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acquisition of an electronic recording system

If you have purchased or decommissioned an electronic recording system (e.g. an electronic cash register or taximeter), you must send data about it electronically to the responsible authority.

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Detailed description

If you have purchased an electronic recording system (for example an electronic cash register or taximeter), you must send data on this to the responsible authority. You must also report the decommissioning. You will be required to do this for the first time from January 1, 2025.

 

Information

Prerequisites

You purchase an electronic recording system or you decommission it

Documents required

The data to be communicated are: name, tax number, type of technical security device (TSE), type, number and serial number of the recording systems, date of purchase, date of decommissioning

Please note

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Deadlines

Notify the purchase or decommissioning of the electronic recording system within one month.


You can make this notification for the first time on January 1, 2025. There is a transitional arrangement for electronic recording systems that were purchased before July 1, 2025 until July 1, 2025. If you purchased an electronic recording system before July 1, 2025 and then permanently decommissioned it, you do not have to submit a notification.

Procedure

You purchase an electronic recording system (e.g. cash register or taximeter)

  • They shall communicate the data of the recording system electronically to the competent authority one month after acquisition.

You take an electronic recording system (e.g. cash register or taximeter) out of service:

  • They shall communicate the data from the recording system electronically to the competent authority one month after it is decommissioned.

In both cases:

  • You send the data via “www.elster.de” (see link) - the form “Notification of electronic recording systems (Section 146a Paragraph 4 AO”). You can find this under the “Other forms” tab.
  • The data to be communicated include: name, tax number, details of the place of business, type, number, serial number, manufacturer and model of the recording systems, details of the software used, various details of the technical security device (TSE); date of purchase, date of decommissioning, reason for decommissioning
  • The notification will be processed automatically by the responsible office and saved under your tax number. No feedback will be provided.

Processing time

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Fees

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Legal remedies

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Legal basis

§ 146a para. 4 of the German Fiscal Code (AO)

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Last updated: 27.04.2025