{"id":2492,"date":"2020-09-14T15:16:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T13:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xampp.local\/optimus\/?p=2492"},"modified":"2021-08-27T11:52:26","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T09:52:26","slug":"how-do-i-get-a-vat-id-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/optimussoftware.de\/en\/how-do-i-get-a-vat-id-number","title":{"rendered":"How do I get a VAT ID number?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Mini series: All about the VAT ID number &#8211; part 5<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In this multi-part series of articles, we would like to introduce you to what a VAT ID (USt-ID) is. In addition, we would like to cover interesting and worth knowing topics around the topic of USt-ID and shed some light on the subject.<\/p>\n<p>We hope you enjoy reading!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is eligible to apply for a VAT ID number?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Basically, two groups are eligible to apply for a VAT ID No:<\/p>\n<ol type=\"1\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol type=\"1\">\n<li>All entrepreneurs within the meaning of \u00a7 2 UStG and<\/li>\n<li>legal persons who are not entrepreneurs or who do not acquire the goods for their business, if they require the VAT ID No. for intra-Community acquisitions<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol type=\"1\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Where can I submit an application for the VAT ID No.?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This depends on whether you apply for the VAT ID No. when you set up your company or later.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Formation of a new company<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>When you start a new company, you can apply for a VAT ID number directly to the relevant tax office. This is done directly in the tax registration questionnaire that you, as a new company founder, submit to your responsible tax office. All you have to do is tick the appropriate box in the questionnaire.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Application via the Federal Central Tax Office (BZSt)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>For online applications, the Federal Central Tax Office also provides you with a corresponding form via the Form Management System (FMS).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Further information<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Further information can also be found on the pages of the BZSt:<a class=\"rank-math-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bzst.de\/DE\/Unternehmen\/Identifikationsnummern\/Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnummer\/Vergabe_USt_IdNr\/vergabe_ust_idnr.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> [link]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mini series: All about the VAT ID number &#8211; part 5. In this multi-part series of articles, we would like to introduce you to what a VAT ID (USt-ID) is. In addition, we would like to cover interesting and worth&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2582,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-unkategorisiert"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/optimussoftware.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/optimussoftware.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/optimussoftware.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/optimussoftware.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/optimussoftware.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/optimussoftware.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/optimussoftware.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/optimussoftware.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/optimussoftware.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/optimussoftware.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}