One fixed point of contact from the initial consultation through to completion

Answers to your questions in plain language, not legal jargon

Deadlines are scheduled before they become tight

Documents digital or in a folder – you decide

Small enough to know your business

We support businesses in the Hannover area in manageable numbers – so that every client keeps the same point of contact.

Steuerkanzlei Berg on Georgstraße in Hannover is deliberately kept small. We support a manageable number of clients – self-employed professionals, trade businesses and small companies. When you call, you speak with someone who knows your business, not with changing case handlers. This keeps lines of communication short and your contact person reliable.

Explaining, not just processing

We support your bookkeeping throughout the year, not just shortly before deadlines. You can submit documents digitally or continue bringing them in a folder – we don't require any business to change its processes before our collaboration begins. We discuss any questions with you and explain the background, rather than simply recording documents without comment.

What we commit to

Four principles determine how we handle your figures and your questions – regardless of whether your business issues two or twenty invoices a month.

A fixed point of contact. You know who handles your bookkeeping and can reach this person during office hours at +49 30 23125104.
Answers in plain language. We explain what a notice means and what it means for your business – without strings of legal references left unexplained.
Appointments by arrangement. We schedule meetings at Georgstraße 22 so you don't have to interrupt a working day – even early in the morning.
Confidentiality. Everything you share with us stays within the firm. This applies to figures as much as to anything you mention in conversation.

Client groups

What we handle for whom

Three client groups shape our daily work in the Hannover area. You can read about the tasks involved and how often we carry them out under the tabs below.

For freelancers and sole proprietors, we prepare the income-surplus statement – the simplified profit determination under Section 4(3) of the Income Tax Act – and use it to prepare income tax, VAT and, where applicable, trade tax returns. We submit the advance VAT return monthly or quarterly, depending on your previous year's tax liability. Clients using the small business regulation receive an assessment from us before year-end on whether the revenue threshold is approaching and what switching to standard taxation would mean.

Trade businesses bring together wages, materials and job sites. We handle payroll accounting including wage tax registration, social security contribution records and reports to the trade association, plus special items such as per diems, travel costs and Sunday or holiday surcharges. In financial accounting, we pay attention to construction withholding tax and the reverse charge mechanism for construction services. At year-end, we value work in progress on ongoing orders so that profit falls in the correct year.

For GmbHs, UGs and partnerships, we prepare the annual financial statements comprising the balance sheet, profit and loss statement and, where required, notes, followed by the corporate tax or assessment return and disclosure in the company register. During the year, we provide you with monthly reports on revenue, costs and provisional results. On request, we calculate the tax impact before an investment or distribution, before you decide.

Process

From initial consultation to collaboration

With us, every engagement always begins the same way: understand first, then take over. Four steps lie between your first call and the first report you receive from us.

Desk with an open folder, calculator, pen and laptop at the firm

Step 1

Initial consultation

Around 45 minutes at the firm or by phone. We ask about legal form, number of employees, revenue range, previous bookkeeping and outstanding deadlines. By the end, you'll know what work needs to be done, who handles which part of it, and what the fee is based on.

Quality

How you can recognise clean work

Tax advice is hard to judge as long as nothing goes wrong. That's why we point out the aspects that show our way of working in everyday practice.

Traceable bookings

Every booking can be traced back to a receipt. We don't simply park unclear payments in a suspense account – instead, we ask you about them, collectively rather than one by one, so you're not constantly interrupted. This way, your accounts hold up even under a tax audit.

Receipt evidence for every booking
Collected queries instead of individual emails
Chart of accounts stays consistent over the years

Reports you actually understand

The monthly report – known in technical terms as the BWA (business performance analysis) – doesn't land on your desk as a bare column of figures. We add two to three sentences of context: what's changed compared to the previous month, and which of that is seasonal.

Comparison with the same month last year
Note on upcoming tax payments
Available as a file for your bank on request

Deadlines under control

We keep our own deadline overview for advance returns, payroll filings, closings, and declarations. If a deadline is getting tight because documents are missing, we get in touch beforehand, not afterward. Where needed, we apply for an extension before any late-filing surcharge arises.

Reminder before the submission deadline
Review of every tax assessment
Appeal within the one-month deadline

The firm