Since July 1, 2025, the cash register reporting obligation under Section 146a (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 your Pickware Account.
What deadlines apply for the report?
For existing customers, the deadline to submit the report is July 31, 2025.
New customers have 30 days after putting their cash register into operation to submit the report. This also applies, for example, if you put an additional cash register into operation.
What needs to be reported?
Changes to your company master data
Changes to your branches (= place of business)
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 your Pickware Account.
Log in to your Pickware Account and navigate to POS → KassenSichV (DE).
Here you'll see an overview of your branches. Wherever a report may be required, you'll see a corresponding notice.
To start the cash register report, click the last button next to the corresponding branch.
In the next step, check whether your company's master data is correct and correct it if necessary using the 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 place of business (= branch) and adjust it if necessary.
Further down, you'll see all cash registers connected to this branch. The green or yellow notice indicates 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.
Once you've entered all the data correctly, click Create new report at the bottom. The report initially has the status Validation in progress; once the data has been verified, the status changes to Ready to report. You can then complete the report using the button in the bottom right. If everything worked, the status changes to Successfully submitted. Only one report can be created at a time. If you forgot something or entered something incorrectly, you can delete created reports using the red icon, as long as you haven't yet submitted them to the tax office.
Per calendar year and branch, 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.