Starting up a business / registering a company / applying for a tax number

Anyone who opens a commercial business (including agriculture and forestry) or a permanent establishment is obliged to notify the municipality within 1 month of commencing the activity.

In the city of Bremen the trade registration office is https://www.service.bremen.de/de/dienststelle/bremen128.c.49378.de ,

in the maritime city of Bremerhaven is the Bürgeramt / Ordnungsamt https://www.bremerhaven.de/de/verwaltung-politik/buergerservice/dienstleistungen/an-um-oder-abmeldung-eines-gewerbes.35661.html#collapse-dienststelle ) is the responsible office.

In addition, a tax registration must also be carried out within 1 month after the commencement of the business activity. For this purpose, a tax registration questionnaire must be submitted electronically to the tax office. This can be done on the free portal of the tax authorities "My Elster" at https://www.elster.de/elsterweb/infoseite/unternehmensgruendung can be done.

In the case of freelancers, only a tax registration (see previous paragraph) is required. The same applies to the relocation and abandonment of a business, permanent establishment or freelance activity ( deadline 1 month after commencement of activity).

You must perform the tax registration of your business within 1 month after starting the business activity. For this purpose, a tax registration questionnaire must be submitted electronically to the tax office. This can be done on the free portal of the tax authorities "My Elster" at https://www.elster.de/elsterweb/infoseite/unternehmensgruendung can be done. If you do not yet have an Elster certificate, you can create a temporary certificate for submitting the questionnaire within minutes on the specified website. To do this, please click on Create user account and follow the further steps.

The above principles also apply to the relocation and abandonment of a business, a permanent establishment or a freelance activity.