Investing in renewable Energies in Germany

The energy transition is one of the most important projects of politics in Germany. In the future, renewable energies are intended to cover the energy needs of the population, and they are already enjoying great popularity today. In the future, the expansion of renewable energies, the development of new storage possibilities, and the targeted control of the fed-in energy will be of great importance. The transformation in this area offers many opportunities and opens up new markets. However, besides the new possibilities, the goals of the energy transition also raise many questions.

How we support you with your investment

In addition to the questions regarding the technology, the storage and use of this energy, all economic, legal and tax-related framework conditions must also be brought into harmony. We are happy to help you with these challenges.

We advise companies of various legal forms and sizes, as well as private individuals, who have already invested in the field of renewable energies or still want to invest here.
We support you in the development of a suitable model for investment in this area
We advise you in the planning of purchases, sales and tax-related restructurings.

Reliable communication with you and other domestic, as well as foreign business partners, advisors, operators and authorities is very important to us. Our goal is to find the most tax-optimal solution for each of your projects.

The operation of renewable energy plants:
The generation of energy from renewable energies is possible in the form of solar energy, wind energy, hydropower, bioenergy and many more.

Probably the best-known forms are solar and wind energy, so that the expansion of large solar and wind parks is steadily increasing.

With the goal of jointly operating a wind energy plant or entire solar park fields, the owners often join together into companies. In doing so, the owners are confronted with important questions from the very beginning. Which legal form is the right one? Where is the company headquarters located? Is there a permanent establishment abroad? All of these decisions are groundbreaking for the future taxation of the company. Depending on the legal form, there are significant differences here in the types of taxes, tax-free allowances and accounting regulations.
In addition, separate regulations for solar and wind parks must be observed in the respective types of taxes.

Trade tax

Trade tax is a municipal tax that affects every commercial business. However, for the operation of solar and wind parks, German trade tax law in some cases has its very own regulations prepared.
In addition, however, the general regulations of all commercial businesses continue to be important. Particularly in the case of the sale of company shares, high additional tax payments can arise. Contact us by email or call us so that we can help you with early sale planning as well as counteracting a high tax burden.

Value added tax and reimbursement of input tax

German value added tax law is extensive, because the numerous industries and markets often require concretizations regarding value added taxation. Therefore, the revenues from renewable energies have also found their own place in value added tax law. Depending on which revenues you generate with your electricity generation plant and who your business partners are, value added taxation may occur or it may be omitted completely.

Furthermore, we also help you with the possibility of input tax deduction. This can be difficult and often even very time-consuming, especially in the case of foreign legal forms of companies and business partners.

Our field of Expertise: Danish Investors

The use of wind energy has a long tradition in Denmark, because concepts for the use of wind power for energy generation were already being developed many decades ago. Many of these companies have their origin in Denmark and are today known worldwide for their development and construction of wind energy plants. For this reason, the acceptance and trust of the Danish population in wind energy is very high. Due to the good location conditions, many of the Danish investors also rely on wind energy plants from Germany.

In addition to the tax-related and economic questions for the wind companies, personal tax law questions also arise for the Danish investors, with which we are happy to support our clients with advice and assistance.
As an optimal solution, we offer the Danish owners the preparation of the private German income tax returns as a complete package together with the tax returns and annual financial statements of the wind park companies.

In addition, we inform you in Danish language through our TR investor service about all important information regarding your private tax payments in Germany.