Professional register of tax advisors - Apply for registration of tax advisory firms
Steuerberaterberufsregister - Eintragung von Steuerberatungsgesellschaften beantragen
Official English page German-only parts machine-translated, 2026-09-15
If you wish to operate a tax consultancy firm, you must submit an application for recognition. Recognition also establishes compulsory membership of the Chamber of Tax Consultants. Both partnerships and legal entities can be considered as the legal form of the company to be founded for a tax consultancy firm.
Procedure
1. Apply for registration online or by post to the Chamber of Tax Consultants using the application form provided.
2. Submit the complete application documents to the Berlin Chamber of Tax Consultants.
3. The Chamber of Tax Consultants will then check whether you fulfil the requirements and decide on your application.
4. Registration takes place by issuing a certificate, which will be sent to you by post.
If you have any questions or need help with your application, the contact persons at the Berlin Chamber of Tax Consultants will be happy to provide you with further information.
Book an appointment
Book an appointment (service.berlin.de)
Requirements
• You run a tax consultancy firm with a branch office in Berlin and want to be entered in the professional register for tax consultants.
• For online applications: registration/login via BundID or a verified tax consultant identity from the tax consultant platform.
Select the ‘ELSTER certificate’ or ‘Online ID card (eID)’ option for registration/login.
Documents you need
• Entry form for the professional register
Submit the application online or in writing by post. The official form of the Chamber of Tax Consultants must be used for written applications.
• Professional liability insurance
provisional confirmation of cover or proof of conclusion of professional liability insurance
• If applicable, proof that the legal representative is authorised to use the designation ‘Agricultural Accountant’
• If applicable, evidence of e.g. separate list of branches, participants, election resolutions
• Only for auditing firms, accountancy firms or professional practice firms according to BRAO: Certificate of recognition
Forms
• Entry form for the professional register stbk-berlin.de/downloads-und-links/
Fees
none
Legal basis
• Steuerberatungsgesetz (StBerG, Tax Consultancy Act) § 76a - Entry in the professional register www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stberg/__76a.html
• Steuerberatungsgesetz (StBerG) § 76c - Notification obligations www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stberg/__76c.html
• Steuerberatungsgesetz (StBerG) § 53 - Recognition www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stberg/__53.html
Who is responsible
You can be entered by the Steuerberaterkammer Berlin (Berlin Chamber of Tax Advisors) in the professional register for tax advisors (Berufsregister für Steuerberater) as a Steuerberatungsgesellschaft (tax advisory company) if your intended future place of professional establishment is located in the Kammerbezirk Berlin (Berlin chamber district).
Responsible for you
Choose a location; the appointment itself is booked on the original page.
- Steuerberaterkammer Berlin
- Steuerberaterkammer Berlin
Original
German originalOfficial English page
Service number 351597 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/351597/