Apply for recognition of foreign professional qualifications as a tax clerk

• You want to work in Berlin. • You have a state-recognised professional qualification from abroad in the field of tax consultancy or auditing. • Your professional qualification from abroad is equivalent to a German training qualification as a tax clerk. • 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. • The documents must be submitted in German. Die Übersetzungen müssen von Übersetzerinnen und Übersetzern gemacht werden, die öffentlich bestellt oder ermächtigt sind.

• Application for equivalence assessment Submit the application online or in writing by post. The official form of the Chamber of Tax Consultants must be used for written applications. • Proof of previous applications for equivalence assessment, if applicable If you have already submitted an application for equivalence assessment, documents relating to previous applications for equivalence assessment submitted to other competent bodies as simple copies. • Proof of identity Suitable proof of identity is, for example, a passport (passport substitute), all European identity cards or a convention passport as a simple copy. • Your proof was not issued in German? Then please also enclose a German translation. • The following information must be legible in Latin characters on the proof, e.g. in the translation of the proof of identity: Surname, first name, place of birth, date of birth. The proof of identity should include a photo of you and your signature. • In the event of a name change: proof of the completed name change If your first name or surname no longer matches the name on your professional qualification certificate (e.g. due to marriage, naturalisation, change of gender or similar reasons), please enclose a simple copy of the official proof of the completed name change here. This can be a birth certificate, marriage certificate, naturalisation certificate or other suitable proof of the name change. • Was your proof not issued in German? Then please also enclose a German translation. • Curriculum vitae The CV must be written in German. The curriculum vitae (CV) or résumé should provide a tabular overview of your: • Training programmes (vocational training, academic training, school education) • further training • previous jobs • Proof of training Submit your proof of professional qualification in the original language as a single copy. • This can be, for example: examination and degree certificates, professional certificate, diploma certificate, Bachelor's and/or Master's certificate or comparable documents. If available, please also enclose evidence of the content and duration of your training. These can be, for example Diploma Supplement, the Transcript of Records, the Relevé de Notes, the study book, the examination regulations as well as subject and grade overviews or comparable documents. • Your certificate was not issued in German? Then please also enclose a German or English translation of your degree certificate as a certified copy. • Supplementary documents relating to the degrees/certificates (e.g. course catalogue, examination regulations, subject overviews) in German or English translation as a single copy. • Proof of your relevant professional experience Certification of the type and duration of your relevant professional experience in the original language. This includes, for example, references, work books, professional training or comparable documents. • Your certificate was not issued in German? Then please also enclose a simple copy of a German or English translation. • Only for persons who are not citizens of the EU/EEA/Switzerland or who live outside the EU/EEA/Switzerland: Evidence that credibly proves that you actually intend to take up gainful employment in Berlin In addition to the declaration of intention to take up gainful employment, proof is required that credibly demonstrates that you actually intend to take up gainful employment in Berlin (suitable proof is, for example, the application for an entry visa for gainful employment, proof of contact with potential employers) in a single copy. • Further evidence if necessary You may need to submit further documents during the recognition procedure. The responsible office will inform you.

• Application for equivalence assessment www.stbk-niedersachsen.de/static/content/e3/e234218/e234526/

EUR 100.00 to EUR 600.00 per expense

• Berufsbildungsgesetz (BBiG, Vocational Training Act) § 50a www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bbig_2005/__50a.html • Berufsqualifikationsfeststellungsgesetz (BQFG, Act on the Assessment and Recognition of Foreign Professional Qualifications) §§ 2-7 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bqfg/__2.html • Berufsqualifikationsfeststellungsgesetz (BQFG) § 8 para. 1 no. 5 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bqfg/__8.html • Gebührenordnung der Steuerberaterkammer Niedersachsen (Fee Regulations of the Lower Saxony Chamber of Tax Advisors) www.stbk-niedersachsen.de/de/ausbildung_und_karriere/anerken

approx. 1- 3 months if all documents are complete

• Information from the responsible Chamber of Tax Consultants of Lower Saxony www.stbk-niedersachsen.de/de/ausbildung_und_karriere/anerken • Information on the recognition of foreign professional qualifications on the Recognition in Germany portal www.anerkennung-in-deutschland.de/html/de/index.php • Financial assistance for the recognition procedure www.anerkennung-in-deutschland.de/html/de/finanzielle-foerde • Publicly appointed translators in Germany www.justiz-dolmetscher.de/Recherche/ • Proceedings under the Federal Expellee Act www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bvfg/__10.html

• You apply for the recognition at the authority responsible in the Bundesland (federal state) where you want to work. For training occupations in the field of auditing and tax consultancy, the Steuerberaterkammern (chambers of tax consultants) are usually responsible. Steuerberaterkammer Niedersachsen (Chamber of Tax Consultants Lower Saxony) If you want to work in the federal state of Berlin as a Steuerfachangestellte/r (qualified tax clerk), you apply for the recognition at the responsible Steuerberaterkammer Niedersachsen (Chamber of Tax Consultants Lower Saxony) - Adenauerallee 20 in 30175 Hannover. This authority is responsible for several federal states, including the recognition procedure for the federal state of Berlin.