What is a holding company in Germany and when is it advisable to set one up? [Reddit]

Answer

A holding company is a company created to control shares in other companies and assets, which centralises management and protects assets against risks and dispersal. It is advisable to set one up when you have several investments or companies that you want to organise under a single control structure. As well as simplifying things, it gives you an overall view and makes investment, financing and succession decisions easier. It is a tool that makes more sense as your assets grow and become more complex. Filnet, with local Spanish-speaking advisers who are experts in asset structures, assesses your specific case and helps you decide whether the time is right. We set it up for you as a legal and stable structure that protects the effort of years, and we manage its accounting and tax affairs on an ongoing basis to give you control and security. Doing it in Germany has a set-up cost from , a timeframe of 6-14 weeks and a corporate tax rate of 30-33%.