Organise your register documents
A short filing guide for your business: bring equipment details, records and open questions together in one place. Prepare for your next conversation.
This overview helps you prepare. It is not a full assessment or individual legal or tax advice.
Worksheet to take with you
Another person should be able to find the records for Shop A without asking you. Your filing index could look like this.
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.
Gather your documents.
ExampleDevice information and TSE documents: Technical / Register A folder; contact: provider team.
Your notesData access
ExampleData export: Exports / Shop A folder; management has access; demonstrate how to find it together.
Your notesAssign the open questions.
ExampleThe notification confirmation is missing from the index; management asks the tax adviser where it is filed.
Your notes
What you take away
A filing index showing the location, access permissions and contact person for each document. Missing documents remain explicitly unresolved.
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.
Data access
Transactions must be recorded in a traceable manner. Document with your provider how to access data and exports.
Assign the open questions.
Technical questions go to the provider. Discuss tax classification and individual duties with your tax adviser.
Official sources
- Current lawSection 146 of the German Fiscal Code (AO)
- Current lawSection 146a of the German Fiscal Code (AO)
An information resource from moaby, a provider of cash-register systems.
Individual tax questions belong with a tax adviser.