Tax consultant Information on requirements for admission to the audit or exemption from the audit

The application for binding information must be submitted in writing to the relevant Chamber of Tax Consultants.

Complete the application form and compile the necessary supporting documents. The Chamber of Tax Consultants will check whether the information is complete and correct and, if necessary, make further inquiries. You will receive written notification as to whether or to what extent the requirements for admission to the examination or exemption from the examination have been met.

Please contact the Rhineland-Palatinate Chamber of Tax Consultants.

You can apply for binding information from the Rhineland-Palatinate Chamber of Tax Consultants if you are mainly employed in Rhineland-Palatinate or, if you are not employed, if you live in Rhineland-Palatinate.

When applying for binding information on the fulfillment of individual requirements for admission to the examination:

• Application form,
• Curriculum vitae,
• Certificate of university studies, certificate of commercial vocational training, certificate of further training as a tax specialist or accountant,
• If applicable, certificates of academic degrees,
• Proof and certificates of professional activities.

When applying for binding information on the fulfillment of individual requirements for exemption from the examination:

• Application form,
• passport photo,
• curriculum vitae,
• Certificate of dismissal (except for professors),
• Certificate from a German university, the last official authority or the head of a political group on the type and duration of activity (or teaching activity as a professor) in the field of taxes administered by the federal or state tax authorities.

Copies or transcripts of certificates and other documents must be officially certified.

Please refer to the application form to find out which other documents you need to submit.

A fee of €200 is payable for processing the application for binding information - even if the application is submitted repeatedly.

None.

• § Section 38 a of the Tax Consultancy Act (StBerG)
• § Section 7 Ordinance on the Implementation of the Regulations on Tax Consultants, Tax Agents and Tax Consultancy Companies (DVStB)

Against the refusal to provide binding informationmay be appealed to the tax court.

• Application forms of the Rhineland-Palatinate Chamber of Tax Consultants

Fact sheets and further information on admission to the tax consultant examination and exemption from the tax consultant examination.

• Fact sheets and further information

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