Useful links

• Important German federal ministries:
  
  
  • Bundesfamilienministerium (BMFSFJ)
    (Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth - in German only)
  
  
  • Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (BMG)
    (Federal Ministry of Health - in German only)
  
  
  • Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales (BMAS)
    (Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs - in German only)
  
  
  • Bundesministerium der Justiz (BMJ)
    (Federal Ministry of Justice)
  
  
  • Bundesministerium der Finanzen (BMF)
    (Federal Ministry of Finance - in German only)

All federal ministry Internet pages are accessible via the Federal Government website

• Information on registers:
  
  
  • handelsregister.de
    (link to English information under 'Informationen/Hilfe') Information for all federal states on commercial registers, registers of cooperatives, partnership registers and some data on registers of associations
  
  
  • unternehmensregister.de
    (Company register) Central platform for storing company data
    
    
• Useful for entrepreneurs: Database on reporting requirements in the economic sector on the German federal government website


• Bundeszentralamt für Steuern (BZST) (Federal Central Tax Office - in German only): Many useful online services, such as local tax office search, application for and confirmation of VAT no., information on tax withholding for construction work


• The bund.de - Verwaltung online portal of the Federal Government provides information, forms and administrative services


• German Federal Statistical Office
  


• Federal courts
  
  
  • Federal Labour Court
  • Federal Fiscal Court
  • Federal Court of Justice (link to English information under 'Der BGH')
  • Federal Social Court
  • Federal Constitutional Court
  • Federal Administrative Court
    
    
• Europa - the European Union server


• German Taxpayers' Association (in German only)


• Centre for European Economic Research