24.11.2025
Taxfix for freelancers: Waitlist for self-employed people in Germany now open
The German Taxfix website recently added a section with a waiting list for self-employed people in Germany. After registering, users are informed that they will be notified “as soon as new services for self-employed people are available at Taxfix.”
Small businesses only
However, the imminent entry into the German market for self-employed people does not come as a complete surprise. The purchase of TaxScouts (UK) in July 2024 already raised eyebrows. At that time, TaxScouts was already supporting self-employed people with its Do-it-for-me (DIFM) product. It therefore stands to reason that the underlying functionality of the British product will be reused, at least in part, for the upcoming German product. This assumption is supported by the fact that TaxScouts has now officially been absorbed into the “Taxfix” brand since September 2025. However, until the German product is publicly available, this is pure speculation. It is also unclear to what extent the offering will be presented solely as a DIFM solution or whether the do-it-yourself (DIY) target group will also be expanded.
Details on the process and price of the offering behind the waiting list are also not yet available on the website. However, the publicly available program scope of Taxfix’s tax product already provides some clues about the possible range of the new product: it mentions small business owners who have a maximum of one company and are not subject to accounting requirements. In addition, these small business owners must not have a VAT identification number, and a possible discontinuation of business is also stated as “not supported”.
Do-it-yourself and do-it-for-me
Regardless of the actual scope, the planned support for self-employed persons is noteworthy in any case.
In the DIY market for private income tax returns, many competitors offer the necessary forms for self-employed persons to submit to ELSTER, but comprehensive solutions including good accounting management are rarer. The most noteworthy is Accountable, which was acquired by Visma and, with its new pricing and continuous expansion of the private income tax returns it supports, is well on its way to becoming a DIY all-in-one product. Lexware Office, the presumed market leader in accounting, scores points with its integration with smartsteuer (both Haufe Group).
The DIFM market, on the other hand, has been receiving increasing attention for several years. The newest market entrant is likely to be Integral from Berlin, which recently secured an additional 5.6 million euro and at the same time announced the acquisition of cleverlohn (payroll accounting). There are also other modern providers with different approaches, such as: b’steuern, smarta and zuno tax.
Even if the DIFM market appears to offer even more potential than the DIY approach, Taxfix’s imminent entry in the coming months is likely to have a significant impact on the overall market dynamics in the “mass market” for self-employed people in Germany.
Internal changes
Apart from these developments, there have been some fundamental changes at the management level of Taxfix over the last two years:
Mohamed Omaizat (ex-WeWork) has been on board as the new CFO since October 2023. He also appears in the imprint alongside CEO Martin Ott.
In May 2025, co-founder Lino Teuteberg was replaced by Kristen Waeber (ex-N26) as CPO.
Co-founder Dr. Daniel Kreter is leaving Taxfix after seven years, and his place will be taken by the new COO Markus Berger-de León (ex-McKinsey).
So things are about to get exciting not only for the self-employed among us, but also for the high-calibre management team in the competitive market for self-employed people.
The German Taxfix website recently added a section with a waiting list for self-employed people in Germany. After registering, users are informed that they will be notified “as soon as new services for self-employed people are available at Taxfix.”
Small businesses only
However, the imminent entry into the German market for self-employed people does not come as a complete surprise. The purchase of TaxScouts (UK) in July 2024 already raised eyebrows. At that time, TaxScouts was already supporting self-employed people with its Do-it-for-me (DIFM) product. It therefore stands to reason that the underlying functionality of the British product will be reused, at least in part, for the upcoming German product. This assumption is supported by the fact that TaxScouts has now officially been absorbed into the “Taxfix” brand since September 2025. However, until the German product is publicly available, this is pure speculation. It is also unclear to what extent the offering will be presented solely as a DIFM solution or whether the do-it-yourself (DIY) target group will also be expanded.
Details on the process and price of the offering behind the waiting list are also not yet available on the website. However, the publicly available program scope of Taxfix’s tax product already provides some clues about the possible range of the new product: it mentions small business owners who have a maximum of one company and are not subject to accounting requirements. In addition, these small business owners must not have a VAT identification number, and a possible discontinuation of business is also stated as “not supported”.
Do-it-yourself and do-it-for-me
Regardless of the actual scope, the planned support for self-employed persons is noteworthy in any case.
In the DIY market for private income tax returns, many competitors offer the necessary forms for self-employed persons to submit to ELSTER, but comprehensive solutions including good accounting management are rarer. The most noteworthy is Accountable, which was acquired by Visma and, with its new pricing and continuous expansion of the private income tax returns it supports, is well on its way to becoming a DIY all-in-one product. Lexware Office, the presumed market leader in accounting, scores points with its integration with smartsteuer (both Haufe Group).
The DIFM market, on the other hand, has been receiving increasing attention for several years. The newest market entrant is likely to be Integral from Berlin, which recently secured an additional 5.6 million euro and at the same time announced the acquisition of cleverlohn (payroll accounting). There are also other modern providers with different approaches, such as: b’steuern, smarta and zuno tax.
Even if the DIFM market appears to offer even more potential than the DIY approach, Taxfix’s imminent entry in the coming months is likely to have a significant impact on the overall market dynamics in the “mass market” for self-employed people in Germany.
Internal changes
Apart from these developments, there have been some fundamental changes at the management level of Taxfix over the last two years:
Mohamed Omaizat (ex-WeWork) has been on board as the new CFO since October 2023. He also appears in the imprint alongside CEO Martin Ott.
In May 2025, co-founder Lino Teuteberg was replaced by Kristen Waeber (ex-N26) as CPO.
Co-founder Dr. Daniel Kreter is leaving Taxfix after seven years, and his place will be taken by the new COO Markus Berger-de León (ex-McKinsey).
So things are about to get exciting not only for the self-employed among us, but also for the high-calibre management team in the competitive market for self-employed people.