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Germany and France

German and French VAT,
handled end to end.

A VAT compliance service for foreign sellers, run by a licensed German tax advisor and delivered through an English dashboard. Registration, monthly returns, and every letter from the tax office. One team, one account, whichever country you owe.

Prefer to just write us? A licensed advisor replies within 24 hours on weekdays.

Filed
Germany · March 2026
Monthly VAT return (UStVA) confirmed by the Finanzamt on 08 Apr.
VAT due € 6,655.85
Filed
France · March 2026
Monthly VAT return (CA3) submitted to the SIEE on 15 Apr.
VAT due € 2,140.00
One service

Most of what you buy does not change with the country.

The same team, the same dashboard, the same monthly rhythm. What changes is the form, the office it goes to, and each country's own price.

Registration, handled

We prepare and submit your application, including every form and mandate the tax office asks for. Your part is one guided form.

Finanzamt, with the tax registration questionnaire (Fragebogen zur steuerlichen Erfassung)
French tax office for foreign businesses (SIEE)

The monthly return, filed

You confirm your figures, we prepare the return and submit it electronically. Every period, on time.

Monthly VAT return (UStVA), filed by a licensed German tax advisor
Monthly VAT return (CA3), prepared and filed by the same team

EC sales list, when it applies

Sell B2B across the EU and a separate list of those sales is due. It is in the price, not an extra.

EC sales list (Zusammenfassende Meldung)
EC sales list (état récapitulatif)

Tax office letters, answered

Routine letters come to us, get read in the local language, and get answered. You see a plain English summary.

Read in German, answered for you
Read in French, answered for you

Deadlines, tracked

Every period is on a calendar before it opens. You get told what we need and when, and you can see what has been filed.

Due the 10th of the following month
The date the French tax office sets for your business

One dashboard, one invoice

Registration progress, every return, every letter, and what you paid. One login covers every country you are registered in.

Germany in your account
France in the same account
Germany Monthly VAT return (UStVA) with the tax office (Finanzamt), plus the annual VAT return. Live since 2021. Germany in detail → France Monthly VAT return (CA3) with the French tax office for foreign businesses (SIEE). Now open. France in detail →
How the service runs

Everything handled. Everything visible.

The same four things happen every month, in every country you are registered in.

01
The outcome

Your VAT obligation is met

Every period, in every country you are registered in, the return is prepared and filed on time.

02
Who does the work

A licensed tax advisor

A licensed German tax advisor reviews and submits your German returns. The same team prepares and files your French returns.

03
Your part

Confirm your figures

Copy last month, upload your sales report, or type the figures in. Minutes, not hours. You confirm them; we do not invent them.

04
The dashboard

Your window into it

Registration progress, every return, every tax office letter in plain English, and what you paid. One login for both countries.

You confirm your own figures each period. We prepare the return from what you confirm, a licensed German tax advisor reviews and submits it, and the filing receipt lands in your dashboard.

How it works

One filing rhythm, every month.

Whether we register you from scratch or you arrive with a VAT number already, and whichever country it is in, everything converges on the same monthly rhythm run by the same team.

01 The monthly return

Prepared from the figures you confirm, reviewed, and submitted electronically. Every period, whatever the local form is called.

UStVA, due the 10th of the following month
CA3, on the date the tax office sets for you
02 The EC sales list

Filed alongside whenever you sell B2B across a border, with every EU customer VAT number checked against the EU VIES register first.

Zusammenfassende Meldung
État récapitulatif
03 Year end and letters

Routine correspondence read in the local language and answered, all year. Where the country runs an annual return, that is prepared and filed too.

Annual VAT return (Jahreserklärung), included
No annual return in the French cycle
Add-on
EU One-Stop-Shop, layered on top

Selling B2C to consumers in other EU countries? One quarterly OSS return covers them all. It rides on a registration you already hold, so there is nothing extra to set up.

€300 setup · €200/qtr
Add-on
EORI number application

Clear customs and reclaim import VAT when you bring goods into the EU in your own name. Prepared and filed for you.

€199 one-time
Why Vaytax

The tax advisor you can actually reach.

Traditional advisors know the local tax law but work through local-language portals and processes. Software-only providers give you English screens and subcontract the filing to strangers. We are both, in Germany and in France.

Vaytax
Flat, per country
Traditional tax advisor
Local-language processes
Software-only providers
Subcontracted filing
Licensed tax advisor
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A named team that signs your filings
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Filed in-house, not subcontracted
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English end to end
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Tax office correspondence handled
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More than one country on one account
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Urgent · a letter from the tax office

Got a letter you cannot read? Send it over.

