Offered by Kontist Steuerberatungsgesellschafts mbH

Tax Advisory

Q: Power of Attorney to represent

The power of attorney for representation enables us to represent you in dealings with the Tax Office. We are therefore allowed to submit tax returns, answer questions and file applications on your behalf. Of course, this only happens if you have given us permission to do so.

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Our offer includes digital tax consulting tailored to the self-employed. The consulting services are performed by Kontist Steuerberatungsgesellschaft mbH.

What questions can we help you with?

Feel free to contact us with any tax concerns. We will do our best to provide you with a solution within two business days. For more complex requests, the processing time may take a little longer.

Possible Advice Topics:

Deductibility of expenses

Invoicing in special cases

Entertainment expenses

Acquisition and depreciation of fixed assets

Meal allowance, taxation of company cars (1% Rule vs. Logbook)

Proof of Income

and many more...

Starting Your Business

If you are just starting your own business, we will also be happy to assist you. However, we cannot offer all-round start-up advice.

We are happy to help you with the following topics:

Decision between freelance & commercial activity

Tax registration

Completion of the "Questionnaire on tax registration"

Application for the VAT identification number (VAT ID no.)

Set up the accounting

If you have questions about your business plan, marketing or possible funding, we unfortunately cannot help you personally. However, we have already worked successfully with www.gruenderschiff.de in the past. We can highly recommend the team around Moritz Meidert.

How can you book an Appointment?

Feel free to contact us at any time if you have any questions. Our support team can either help you immediately or arrange a telephone appointment with one of our competent Tax Advisors.

You can best reach us

Via chat in your Kontist app

By phone at +49 30 311 986 06 (Mon to Fri, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.)

By e-mail to steuern@kontist.com

At Kontist Steuerberatung you do not have a permanent contact person. It is more important to us to answer your question quickly than to always receive your answer from the same person. Therefore, it may happen that you receive answers from different employees. However, if capacities allow, we make sure that you are attended to by the same experts as often as possible.

What does a 'Tax Advisor Power of Attorney' mean?

We will deposit a Power of Attorney to receive and represent you at your Tax Office

Power of attorney to receive

Thanks to the power of attorney for receiving, the Tax Office will in future send all letters directly to us and no longer to you. This has the advantage that we can deal with the requests directly and have an overview of the deadlines at all times.
Of course, we will keep you informed about all requests and send you the letters for your information. This way you always have an overview and your own work is reduced to a minimum.

Power of Attorney to represent

At the beginning of our cooperation, you may still receive mail directly from the Tax Office. Unfortunately, some tax offices need up to 8 weeks until a power of attorney is stored in the system, since some internal Tax Office processes still run manually. If you receive mail from the Tax Office, please take a picture of the letter as soon as possible and send it to us via Kontist chat or e-mail.

Additional Costs

Our price model is structured in such a way that all everyday inquiries, activities and processes are included in the price. You pay the monthly flat rate of EUR 149 or EUR 99 and do not have to pay for each individual request or activity.

In any Self-Employment business, however, extraordinary incidents can also occur which won't be covered within our flat rate.

For example, if the tax office carries out a Tax Audit, we will be happy to support you. However, this support is very individual and can be very labor-intensive. That is why we cannot offer them in the monthly flat rate and will write a separate invoice for this additional effort, just like any other Tax Advisor.

Our offer is aimed at the Self-Employed and we specialize in the challenges of the Self-Employed.

If you have more complex cases in your VAT Return (for example, from rental income, substantial investment income or income from agriculture), these activities are not included in the monthly flat rate.

We never act without an express order.

If there are any additional costs, we will inform you in advance, give you a price range and only after your confirmation will we start working. This means that you can plan the costs at any time.

You can find more information about costs here: Fees and Prices

*We indicate that the services of Kontist Steuerberatung are conducted by Kontist Steuerberatungsgesellschaft mbH. Support in tax-related topics such as machine-aided bookkeeping is provided by Kontist Service GmbH. Kontist does not offer support in tax-related topics nor tax advisory services, but conveys these services between you and our partners Kontist Steuerberatungsgellschaft mbH and Kontist Service GmbH. Please find our Terms & Conditions here.