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While you can quickly set up the legal entity, getting a tax number can take months (https://www.selbststaendig.de/wissen/steuernummer-beantragen https://www.se
by SkyAndSand 4y ago
While you can quickly set up the legal entity, getting a tax number can take months (https://www.selbststaendig.de/wissen/steuernummer-beantragen https://www.selbststaendig.de/wissen/steuernummer-beantragen). The last time we set up a company in Germany it took more than 6 weeks to get a tax number.
- hef19898 4y agoOh, forgot about that... VAT numbers as well. Go through a tax cobsutancy and it is faster, did that twice. I see this as being seperate from incorporating so, as everyone is affected by slow tax authorities.
- andi999 4y agoBut can you do business without the vat number?
- hef19898 4y agoWothout VAT number? Sure, if you stay domestic. It should also work internationally, but my two companies had VAT numbers to make things easier. Those are, I think, basically free. The time to get one varies depending on your local tax office. Some are faster than others.
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- SkyAndSand 4y agoWe did go through a tax consultancy. Still took that long. While you may be technically right in that it is separate from incorporating, it still plays into how quickly a company actually becomes usable.