Services
Our core business is focused on providing a comprehensive service package to German subsidiaries of foreign corporations. This full-service concept encompasses all aspects of the following:
Company foundation/Market entry
- Establishment of German subsidiaries
- Assistance entering the German market (domicile, bank account opening, recruitment, visas, insurance, etc.)
- Tax registration and structuring
- Full M&A support (targets, due diligence, sales negotiations, post-merger integration)
Payroll
- Payroll services (local employees, expatriates and staff employed in Germany by foreign entities))
- Digital data exchange for payroll preparation and provision of payslips
- Advisory services on wage tax and social security matters
- Support with wage tax and social security audits
- Payment processing
- Support with HR-related services when using platforms such as HRWorks or Taxmaro
- Personnel administration, including maintenance of employee records and transactional data for payroll processing
- Time management, covering the administration of absences such as holidays and sick leave
- Review and approval of travel expenses for payroll tax and social security compliance
- Preparation of employment reference letters
Financial bookkeeping/Annual financial statements
- Financial bookkeeping and reporting, optionally with client’s own accounting software
- Review of travel expense reports
- Cost accounting
- Review of client-prepared bookkeeping
- Accounting-related advice
- Preparation of financial statements according to German commercial GAAP
- International accounting: IFRS, US GAAP
- Consolidated financial statements
- Disclosure
Tax advice
- Tax advisory services
- Tax exemption certificates (dividends, royalties)
- Full support and advice during tax field audits
- Preparation of tax declarations and tax balance sheets
- Restructuring and merger of companies and corporate groups
- Tax due diligence
- Structuring and documentation of transfer pricing
- Income tax and value-added tax advice in cross-border transactions
- Advisory services for permanent establishments/branches of foreign companies
- Advice in customs matters
Real Estate
- Determination of taxable income and tax declarations for entities subject to unlimited and limited tax obligation
- Tax advisory services, including value-added tax
- Full tax audit support
- Financial bookkeeping, cost accounting, payment services and reporting
- Review of client-prepared/property manager-prepared bookkeeping
- Compilation of subledgers for rental income, OPEX and CAPEX
- Preparation of financial statements according to German commercial and tax GAAP
- Coordination of property managers
Auditing
- Statutory and voluntary audits/reviews of financial statements
- Special audits/reviews
- Financial due diligence
- Valuation of an enterprise
- Audit-related advice
Global Mobility Services
- Assistance with residence permit applications to enable employment in Germany
- Support with claiming child benefit (Kindergeld) for employees working in Germany
- (Payroll‑) tax and social security advisory services for the employment of expatriates and employees without a domestic establishment
- Preparation of income tax returns for expatriates and employees lacking a German-based entity
- Generation of equalisation calculations and other assignment-related financial analyses
- Collaboration with our international network to provide advisory services for employees working internationally
Further information about our network can be found here