Since July 1, 2025, the cash register reporting obligation under § 146a para. 4 of the German Fiscal Code (Abgabenordnung, AO) applies in Germany. This new regulation affects all businesses that use electronic cash register systems. Here you'll learn what you need to know and how to submit the report via the Pickware Account.
What deadlines apply for the report?
For existing customers, a deadline until July 31, 2025 applies to submit the report.
New customers have 30 days after putting their cash register into operation to submit the report. This also applies if, for example, you put an additional cash register into operation.
What needs to be reported?
Changes to your company master data
Changes to your locations (= business premises)
Adding new cash registers
Removing cash registers
How do I submit the report?
You can easily and conveniently submit the report for your cash register systems via the Pickware Account.
Log in to your Pickware Account and navigate to POS → KassenSichV (DE).
Here you'll now see an overview of your locations. Wherever a report might be necessary, you'll see a corresponding notice.
To start the cash register report, click the last button next to the corresponding location.
In the next step, check whether your company's master data is correct and, if necessary, correct it using the Anpassen (Adjust) button in the top right.
Note: If you only have a 10- or 11-digit tax number, you can use this converter to determine your 13-digit tax number.
Then check the data for your business premises (= location) and adjust it if necessary.
Further down you'll see all cash registers connected to this location. Based on the green or yellow notice, you can see which cash registers are part of the report. Using the + and - buttons, you can add or exclude individual cash registers from the report. To submit the report, you must add at least one cash register.
You can edit individual entries using the pencil icon.
After you've entered all the data correctly, click Neue Meldung erstellen (Create New Report) at the bottom. The report initially has the status Validierung läuft (Validation in progress); once the data has been checked, the status changes to Bereit zur Meldung (Ready to Report). You can then complete the report using the button in the bottom right. If everything worked, the status changes to Erfolgreich übermittelt (Successfully Submitted). Only one report can be created at a time. If you've forgotten something or entered something incorrectly, you can also delete created reports using the red icon, as long as you haven't submitted them to the tax office yet.
Per calendar year and location, two successful reports are included with Pickware POS. If you need additional reports, please contact our support team.
For all submitted reports, you can download the PDF for your records using the respective button.