Cosmotax GmbH

Cosmotax GmbH is a firm of German tax consultants in Munich whose usual clients have cross-border affairs. It supports foreign companies and private individuals with activity and investment in Germany, from setting up a company to the yearly returns, and works in English, German and Russian.

What Cosmotax GmbH does

• Corporate services: bookkeeping to German rules, payroll, financial statements, and corporate income, trade tax and VAT returns.
• Private clients: income tax returns for employees, advice for freelancers and contractors, and inheritance and gift tax.
• Company formation: choosing a legal form, incorporating and registering a German company.
• VAT: German VAT registration and ongoing filings for businesses based abroad.
• Property: tax advice on buying, letting and selling German real estate.

Who it serves

Typical cases include a foreign company holding stock in Germany, a contractor moving to Munich for a couple of years, and a family buying property and deciding who should own it.

Key facts

• Based in: Neuhausen-Nymphenburg, Munich
• Languages: English, German and Russian
• Background: advisers previously worked at Ernst & Young and PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Supervision: Steuerberaterkammer München
• Software: DATEV, or the client's own system on request