ETL: Germany’s largest tax consulting group

Modern consulting in a strong network

ETL is the market leader in tax consultancy and one of the top 5 audit and tax advisory companies in Germany. With services covering tax consulting, audit, legal advice, management consulting, and IT, the ETL group of companies generates turnover nationally of over 1,5 billion euros. In total, over 13,800 employees – including more than 1,500 tax consultants, lawyers, auditors, and management consultants – support more than 272,000 clients right across Germany.

Competences that complement each other

ETL is the ideal partner for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in all sectors. We offer all company-relevant consulting services from a single source. With 950 offices in Germany and additional more than 1,320 offices in over 50 countries around the world, we provide you with customized, competent, and multidisciplinary advice on all tax, legal, business, organizational, and financial matters, from setting up your company and expanding to your business succession planning. Your ETL consultant analyzes the needs of your company and integrates the exact specialists and services that you need when you need them. In addition, we can advise you on your personal finances.

Innovative solutions

Digital solutions deliver the key competitive edge for our clients. Our ETL PISA portal helps them transfer, manage, and archive their tax records and confidential documents safely and conveniently online. All client documents are available with just a click, such as business evaluations, tax assessments, and annual financial statements. This places a tool for complete management of their company in their hands. In addition, our specially developed sector solutions meet the particular requirements of specific branches of the economy (healthcare, hotels and restaurants, filling stations, senior citizens, professional athletes, agriculture and forestry, and franchise systems). This underlines our specialized understanding of the market in different sectors.

Advantage through knowledge

ETL relies on competence and know-how. We ensure a high standard in our consulting with continuous training and qualification measures. The ETL Academy provides numerous online and in-person seminars. In addition, network-wide knowledge is bundled in ETL specialist working groups. Since the experts from different specialist departments work closely together, they are in regular exchange and support ETL consultants locally for specialist subjects. This ensures the highest levels of advisory competence in every firm. Last but not least, we successfully rely on excellently trained junior staff: most of our employees were previously trainees in an ETL firms.