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Valuation and tax: all guides at a glance

Two numbers decide every company sale: the price the market pays and the amount that reaches the owner after tax. Both can be shaped, but only with lead time. EBITDA multiples in the German Mittelstand currently range from 2.4x to 10.9x depending on sector and size (DUB, Q2/2026), and the choice of transaction structure alone can move the net proceeds by more than a million euros on the same price.

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The valuation guide explains how a defensible value corridor is built and why value is not price; the tax guide shows the levers from allowances to a holding structure. Tax content is information, not advice: your Steuerberater remains the authority for your case.

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Guide

The in-depth entry point

Business valuation in the German Mittelstand

Five valuation methods, EBITDA normalisation as the biggest value lever, current multiples for all sectors and size classes, and the nine costliest valuation mistakes. Updated quarterly with DUB data.

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Guide

The in-depth entry point

Taxes on selling a company: how owners 55+ legally halve the burden

The § 16 EStG allowance, the one-fifth rule, share vs. asset deal, and the holding structure with its seven-year lock-up. With a worked example and a timing roadmap.

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Deep dives

TaxCurrent

Germany's inheritance tax reform 2026

Karlsruhe is reviewing the business asset exemptions, and politicians debate abolishing them. What that means for handover timing and the sale decision.

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