Tax Advisor Information on Requirements for Admission to Examination or Exemption from Examination

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

Fill out the application and gather the necessary supporting documents. The Chamber of Tax Advisors will check whether the information is complete and correct, and if necessary, it will make further enquiries. You will be informed in writing whether and 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 Advisors if you work primarily in Rhineland-Palatinate or, if you are not employed, live in Rhineland-Palatinate.

In the case of an application for binding information on the fulfilment of individual requirements for admission to the examination:

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

In the case of an application for binding information on the fulfilment 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 administrative authority or the executive committee of the parliamentary group on the nature and duration of the activity (or teaching activity as a professor) in the field of taxes administered by the federal or state tax authorities.

Copies or copies of certificates and other documents must be submitted in official certification.

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

A fee of €200 must be paid for the processing of the application for binding information, even if the application is submitted repeatedly.

None.

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

An action against the decision before the Finance Court is admissible.

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

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

• Fact sheets and further information

23.10.2020