Tax consultant - Apply for binding information on the requirements for admission or exemption from the tax consultant examination

• You would like to receive legally binding information on the requirements for admission to the examination or exemption from the examination at the Berlin Chamber of Tax Consultants. • For online applications: registration/login via BundID Select the ‘ELSTER certificate’, ‘Online ID card (eID)’ or ‘User name/password’ option for registration/login. • For online applications: consent to the electronic payment procedure Credit card, Giropay, direct debit and payment by bank transfer are available as payment options.

• Application for binding information Submit the application online. In individual cases, you can obtain an application form on request from the Berlin Chamber of Tax Consultants. • Curriculum vitae with detailed personal and professional background information • Certificates/certificates/certifications • on the completion of a university degree in economics or law or a university degree with a specialisation in economics and the respective standard period of study or • the completion of a technical college course in economics begun in the accession territory before 1 January 1991 or • a successful final examination in a commercial training occupation or other equivalent previous education and / or • successful completion of an examination to become a certified accountant or tax specialist • For binding information on admission to the examination: Proof of practical activities Certificates of the nature and duration of your employment in the field of taxes administered by the federal or state tax authorities with the following details: • Period of employment (start and end, if applicable), • type of employment relationship (e.g. employee, freelancer, civil servant), • working hours (number of hours per week) • information on the type and scope of work in the area of taxes administered by the federal or state tax authorities (in number of hours per week) • all periods of career interruption of more than a temporary nature (e.g. extended leave of absence, overtime compensation, parental leave, sick leave, etc.). • Für die verbindliche Auskunft über die Befreiung von der Prüfung: Bescheinigung einer deutschen Hochschule oder der letzten Dienstbehörde oder des Fraktionsvorstandes Certificates of the nature and duration of your activity (or your teaching activity as a professor) in the field of taxes administered by the federal or state tax authorities with the following information: • Period of employment (start and end, if applicable), • type of employment relationship (e.g. employee, freelancer, civil servant), • working hours (number of hours per week) • information on the type and scope of work in the area of taxes administered by the federal or state tax authorities (in number of hours per week) • all periods of career interruption of more than a temporary nature (e.g. extended leave of absence, overtime compensation, parental leave, sick leave, etc.). • Proof of military/civilian service, statutory maternity protection period Provided you claim these in the application.

approx. 200,00 Euro A processing fee is payable for the information, depending on the work involved. The Chamber of Tax Consultants can provide information on the amount of this fee.

• Tax Consultancy Act (StBerG) § 38a www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stberg/__38a.html • Tax Consultancy Act (StBerG) § 37b sentences 1 and 2 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stberg/__37b.html • Tax Consultancy Act (StBerG) § 39 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stberg/__39.html • Ordinance on the Implementation of the Regulations on Tax Consultants, Tax Agents and Tax Consultancy Companies (DVStB) Section 7 (1) www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stbdv/__7.html • Fee schedule of the Berlin Chamber of Tax Consultants stbk-berlin.de/downloads-und-links/

approx. 1 - 2 weeks

• Information from the Berlin Chamber of Tax Consultants stbk-berlin.de/

To the Steuerberaterkammer Berlin (Berlin Chamber of Tax Consultants), if you are employed on a full-time basis or have your (main) residence in its district. If this place is abroad, the Steuerberaterkammer Berlin responsible is the one in whose district the intended place of professional establishment within Germany is located. If the intended professional establishment is abroad, the Steuerberaterkammer Berlin responsible is the one with which the application for admission to the examination was filed.