Receipt issuance obligation from January 1, 2020 (Germany)

As of January 1, 2020, the receipt issuance requirement (colloquially also known as "receipt obligation") comes into force in Germany. Find out here how to comply with this requirement as a Belbo user and what you need to pay attention to.

This article is particularly relevant for users from Germany.

Print receipts

In Belbo, you can print receipts. After completing the checkout process, you will see the "Print Invoice" button on the cash register completion screen (or "Print Receipt" when printer integration is active).

If your receipt printer is correctly connected to the device you are using, the receipt can be printed this way.

Print or email A-4 invoices

You can also print A-4 invoices or send them to customers by email. Especially in light of paper waste and the resulting generation of waste and costs, electronic transmission makes sense. The Federal Ministry of Finance explicitly points out that this complies with legal requirements:

The receipt issuance requirement is deliberately designed to be technology-neutral. It remains at the discretion of cash register operators to issue receipts, for example, via email or to a mobile phone.

If you cannot find the "A4 Invoice" button in the completed checkout process, it can be added under Settings > Cash Register > Receipt Design.

After clicking "A4 Invoice", you will see the invoice sending dialog. You can download the PDF and print it yourself to give it to the customer, or send the invoice with one click to the customer's email address.

Invoice elements

Receipts generated via the Belbo cash register can be provided with the legally required data. This includes:

Name and address of the service provider (your company)
Date of receipt issuance
Time of transaction
Quantity and type of services provided
Consideration
Tax amount

Please check your receipts and invoices for the corresponding data. Date and time are always displayed; all individual data can be entered or corrected under Settings > Cash Register > Receipt Design.

Automatic receipt printing

If you want to automatically print a receipt after each checkout, you can set this in Printer Integration. Please note that Belbo Satellite must be installed for this.

If your business exceeds the small invoice threshold of § 33 sentence 1 USTDV, you must add additional data such as the customer's name and address to the receipt and invoice. This is possible with Belbo if this data is maintained in the customer file. Learn more here.