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German address for your German VAT number.
We scan your mail and you get a notification.

Your authorised recipient for the German tax office. For companies – even without a seat in Germany – and for private individuals abroad.

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Every letter as a PDF in your account · Cancel monthly

Scan and notification

Every letter as a PDF in your account

Servers in the EU

Data centre in Finland

Encrypted

Every connection via HTTPS

Only for you

No other account can see your letters

One address. Your mail, digital.

One address in Germany. Your mail as a PDF in your account.

Your letter’s journey

From a mailbox in Germany to your phone – step by step.

  1. A letter is on its way

    An authority, a bank or a business partner writes to you – at your address in Germany.

  2. It arrives with us

    The letter lands in your PortoDoc mailbox, even when you are far away.

  3. We scan it

    You get a notification as soon as it is in your account as a PDF.

  4. It travels to you

    Wherever you live or work, your letter reaches you as a PDF.

  5. It is there

    We let you know by email as soon as a new letter is in your account.

  6. On your phone

    Your letter has arrived – right on your phone, summed up in plain words.

  7. Safely filed

    The letter stays in your account as a PDF; after scanning, we keep the original safely stored for 90 days.

Your address is waiting.

Sign up, grant the authorisation, read your mail – that is all it takes.

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From 19,95€ a month · Cancel monthly

Who is it for?

Private individuals abroad

Moved abroad, retired abroad or travelling for a long time: mail from the tax office, pension fund, bank and insurer still reaches you.

Starter is usually enough: 10 letters a month.

Companies – even without a seat in Germany

A German address for official mail and, on request, your authorised recipient for the tax office (§ 123 AO). Companies outside Germany pay no German VAT with a VAT ID or company number.

Translation in all plans. From Business: deadline detection, any number of authorities.

How it works

  1. 1

    Sign up

    Choose a plan and pay. You get your address with PD number right after.

  2. 2

    Grant the authorisation

    One tick and your name when you sign up – then we may open your letters.

  3. 3

    Read your mail

    Every letter is in your account as a PDF. We let you know by email.

PortoDoc on a phone: list of letters with deadlines

What you get for every letter

  • Summed up — What the letter is about, in two or three sentences.
  • What to do — For example: pay, consider an objection, or just file it.
  • How urgent — Red: deadline or urgent. Yellow: action needed. Green: for information only.
  • Deadline spotted — When you need to act by, at a glance – from Business.
  • Translated into English — Read German letters in English – in all plans.

AI-assisted, depending on your plan: non-binding aids, not legal or tax advice; the original letter counts.

Letter from a German tax office (Finanzamt) explained in English in the PortoDoc customer account on a phone
Example

What we do – and what we don't

What we do

  • Accept letters, scan them and send you a notification
  • After scanning, we keep the originals safely stored for 90 days, then shred them
  • Post originals to you on request, worldwide
  • On request, act as your authorised recipient under § 123 AO
  • Parcels on request: support@portodoc.de

What we don't do

  • No legal advice
  • No tax advice
  • No representation in court

All extra prices are in the price list

German VAT number and tax office: your authorised recipient

If you are based outside the EU and EEA and deal with a German tax office, you must name an authorised recipient in Germany when that office asks you to (§ 123 AO). Online sellers on marketplaces must do so without being asked, with their application for VAT registration (§ 22f UStG). You can name PortoDoc – from the EU and the EEA voluntarily too.

Guide: authorised recipient for the German tax office (§ 123 AO) →

Pricing

Cancel anytime. The address is not a business, registered-office or imprint address.

Cancel monthly

Starter

For little mail

19,95€ / month

Incl. 19% German VAT.

Each additional letter: €2.95

  • German postal address
  • Letters digital in your customer account
  • Traffic light: red, yellow, green
  • 10 letters / month included
  • Email notifications
  • AI translation (DE, EN)
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Business

For regular mail

49,95€ / month

Incl. 19% German VAT.

Each additional letter: €2.95

  • Everything from Starter
  • 25 letters / month included
  • Deadline detection
  • Priority support
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Enterprise

For a lot of mail

79,95€ / month

Incl. 19% German VAT.

Each additional letter: €2.95

  • Everything from Business
  • 50 letters / month included
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Frequently Asked Questions

You get a German postal address in Ahrensburg with your PD number. We scan every letter, put it in your account as a PDF and send you a notification. It is not a business, registered-office or imprint address.
From €19.95 a month for 10 letters, incl. 19% VAT. Each additional letter costs €2.95.
We keep them for 90 days, then shred them. On request we send them to you first – prices are in the price list.
Yes, at any time, effective at the end of the paid month or year.
We scan every letter that reaches us and send you a notification. You will then find the letter as a PDF in your account.
Yes. Your data is stored with Hetzner in an EU data centre in Finland, every connection is encrypted, and no other account can see your letters. We don't pass letter contents to US cloud services.
Yes, even without a seat in Germany – the plans are the same for everyone, you just choose by the number of letters. Companies outside the EU and EEA can name us as their authorised recipient for the tax office (§ 123 AO). Companies based outside Germany pay the same amount; no German VAT is shown on the invoice (EU: with a valid VAT ID, outside the EU: with the company registration number).
Yes, your authorisation lets us accept, open and scan your letters. You can revoke the authorisation at any time.
Red means deadline or urgent, yellow means action needed, green means for information only. It's a hint, not a legal review.
German and English, in all plans.
A notice sent by post is deemed delivered on the fourth day after posting to an address in Germany, or after one month abroad, unless it arrives later or not at all (§ 122 (2) AO). Deadlines run from then; in case of doubt the tax office has to prove it.