Impressum · Publisher identification
Who runs this site
Blocking for launch
A German commercial website must carry a complete Impressum (§ 5 DDG, § 18 MStV). Publishing without one, or with an incomplete one, is itself an offence and is exactly the sort of thing a competitor or a chamber can act on. Every field below has to be filled before the site is public, and the entity has to exist first — which is sequenced after the legal opinion (GTX-003).
Operator
- Name and legal form
- [Entity name, e.g. GmbH / UG (haftungsbeschränkt) / sole trader]
- Registered address
- [Street, postcode, city — a postal address, not a PO box]
- Represented by
- [Managing director / owner]
- [address]
- Telephone
- [number]
- Commercial register
- [Register court and HRB number, once registered]
- VAT identification number
- [USt-IdNr. under § 27a UStG, once issued]
- Responsible for editorial content (§ 18 (2) MStV)
- [Name and address]
The tax adviser who files returns
Tax returns arranged through this site are prepared and filed by:
- Firm
- [Steuerberater / Steuerberatungsgesellschaft name]
- Address
- [Address]
- Professional title and country of award
- Steuerberater, awarded in the Federal Republic of Germany
- Responsible chamber
- [Steuerberaterkammer and membership number]
- Professional rules
- Steuerberatungsgesetz (StBerG), Berufsordnung (BOStB), Steuerberatervergütungsverordnung (StBVV) — available from the chamber
- Professional indemnity insurance
- [Insurer, address, geographic scope of cover]
Name the firm here in full. An unnamed "licensed partner" cannot be verified by a visitor, and verification is the entire reason this section exists.
Dispute resolution
[Statement on the EU online dispute resolution platform and on whether you are willing to participate in consumer arbitration under the VSBG — both required, wording to come from the lawyer.]
Trade mark note
[If the final brand name resembles an existing registration, a clear statement that this service is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to any chamber of commerce or similar body. Whether this paragraph is needed depends on the outcome of the EUIPO similarity search.]