Independently managed
Your firm keeps its name, its location and its direct line to clients. Professional responsibility stays with you.
Long-term partnerships for tax firms
Norman supports firms with its own AI software, central services and new clients. Businesses already use the software today. That leaves more time for what matters: advising clients.
Confidential and without obligation.
A long-term partnership
Your firm keeps its signature and gets stronger for the future.
Your team stays
Your team keeps looking after your clients. Norman does the data entry and matching, and the time goes into advice.
Succession at your pace
Whether you stay for many years or want to arrange your succession, we set the timeline together.
More time for advice
What every firm carries alone, Norman brings to all partner firms.
AI for running the practice
Deadlines, documents and client requests in one place. Much of it runs without moving data.
Service for your clients
New clients set themselves up. Then they see their finances in real time and get regular reports.
New clients through Norman
Businesses on Norman look for tax advisors. Partner firms can take these clients if they want to.
Recruiting and people
Norman finds staff for your firm and plans your team's training with you.
Controlling
Your firm's revenue, margin and utilisation at a glance, without building your own reports.
A product team for your workflows
Our product team builds what your team misses day to day. Your firm helps decide what comes next.
Binding steps stay with you
Norman prepares, your firm decides.
You sign with your certificate
Your advisors review and file with their own ELSTER certificate. Nothing goes out without approval.
All data stays in Germany
Your clients' data sits in data centres in Germany. Changes go into the GoBD log.
Advice by licensed advisors
Norman is software, not tax advice. The advice stays with your licensed advisors.
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How a partnership starts
Confidential call
You tell us about your firm and your plans. We show you how Norman works.
Getting to know your firm
Together we look at your clients, team and workflows.
Agreeing the partnership
We agree what the partnership looks like, including the timeline and succession.
Getting started
Your team starts with the first clients. Much of it runs alongside DATEV, without moving data.
Let's talk about your firm
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Frequently asked questions
What does a partnership with Norman mean in practice?
Your firm becomes a Norman partner firm. Your team works with Norman, and we develop the firm together. The details, such as equity, timeline and succession, we agree with each firm individually.
Do we have to take clients from Norman?
No. We offer businesses on Norman that look for a tax advisor to partner firms. You decide which clients you take.
Does my firm have to switch off DATEV?
No. Much of Norman runs alongside DATEV, without moving data. Bookings go to your firm's software as a DATEV batch with receipts. How far you move over, we decide together.
Which clients is Norman for?
Freelancers, sole traders, UG and GmbH. For the self-employed, Norman files UStVA, ZM, EÜR, income tax and trade tax. For UG and GmbH, it files UStVA, ZM, the annual VAT return, KSt, GewSt, E-Bilanz and the wage tax return.
Where is your clients' data stored?
In Germany. All your clients' data stays in data centres in Germany, under the GDPR.
Is our conversation confidential?
Yes. We treat your request, and everything you tell us about your firm, as confidential.
Who is behind Norman?
Norman AI GmbH, based in Berlin. Since 2023 we have been building Norman, the AI bookkeeper for businesses in Germany.