Cash Register Report

Cash register operators in Germany must submit a cash register notification according to §146a AO once when starting to use the register by 31.7.2025. This notification can be submitted either via your tax advisor or via Belbo.
We currently charge a one-time fee of 39.00€ for the cash register notification via Belbo.

Alternatively, the notification can of course be submitted via your tax office. However, with updates or changes you would need to take care of this yourself, as Belbo would then not automatically process the changes.

The notification contains the serial number of the cash register as well as the BSI certification. This information can be read out in the TSE module and forwarded to your tax advisor. Since a cash register notification via your tax advisor is usually associated with costs, the notification can also be submitted via Belbo.

We also showed and explained this function in our live stream on Youtube: Direct to the cash register notification topic on Youtube

Starting the cash register notification via Belbo

To start the cash register notification via Belbo, you must perform the following actions:

Click on Settings

Open the "TSE" function in the "Cash register system" category

Open the "Cash register notification" tab

Select "Submit cash register notification via Belbo"

Then the started cash register notification must be opened by clicking on the targets of previous cash register notifications, for example on the blue date.

Data entry for the cash register notification

Now a list of missing and data to be checked appears. Now open the tabs on the left side "Company" one after the other, with the sub-tabs "Legal form" and "Company address" and fill in all the data.

Completion note: The company will in any case require a tax number in a special form, the so-called ELSTER form. This somewhat unknown form can be converted from the existing tax number with a structure xx / xxx / xxxx by visiting this page: https://ebilanzplus.de/13-stellige-elster-steuernummer

Here you must enter the tax number and select the federal state and you will receive the required tax number.

If all data is correct, you must switch back to the "Overview" tab and if all validations were successful, you can submit the cash register notification for pre-approval.

Data verification

Shortly after submission, the preview can be downloaded in the same window (for example, by clicking on Overview). Please check this document thoroughly and send it to your tax advisor for verification if necessary.

If an error is detected, the notification can be discarded in the window after downloading or by clicking on Overview. The data can then be edited again as before.

Completion of the notification

If all data is correct, the notification can also be sent in the overview tab. The notification is then in the status "Sent" and can also be downloaded again for your own records.