Photograph it and you get the letter type, an English translation, and every deadline and euro amount it names. No signup, no subscription. If it needs a response, a licensed German tax advisor sends you a fixed price to deal with it, quoted per case from €200 net within 24 hours on weekdays.

Finanzamt
Steuernummer 27/123/45678
Bescheid über Umsatzsteuer 2025
Schätzungsbescheid
Festgesetzt 11.400,00 €
Seite 1
Payment demanded Schätzungsbescheid · estimated assessment
What it says The tax office estimated your VAT because returns are missing.Verified
Objection deadline 17 August 2026Verified
Estimated VAT €11,400.00Verified
English translation IncludedVerified

Automated translation and general information, not tax advice. Always check deadlines against the original letter.

Read my letter, then quote me

You pay nothing until you accept a quote.

Why sellers stay

A working practice, not a new one.

2021
Filing for international sellers since

A licensed German practice, not a startup learning tax.

2,000+
Filings completed a year

Returns filed and accepted, not accounts opened.

24h
Average reply from your advisor

On weekdays, from a person who knows your file.

Sellers on Amazon eBay Shopify Etsy B2B wholesale
What our customers say

Trusted by international businesses

Vaytax made my German VAT registration straightforward and easy. The team was always responsive, answered my questions clearly, and provided excellent support throughout the process. Their platform is intuitive and easy to navigate. What impressed me most was how open they were to feedback. Suggestions were taken seriously and implemented quickly. Having such a responsive and supportive partner makes a real difference.

Fradeco is always a reliable partner for us. We greatly appreciate their high level of expertise and practical advice on all aspects of day-to-day accounting and the timely preparation of monthly and annual financial statements…

MEININGER
Vivian Schneider Vice President Finance
Dörte von Wenckstern Senior Director Accounting
FRADECO client testimonial · source →

In a short space of time, Fradeco has become our competent and reliable partner, responding individually to our wishes and concerns, reacting at lightning speed and handling even the most difficult issues immediately to our complete satisfaction. … We feel that we are in very good hands with this firm and can only recommend this tax consultancy to anyone.

Tobias Wischniewski
Head of Finance & HR
FRADECO client testimonial · source →

I contacted them regarding an urgent VAT filing issue. They solved my problem very quickly. They handled what my previous accounting company should have taken care of. … They provide fast and clear communication, along with a transparent and user-friendly dashboard that makes managing everything much easier.

Zoltan · Hungary, Vaytax customer
5-star review on Trustpilot →

… Auch das Pricing ist sehr fair, transparent und gut nachvollziehbar. Für EU-Unternehmen, die in Deutschland umsatzsteuerpflichtig sind und eine zuverlässige Betreuung suchen, ist Vaytax aus meiner Sicht eine wirklich sehr gute Wahl.

In English
The pricing is very fair, transparent and easy to follow. For EU companies with a German VAT obligation who want reliable support, Vaytax is in my view a really good choice.

See full pricing, plans & the OSS add-on →

Full pricing and timelines by country
Germany

€1,499 a year, registration included. Already have a Steuernummer? €99 a month. Four to eight weeks to your number.

Pricing & details →
France

€1,899 a year, registration included. Already have a French VAT number? €130 a month. One to three months to your number.

Pricing & details →
Common questions

The short answers.

No. You can be based anywhere in the world. For non-EU sellers (e.g. UK post-Brexit, US, China) we act as your German tax correspondent so all tax-office mail is handled by us, in Germany.

No. The Finanzamt letter intake at /finanzamt-letter is a separate one-shot service. Send us the letter, a licensed German tax advisor reviews it, and you get a fixed-price quote within 24 hours (weekdays). No subscription, no ongoing commitment.

Send your letter →

We submit your application to the Finanzamt within 48 hours of receiving your registration. The Finanzamt typically takes 4–8 weeks to issue your Steuernummer and USt-IdNr. You can start selling immediately; we backfile the period once your Tax IDs arrive.

Monthly VAT return filings with the Finanzamt, the annual VAT return, the EU sales list (Zusammenfassende Meldung), all routine tax-office correspondence, and a dashboard in English. Not included: incoming-invoice review, tax advisory, and legal advice, those are tax advisory on request and billed at €200/hr. The EU One-Stop-Shop (OSS) is a separate add-on, not part of the €99/month.

Amazon collects and remits VAT on many of your marketplace sales under §25e, but that does not register you. Amazon needs a valid German VAT number to keep your account active, your monthly UStVA still has to be filed, and marketplace-collected sales are reported separately from your B2B and non-marketplace revenue.

Yes. Notice runs to the end of the following month. We file any return whose period falls within your active subscription, then close your account and deregister you with the tax office if requested.

The full list lives on the FAQ page.