{"id":12172,"date":"2025-03-06T09:59:25","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T09:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bosporus24.de\/?p=12172"},"modified":"2025-03-11T10:37:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T10:37:04","slug":"wichtige-ansprechpartner-welche-behoerden-helfen-auslaendischen-unternehmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bosporus24.de\/en\/wichtige-ansprechpartner-welche-behoerden-helfen-auslaendischen-unternehmen\/","title":{"rendered":"Important contacts: Which authorities help foreign companies?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Foreign companies that want to do business in Germany often need support with Company formation, tax issues, visa matters and legal obligations<\/strong>. Here are the most important authorities and institutions that can help foreign companies:<\/p>\n

1 Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK) - Economic Affairs & Investment Promotion<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Responsible for:<\/strong>
-Information on setting up a business and investment opportunities
- Economic policy and support programs
- Advice on financing and funding options<\/p>\n

Contact:<\/strong>
Website: www.bmwk.de<\/a>
\u00a0Registered office: Berlin<\/p>\n

2. Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI) - Consulting for investors & companies<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Responsible for:<\/strong>
- Support for foreign companies entering the market
- Market analyses and legal framework conditions
- Advice on business start-ups, taxes and subsidies<\/p>\n

Contact:<\/strong>
Website: www.gtai.de<\/a>
\nRegistered office: Berlin<\/p>\n

Special feature:<\/strong>
GTAI offers Free advice<\/strong> for foreign investors and start-ups!<\/p>\n

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3. chambers of industry and commerce (IHKs) - support for local companies<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Responsible for:<\/strong>
-Advice on business registration & company formation
-Help with visa and residence issues for foreign entrepreneurs
-Support with the recognition of qualifications
- Information on local regulations<\/p>\n

Contact:<\/strong>
Website: www.dihk.de<\/a> (Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce)
There are IHKs in every city and region - simply contact your local IHK!<\/p>\n

4. tax offices & Federal Central Tax Office (BZSt) - tax registration & VAT<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Responsible for:<\/strong>
-awarding of the Tax identification number (tax ID)<\/strong> and Value added tax identification number (VAT ID)<\/strong>
-Registration for VAT in Germany
-Tax issues for foreign companies<\/p>\n

Contact:<\/strong>
Website: www.bzst.de<\/a> (Federal Central Tax Office)
Local tax offices are responsible for the tax liability of companies.<\/p>\n

5. trade offices - registration of the company<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Responsible for:<\/strong>
-Business registration<\/strong> for foreign companies in Germany
-Exhibition of Trade licenses<\/strong>
-Information on local regulations<\/p>\n

Contact:<\/strong>
Each trade office can be found at the city administration (visit the website of the respective city).
Example: Trade office Berlin<\/strong>: www.berlin.de\/standort<\/a><\/p>\n

6. federal employment agency - work permits & immigration of skilled workers<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Responsible for:<\/strong>
-Issuance of Work permits<\/strong> for foreign employees
-Consulting on Immigration of skilled workers<\/strong>
-Support in the job search for foreign skilled workers<\/p>\n

Contact:<\/strong>
Website: www.arbeitsagentur.de<\/a>
There are local employment agencies in every city.<\/p>\n

Special feature:<\/strong>
For the Acceleration of work visas<\/strong> can the Accelerated specialist procedures<\/strong> be used.<\/p>\n

7 German diplomatic missions abroad - Visas & residence permits<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Responsible for:<\/strong>
-Exhibition of Work visas & entrepreneur visas<\/strong>
-Consulting for business travelers and investors
-Support with the residence permit<\/p>\n

Contact:<\/strong>
Website: www.auswaertiges-amt.de<\/a>
German embassies & consulates abroad are responsible for visa applications.<\/p>\n

Tip:<\/strong>
Entrepreneurs who want to set up a company in Germany can apply for a Self-employed visa (\u00a7 21 AufenthG)<\/strong> request.<\/p>\n

8. customs authorities - import & export of goods<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Responsible for:<\/strong>
-Import sales tax and customs duties for imported goods
-Allocation of EORI numbers<\/strong> for exporters
-Control of trade regulations<\/p>\n

Contact:<\/strong>
Website: www.zoll.de<\/a>
Local customs offices are responsible for goods imports and tax issues.<\/p>\n

Special feature:<\/strong>
Every company that Goods imported or exported to Germany<\/strong>requires a EORI number<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

9 German Pension Insurance - Social security issues for companies<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Responsible for:<\/strong>
-Registration for the Social insurance<\/strong> for employers
-Consulting on Health, pension & accident insurance<\/strong> for employees
-Information on the Company number<\/strong> for employers<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udccc Contact:<\/strong>
\ud83c\udf10 Website: www.deutsche-rentenversicherung.de<\/a>
\ud83d\udccd Local pension insurance institutions are responsible for companies.<\/p>\n

10. business and tax consultants - private contacts for companies<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Responsible for:<\/strong>
-Consulting for Company foundation & taxes<\/strong>
-Creation of Accounting & annual financial statements<\/strong>
-Support for VAT registration & tax returns<\/strong><\/p>\n

Contact:<\/strong>
Tax consultants are informed about the Chambers of tax consultants<\/strong> or private providers.
German Chamber of Tax Consultants: www.bstbk.de<\/a><\/p>\n

Tip:<\/strong>
For international tax issues<\/strong> a tax consultant with experience in international tax law<\/strong>!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ausl\u00e4ndische Unternehmen, die in Deutschland t\u00e4tig werden m\u00f6chten, ben\u00f6tigen oft Unterst\u00fctzung bei Firmengr\u00fcndung, Steuerfragen, Visa-Angelegenheiten und rechtlichen Pflichten. Hier sind die wichtigsten Beh\u00f6rden und Institutionen, die ausl\u00e4ndischen Unternehmen helfen k\u00f6nnen: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,183],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-buerokratie-und-behoerdenwege-fuer-unternehmen","category-wichtige-ansprechpartner-welche-behoerden-helfen-auslaendischen-unternehmen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bosporus24.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bosporus24.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bosporus24.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bosporus24.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bosporus24.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12172"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bosporus24.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12173,"href":"https:\/\/bosporus24.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12172\/revisions\/12173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bosporus24.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bosporus24.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bosporus24.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}