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Accounting And Tax Offices Management in Germany

What professionals in this field deal with in Germany, from official sources, and a program built for the profession that keeps your records on your own computer.

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Official systems and rules for this profession in Germany

Bawabetna summaries of official publications, each linked to its source. The official text prevails. These systems are run by the authorities: you use them directly, and the program keeps your own records organised alongside them.

Confidentiality of tax advisers (Tax Advisers Act)

Tax advisers must practise independently, on their own responsibility, conscientiously and with confidentiality, which covers everything that becomes known in the practice of the profession. They may not act where their own interests conflict.

Tax Advisers Act (StBerG), § 57 · Official source

Client files kept for ten years

A tax adviser must keep files that give an orderly and accurate picture of how each engagement was handled, and keep them for ten years from the end of the calendar year in which the engagement ended.

Tax Advisers Act (StBerG), § 66 · Official source

What the program does

  • Working screens: Client, Engagement, Compliance filing, Document request, Work task, Time entry, Invoice, Payment, Refund.
  • Home page alerts: Filings due, Waiting for review, Documents awaited, Tasks due.
  • Reports: Filings by status, Filings by type, Hours by staff, Hours by engagement, Unbilled work in progress by age (days), Unbilled hours by engagement.
  • Printing: Print invoice.
  • Roles with their own permissions: Office owner, Partner, Accountant, Assistant, Billing, Manager.

Full program details

Common to every Bawabetna program

  • Your records stay encrypted on your own devices
  • Works without internet
  • 16 languages, printing and backups
  • Import from your previous software
  • Clients control their own consent

Business rules in Germany included in your program

VAT: rates

Standard VAT rate: 19%. Reduced rates reported by the country to the European Commission's Taxes in Europe Database (TEDB): 7%. Rates TEDB lists for the category 'pharmaceutical products': 7%. Some rates apply only to certain regions or categories; check the category of your goods or services in TEDB. Reference: European Commission, Taxes in Europe Database (situation on 6 October 2026).

Official source

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