Virtual CFO Services in Germany
We help you see cash crunches 90 days out and make decisions with confidence. Delivered to HGB for German businesses, priced in EUR.
German CFO work is dominated by timing. Corporate income tax prepayments, the monthly Umsatzsteuer-Voranmeldung and trade tax prepayments each draw cash on their own cycle, while the annual returns are not due until 31 July of the following year — later again through a Steuerberater. We forecast that cash calendar against HGB accounts so nothing lands unfunded.
Senior financial leadership without the senior salary. We build your KPI dashboard, run rolling cash-flow forecasts, and sit with you every month to translate the numbers into decisions — pricing, hiring, runway, and growth.
The deadlines we track against your ledger.
| Obligation | Frequency | Due | Authority |
|---|---|---|---|
| Körperschaftsteuererklärung (corporate income tax return)GmbH, UG and other corporations | Annual | 31 July of the following year; end of February of the second following year via a Steuerberater | Finanzamt |
Last reviewed against the source . These are the standard dates. Extensions through a registered agent, a non-calendar year end, and volume-based filing frequencies all shift them — confirm your own dates with Finanzamt. This is general information, not tax advice.
Virtual CFO deliverables
- Custom KPI dashboard
- Rolling 13-week & 90-day cash forecasting
- Monthly strategy review call
- Unit-economics analysis (CAC / LTV)
- Board & investor reporting packs
DATEV
Germany is the one market where the international stack does not apply — DATEV is the interchange standard between companies and their Steuerberater, and GoBD requires audit-proof, unalterable record keeping.
A worked example, in your currency.
A Berlin GmbH selling software across the EU, 2,000 transactions a month, monthly VAT filing.
- In-house Buchhalter (fully loaded, per month)
- 5.400 €
- Salt bookkeeping + VAT compliance
- 1.950 €
- Monthly saving
- 3.450 €
Figures in EUR. Cross-border EU sales usually add OSS reporting on top of the domestic Umsatzsteuer-Voranmeldung.
The framework your Germany accounts are held to.
We prepare to HGB (German GAAP), with GoBD record-keeping rules. These are the bodies that set that framework and the authorities you file with — linked so you can verify the standard rather than take our word for it.
- Professional bodyIDWInstitut der WirtschaftsprüferGerman institute of public auditors; issues professional standards.
- Professional bodyBStBKBundessteuerberaterkammerFederal chamber of tax advisers (Steuerberater).
- RegulatorBZStBundeszentralamt für SteuernFederal tax office — VAT, withholding and registration.
- RegulatorELSTERThe electronic filing portal all German returns go through.
Listed for reference. Salt Accounting Group is not stating membership, registration or affiliation with any of these organisations. Where a filing must be lodged by a registered local agent, it is — your agent keeps the lodgement and the professional sign-off.
Virtual CFO in Germany
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Tell us where you trade and what shape the books are in. You get scope, price and a start date in writing within one business day — no obligation.