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Professional Services Professional Legal And Technical Acconuting Activities Legal And Accounting Activities 69.2 - Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy
150 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
30 May 2023
Employment effect (start)
30 May 2023
Foreseen end date
Description
Taxfix, a German digital tax advice startup, has announced it will cut 120 jobs. The job cuts are part of a larger restructuring to reduce costs. Startups are currently under great market pressure as it has become more difficult to find investors. There is no exact date yet for when the job cuts will be completed. In 2020, Taxfix made €13.3 million in revenue, in 2021 the company made €21.8 million. Taxfix is one of the few unicorns based in Germany (i.e. companies that are valued at more than €1 billion).
Eurofound (2023), Taxfix, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 109184, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/109184.
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