Request sales tax book

    Entrepreneurs who run a travel business must apply for a VAT booklet before theyapply to the competent authority before starting the activity.

    Description

    Entrepreneurs who sell their goods in Germany at markets, on public streets or from door to door, i.e. who operate a so-called itinerant trade (ambulant trade) in accordance with Section 22 (5) of the German Value Added Tax Act , are obliged to keep a VAT booklet in accordance with the officially prescribed form and to record their sales and input tax there.

    Competent office

    not specified

    Contact point

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    Contact person

    Finanzamt Verden (Aller)

    Address

    address

    Bremer Str 4
    27283 Verden (Aller)

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    Opening hours

    Mo. 08:00 - 12:00 Uhr Di. 08:00 - 12:00 Uhr Mi. geschlossen Do.  08:00 - 12:00 Uhr und 13:00 - 17:00 Uhr Fr.: 08:00 - 12:00 Uhr

    Contact

    e-mail: Poststelle@fa-ver.niedersachsen.de

    telephone: 04231 919-0

    telephone: 04231 919-0(Mo. 08:00 - 15:00 Uhr Di. 08:00 - 15:00 Uhr Mi. 08:00 - 15:00 Uhr Do. 08:00 - 17:00 Uhr Fr. 08:00 - 12:00 Uhr)

    Version

    Technisch erstellt on 07.12.2020
    Technisch geändert on 10.08.2023

    Language version

    Deutsch

    Sprache: de
    Technisch erstellt on 07.06.2017
    Technisch geändert on 14.05.2025

    Forms

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    Prerequisites

    • Residence in Germany
    • Personal appearance at the time of application

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    Procedure

    You must apply to the competent authority for the VAT booklet to be issued.

    Processing time

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    Notes (specifics)

    An exemption from the obligation to keep VAT records applies to entrepreneurs who:

    • operate a commercial establishment in Germany and properly comply with the record-keeping requirements, or
    • are taxed on their sales according to the average rates for agricultural and forestry businesses or
    • trade in newspapers and magazines or
    • are required by law to keep books or keep books voluntarily

    Unterstützende Institutionen

    not specified

    Welche Dokumente resultieren aus dieser Leistung?

    not specified

    Area of validity

    Lower Saxony

    Official approval

    Officially approved by Bavarian State Ministry of Finance and Community on 14.10.2020

    Version

    Technisch erstellt on 06.01.2021
    Technisch geändert on 27.03.2026

    Keywords

    Tax office, Travel trade card, Tax office, Travel trade card, Basic recording, Obligation to keep records, Exercise of trade, Outpatient business

    Language version

    Deutsch

    Sprache: de
    Technisch erstellt on 07.06.2017
    Technisch geändert on 14.05.2025

    Englisch

    Sprache: en
    Sprachbezeichnung nativ: English
    Technisch erstellt on 22.10.2025
    Technisch geändert on 23.10.2024