switzerland: commuters, weekly stayers and full movers

Cross-BorderThe three ways Germans end up with Swiss tax lives — Grenzgänger commuting daily

Michael Cutajar

DE Treaty Withholding Rates

Use this skill when a German company, bank or licensee pays dividends, interest

Ryan Duguid

DE Corporate Tax

German corporate income tax (Körperschaftsteuer, KSt) for tax year 2026: GmbH, U

Ryan Duguid

Germany Bookkeeping

BookkeepingUse this skill whenever asked about bookkeeping, chart of accounts, Kontenrahmen

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Germany VAT Return

Use this skill whenever asked to prepare, review, or classify transactions for a

13 uses

DE Freelance Intake

Income TaxUse this skill first when a self-employed person living in Germany (Freiberufler

DE Trade Tax

Income TaxGerman trade tax (Gewerbesteuer, GewSt) for sole proprietors and partnerships: w

Germany Formation

Company FormationUse this skill whenever asked about forming, incorporating or registering a comp

Germany Tax Optimization

Use this skill whenever asked about reducing tax in Germany, tax planning, savin

DE Payroll

PayrollGerman payroll for employers and employees: wage tax withholding by tax class an

DE Capital Gains

Income TaxUse this skill for any German capital gains tax question. Trigger on: "Abgeltung

German Freelancer Income Tax

Income TaxUse this skill for German income tax (Einkommensteuer) questions from a self-emp

DE Crypto Tax

Crypto TaxUse this skill for German income tax on crypto held privately: selling and swapp

DE Social Contributions

PayrollGerman social insurance contributions for employees and the self-employed: who i

Germany Payroll

PayrollFull-cycle German payroll for employers and employees: wage tax withholding by t

DE Rental Income

Income TaxGerman tax on private rental income (Vermietung und Verpachtung, § 21 EStG): ren

Germany Einvoice

E-InvoicingUse this skill whenever asked about German e-invoicing, XRechnung, ZUGFeRD, ERec

Germany Transfer Pricing

Use this skill whenever asked about Germany transfer pricing rules, documentatio

DE Estimated Tax

Income TaxUse this skill whenever asked about German estimated income tax prepayments (Vor

DE Return Assembly

Income TaxFinal orchestrator Guide that assembles the complete German return package for t

Germany Financial Statements

Financial StatementsUse this skill when preparing, reviewing, or advising on annual financial statem

Leaving Germany: exit tax on company shares (Wegzugsteuer)

Cross-BorderGerman exit tax (Wegzugsteuer, Wegzugsbesteuerung, section 6 AStG) when a shareh

A UK company’s first employee in Germany: employer registrations and payroll

PayrollWhat a UK company needs to arrange before its first Germany-based employee start