Record your technical inventory
List your existing registers and gather their technical documentation. Use this inventory to request demonstrations and clarify open questions with your provider and tax adviser.
This overview helps you prepare. It is not a full assessment or individual legal or tax advice.
Worksheet to take with you
Several devices and apps are used in the shop. A technical sheet should help the provider understand how they relate to each other.
The examples show one way to organize the information. Print the sheet and add your details on paper. No information is collected or stored here.
Create an equipment list.
ExampleInventory: list Register A, payment terminal B and app C separately; add the location and actual function of each.
Your notesGather your documents.
ExampleDevice sheet: copy manufacturer, model and serial number from the documents; assign TSE documents to the relevant system.
Your notesFor your register provider
ExampleDemonstration appointment: have TSE assignment, receipt delivery and export demonstrated on your own system; note unresolved functions individually.
Your notes
What you take away
A technical inventory with device relationships, documents and demonstration questions. The provider receives concrete starting information; legal classification remains separate.
For your conversation
Create an equipment list.
Which registers, apps and connected payment systems do you use at which locations?
Gather your documents.
Keep the provider, model, serial number, TSE documents, acquisition date and existing notifications together where you can find them.
For your register provider
Can you show us our system's TSE status, receipt provision, cancellations and a complete data export?
Requirements for electronic cash-register systems
Which electronic recording systems fall within scope. An important starting point for checking the particular system.
Official sources
- Current lawSection 146a of the German Fiscal Code (AO)
- Current lawSection 1 of the German Cash Register Security Ordinance (KassenSichV)
- Official notification procedureELSTER: notification of electronic recording systems
An information resource from moaby, a provider of cash-register systems.
Individual tax questions belong with a tax adviser.