Accountants in Germany
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Ecovis Deutschland provides tax consulting, auditing, legal and business consulting services through more than 100 German offices with over 2,500 employees, drawing on a network of...
Deloitte Germany provides audit and assurance, tax including business tax, indirect tax, M&A tax and transfer pricing, legal services, consulting, risk and regulatory, strategy and...
Accountable is a German tax application for self-employed people, freelancers and sole traders, covering income, sales and business tax returns, e-invoicing in XRechnung, ZUGFeRD a...
KPMG in Germany provides audit, tax advisory, business and management consulting, alongside cyber security, data and analytics, AI, ESG transformation and transaction advisory serv...
Consultinghouse GmbH Steuerberatungsgesellschaft advises international companies on opening corporate bank accounts in Germany alongside business incorporation, accounting, payroll...
Choosing Accountants in Germany
In Germany there is no separate licence called “accountant.” Commercial tax and bookkeeping advice is a reserved activity under the Tax Advisory Act (Steuerberatungsgesetz, StBerG): only a licensed Steuerberater — or a Steuerberatungsgesellschaft (tax-advisory company) they run — may give it for a fee. A Steuerberater passes a uniform state examination and is entered in the official register kept by the Chambers of Tax Advisers. So the firms listed here for accounting work in Germany are, in practice, Steuerberater practices.
Before you engage one, check:
- That the person or firm is entered in the official register of tax advisers. Anyone can call themselves a “bookkeeper”; only a registered Steuerberater may give tax advice.
- Whether they work in English, and whether they have handled companies of your legal form (GmbH, UG, branch) and situation (foreign parent, VAT across the EU).
- How fees are set. Steuerberater fees are governed by the Steuerberatervergutungsverordnung (StBVV), the statutory fee schedule, though fixed-fee arrangements are common for routine work.
Regulator: Steuerberaterkammer (Chamber of Tax Advisers), under the Steuerberatungsgesetz (StBerG). Official source. Checked 19 July 2026.