Register your GmbH or UG with the Finanzamt
Norman guides you through the tax registration questionnaire for capital companies and files it digitally via ELSTER. Your tax number follows. Free.
The questionnaire for capital companies, without a tax advisor
Norman knows the GmbH and UG version: shareholders, managing directors, share capital, and opening balance sheet instead of freelancer fields.
The right version of the form
Capital companies fill in different sections than sole proprietors. Norman shows only the fields for GmbH and UG.
Tax number, VAT ID, and tax types
No tax number, no invoices. Norman requests it together with the VAT ID and registers corporate, trade, and value-added tax.
A profit estimate that does not punish you
Your estimate sets the prepayments. Norman calculates with real plan figures, including the managing director's salary.
Filed digitally via ELSTER
Norman checks all required fields and files the questionnaire with the Finanzamt via ELSTER. No certificate, no paper.
Straight into ongoing bookkeeping
With the tax number in hand you continue right away: invoices, bank reconciliation, opening balance sheet, and VAT returns.
What Norman saves you
Registering a capital company for tax is standard work. It should be neither expensive nor slow.
Tax advisor fee for a form you can file yourself with guidance.
Extra waiting time when the questionnaire comes back incomplete and has to be filed again.
The result of a profit estimate set too low in your first financial year.
At Norman, the essentials are free.
Also, it is tax-deductible.
Free
Invoicing and bookkeeping.
/month (excl. VAT)
- Complete double-entry bookkeeping
- AI Autopilot
- Unlimited e-invoicing
- Bank sync (1 account)
- Norman AI usage limits
Pro
Reports, insights, and advisor tools.
/month (excl. VAT), then €12
- BWA & financial reports
- DATEV export
- Tax advisor access
- Multi-user access
- Higher Norman AI limits
Max
Annual accounts and every tax filing.
/month (excl. VAT), then €52
- UStVA & ZM filing
- Corporate & trade tax
- Annual accounts with E-Bilanz
- Bank sync (5 accounts)
- Maximum Norman AI limits
The discount applies to new customers for the first 3 months on monthly billing.
Get the tax number for your company
Fill in the questionnaire, file it via ELSTER, receive your tax number. Invoicing, bookkeeping, and VAT returns then continue in Norman.
Start for freeFAQ
When does my GmbH or UG have to file the questionnaire?
Within one month of starting business activity, in practice after the notarial deed (§ 138 AO). You do not need to wait for the commercial register entry: the pre-formation company is already taxable, and without a tax number you cannot issue compliant invoices.
How does the capital-company version differ?
It asks for things sole traders never see: shareholder structure and holdings, managing directors and their remuneration, share capital and contributions in kind, formation costs, and the opening balance sheet. Profit is always determined by balance-sheet comparison rather than EÜR, and corporate income tax joins VAT and trade tax.
Does Norman transmit the questionnaire to the Finanzamt?
Yes. Norman validates every required field and files the registration digitally via ELSTER. You do not need your own ELSTER certificate. The Finanzamt usually takes four to eight weeks to process it, after which you have your tax number.
What does it cost?
Nothing. The tax registration questionnaire is free in Norman, for sole proprietors as well as for a UG or GmbH. Invoicing and bookkeeping also stay usable on the free plan.
Can a capital company use the small-business VAT scheme?
In principle yes: § 19 UStG depends on revenue, not legal form. It rarely pays off for a UG or GmbH, because you lose input VAT deduction on formation costs, notary fees, and running expenses, and B2B customers reclaim VAT anyway. Norman models both options before you commit.
Do I need a tax advisor for this?
No. The questionnaire is not reserved work: you may file it yourself. Norman explains the consequential fields, above all the profit estimate, accrual versus cash VAT accounting, and the VAT ID. For complex cases such as holding structures, contributions in kind, or foreign shareholders, you can bring a Steuerberater into Norman as well.
How high should I estimate the profit?
Realistically, based on your plan figures and after deducting the managing director salary. The estimate sets your corporate and trade tax prepayments. Too high ties up cash you need in year one, too low means a back payment plus raised prepayments. You can adjust it informally with the Finanzamt at any time.