# Wolters Kluwer Signs Deal to Divest German Consumer Tax Unit Steuertipps to Buhl Data Service

> Wolters Kluwer agreed to sell its German consumer tax business Steuertipps to Buhl Data Service for €40 million.

- Published: 2026-10-30T07:40:02+00:00
- Section: Divestitures
- Author: News Desk
- URL: https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-30/wolters-kluwer-sells-steuertipps-buhl
- Source: [Stock Titan](https://www.stocktitan.net/news/WTKWY/wolters-kluwer-to-divest-german-consumer-tax-s1365ix0oln8.html)

## Key takeaways

- Wolters Kluwer signed an agreement to divest Wolters Kluwer Steuertipps GmbH to Buhl Data Service GmbH for €40 million.
- Steuertipps is expected to generate approximately €30 million in gross revenues in 2026, an unaudited estimate.
- Wolters Kluwer said the divestment sharpens its Tax & Accounting focus on professional markets.

Wolters Kluwer has signed an agreement to sell its German consumer tax business, Wolters Kluwer Steuertipps GmbH, to Buhl Data Service GmbH for €40 million. [Stock Titan](https://www.stocktitan.net/news/WTKWY/wolters-kluwer-to-divest-german-consumer-tax-s1365ix0oln8.html) reported the announcement on October 30, 2026. The transaction is expected to close in the next few days.

## Wolters Kluwer's €40 Million Steuertipps Sale

[Wolters Kluwer](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000ms6/wolters-kluwer) is a global information solutions, software and services company serving professionals in healthcare, tax and accounting, financial and corporate compliance, legal and regulatory, and corporate performance and ESG. [Buhl Data Service](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/000nddf/buhl-data-service) is the buyer of the German consumer tax unit.

Steuertipps is expected to have gross revenues of approximately €30 million in 2026, an unaudited estimate. Wolters Kluwer said the divestment allows its Tax & Accounting business to further sharpen its strategic focus on professional markets, where it sees the strongest opportunities for synergies, sustainable long-term growth and returns.

The announcement did not state regulatory or closing conditions beyond the expected closing in the next few days. Wolters Kluwer reported 2025 annual revenues of €6.1 billion and employs approximately 21,100 people worldwide.

## Wolters Kluwer's Earlier Portfolio Moves

According to akta.pro [company records](https://akta.pro/company-data), Regnology completed the acquisition of Wolters Kluwer's Finance, Risk & Regulatory Reporting business in May 2026, divesting the OneSumX solutions portfolio to refocus on core professional information and AI-enabled software franchises. The same records show Wolters Kluwer priced a €500 million seven-year senior unsecured Eurobond at a 3.625% coupon in June 2026, alongside a €500 million buyback program announced in February 2026.

## Wolters Kluwer's Recent Tax and AI Activity

Wolters Kluwer appointed Tomàs Font as General Manager of its Corporate Tax business on October 28, 2026, following the Marosa acquisition, TradingView reported. On October 23, 2026, the company launched agentic tax return preparation in CCH Axcess Tax, using Expert AI to prepare Form 1040 returns and flag exceptions for review, according to TradingView.

Wolters Kluwer acquired the Legal-AI startup Libra a year before October 2026, with German CEO Stephanie Walter and founder Viktor von Essen discussing the move, FAZ.NET reported on October 21, 2026.

## Companies in this story

- [Wolters Kluwer company profile](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000ms6/wolters-kluwer) · website: http://www.wolterskluwer.com
- [Buhl Data Service company profile](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/000nddf/buhl-data-service) · website: http://www.finanzblick.de

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