Kmlz Rechtsanwaltsges. Mbh

Name

Kmlz Rechtsanwaltsges. Mbh

Legal name

KMLZ Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH

Website

https://kmlz.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Indirect Tax Advisory (VAT, Customs & Excise Legal Services)

NAICS

Legal Services (5411), Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services (54121), Other Legal Services (54119)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Indirect Tax (VAT/GST/Sales & Use) Services (BPAHABAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Tax Advisory & Compliance (BPAHABAB), Dispute Resolution, Appeals & Tax Tribunals (BPAIADAK)

Keywords

• VAT advisory services
• Indirect tax consulting
• Customs law advisory
• Tax compliance management
• E-invoicing compliance

Headquarters

HQ city

München

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Advisory Services: Professional legal and tax advisory services for VAT, customs, and indirect tax matters. Services include litigation representation, expert opinions, tax compliance consulting, and ongoing advisory partnerships with clients ranging from sole proprietors to large corporations.
2. Seminars and Training: KMLZ Akademie provides professional education seminars and events on VAT, customs, and tax compliance topics. The academy offers both online and in-person seminars for tax professionals.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

KMLZ provides specialized legal and tax advisory services focused on VAT (Umsatzsteuer), customs law, excise duties, insurance premium tax, environmental taxes, criminal tax law, tax compliance, and e-invoicing, complemented by a portfolio of proprietary tax technology tools for ERP-integrated tax monitoring, VAT-ID verification, DAC7 reporting, and customs transaction analysis. Services span advisory opinions, compliance, tax filings, objection and litigation proceedings up to the Federal Fiscal Court and the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Product overview

KMLZ offers a portfolio of specialized tax technology tools designed for VAT, customs, and indirect tax compliance. The core offering includes TAX Suite (ERP-integrated tax monitoring), TAX-ray (BI dashboard for tax analysis), DAC7 Reporting Tool, VAT-ID Verifier, TCMS Assistant, Company Car Tax Back, VAT Customer Locator, and Tariff GRC Monitor (customs monitoring). These tools are complemented by professional advisory services in VAT, customs law, excise duties, insurance premium tax, environmental taxes, criminal law, e-invoicing, and tax compliance. The KMLZ Akademie also provides online seminars and training.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• KMLZ Akademie: Professional seminar and education division offering courses on VAT, customs, and indirect tax topics.

Products and services

• VAT (Umsatzsteuer) Advisory Legal advisory and representation on national and international VAT matters, including compliance, filings, opinions, and litigation for companies from sole proprietors to DAX-listed corporations.
• Customs Law (Zollrecht) Advisory Legal advisory on customs law matters, including tariff classification, customs valuation, origin, and customs proceedings.
• Excise Duty (Verbrauchsteuern) Advisory Legal advisory on excise duties, including suspension procedures, security requirements, and relief claims for cross-border movements of excisable goods.
• Insurance Premium Tax Advisory Advisory on insurance premium tax (Versicherungsteuer) matters for insurers and insured entities.
• Environmental Taxes Advisory Advisory on environmental taxes (Umweltsteuern), including the Single-Use Plastics Fund Act and Packaging Act compliance.
• Tax Criminal Law Advisory Advisory and defense in tax criminal law matters (Strafrecht) related to indirect taxes.
• Tax Compliance Management Systems (TCMS) Conception, implementation, and review of tax compliance management systems, integrated with ERP/SAP environments.
• E-Invoicing Advisory Advisory on e-invoicing mandates, formats, and compliance (E-Rechnung) in Germany and other jurisdictions.
• KMLZ Akademie Seminars and Training Professional education seminars and training events (online and in-person) on VAT, customs, and tax compliance topics for tax professionals and corporate clients.
• TAX Suite Comfortable solution for automated monitoring of tax-related processes in ERP systems, used by corporate tax departments for indirect-tax control.
• TAX-ray BI dashboard for evaluation and monitoring of tax-related processes, providing visual analytics over tax transactions.
• DAC7 Reporting Tool Solution for transmitting DAC7 reports and corrections to the German Federal Central Tax Office (BZSt).
• VAT-ID Verifier Automated solution for verifying VAT identification numbers across multiple databases.
• TCMS Assistant Examination routines within a Tax Compliance Management System framework.
• Company Car Tax Back Solution for calculating VAT and income tax savings for company vehicles.
• VAT Customer Locator Automated solution for locating customers to determine the place of supply for electronic services.
• Tariff GRC Monitor Intelligent solution for automated analysis and real-time monitoring of customs-relevant business transactions.

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• IVCC e.V. (International VAT Expert Academy)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKMLZ partners with IVCC for the Münchner Umsatzsteuerkonferenz and International VAT Expert Academy events, providing thought leadership and expertise in international VAT matters.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Rödl & Partner: German-origin global professional services firm combining legal, tax, audit, and consulting. Overlaps with KMLZ in VAT/indirect tax advisory but serves clients via a much larger multi-service platform.
• WTS: German-rooted international tax advisory firm with broader service portfolio (corporate tax, transfer pricing, indirect tax). Comparable as a tax-specialist competitor but with significantly broader scope and international footprint than KMLZ.
• PwC Germany Tax Practice: Big 4 tax practice in Germany with substantial indirect-tax (VAT, customs) team serving DAX clients — direct overlap with KMLZ's enterprise client base but operating at much greater scale with cross-border delivery capability.
• Linklaters (Tax Practice): Global magic-circle law firm with significant German tax practice. Competes for high-end cross-border VAT mandates and EuGH litigation where KMLZ's professor-partners also play.

Direct peers

• Pohlmann & Company: German boutique specializing in indirect tax (VAT, customs, excise) — closest functional peer to KMLZ given the near-identical indirect-tax specialization and enterprise client focus.
• Peters, Schönberger & Partner (PSP): Munich-based indirect tax boutique advising on VAT, customs, and excise duties. Directly comparable on practice area, geographic anchor (Munich vs KMLZ HQ), and boutique mid-to-large corporate client mix.
• Streck Mack Schwedhelm: Cologne-based German tax boutique with strong VAT and corporate tax practice. Comparable peer on boutique size, peer recognition (JUVE/Chambers), and focus on complex tax mandates for mid-to-large German corporates.
• Flick Gocke Schaumburg: Leading German tax boutique law firm headquartered in Bonn, consistently ranked Band 1 by Chambers and JUVE for tax advisory in Germany. Most directly comparable peer to KMLZ given similar boutique positioning, tax specialization, and high-end corporate client roster.
• dhmp Rechtsanwälte Wirtschaftsprüfer Steuerberater: Boutique tax/law/audit firm in Germany with strong indirect tax practice. Comparable on boutique positioning and integrated tax-advisory delivery model.

Emerging players

• HONORAR Steuerberatung: Newer-generation German tax advisory boutique leveraging modern delivery models. Adjacent peer showing how boutique tax practices can scale via alternative operating models relevant to KMLZ's growth trajectory.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles21 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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