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Germany: tax, business and moving facts
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We are still checking Germany fact by fact. It goes fully live, with tax tools and guides, only once every figure is confirmed against official sources.
Latest facts
- Corporation tax
- 15% plus solidarity surcharge, plus local trade tax (roughly 30% in total)
- Official source
Grants, loans and funding
- KfW start-up loans
State bank loans for founders and small firms
- EXIST start-up grant
Funding for university spin-offs
Business types with room to grow
- Engineering and manufacturing suppliers: Europe's largest industrial economy
- Green energy services: Strong push to renewables
- Software for small firms: Many firms still digitising
"Taxmiser summary" rows are our plain-English opinion, not an official figure.
