From an open cash box to an electronic till: learn the basics and explore the explanation with links to original sources.
TSE, receipt and register notification are often mentioned together. When talking to your provider, it helps to distinguish their functions.
The technical security system protects digital records against undetected changes. For a covered electronic register system, it is one part of the requirements. Ask which TSE is used and how its operation is monitored in that particular system.
Further readingFor covered transactions, a receipt is issued and made available in direct connection with the transaction. Today, it may be provided on paper or, with the recipient's consent, electronically in a standardised data format. These conditions remain important for digital solutions too.
Further readingTechnically securing the records is not the same as notifying the tax office. Explicitly ask who takes care of any required notification. Having a TSE does not answer this organisational question.
Further readingTotal turnover, cash turnover, payment method and cash-register system in the government draft: recognise common mix-ups and prepare information correctly.
What is planned for 2028Total turnover and reports
For total turnover, the draft refers to section 19(2), sentence 1 UStG; the appropriate classification must be checked separately.
Cash turnover and cash acceptance
The proposed exemption combines an amount with the condition that cash is accepted.
Card terminal and cash register
The technical inventory must therefore cover the systems and processes actually used.
Ask to see the three tasks demonstrated on your own register. Gather existing evidence and note which contact can explain unresolved points.
Understand register terminologyWhich registers, apps and connected payment systems do you use at which locations?
Keep the provider, model, serial number, TSE documents, acquisition date and existing notifications together where you can find them.
Ask for a demonstration of receipt provision, cancellations and data export on your own register.
Table, counter & on the go.
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No general obligation to use an electronic register.
Record-keeping remains necessary.Government draftProposed changesNot yet law.
The draft alone does not create a purchase deadline today.The plans for 2028 do not create a blanket obligation to buy a register today. What matters is the rules already in force, your business processes and whether your existing register is suitable. Our check helps you separate these questions.
On 23 September 2026, the Federal Cabinet approved a government draft. This is a step in the legislative process, not yet an enacted law. Changes remain possible.
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No. The check provides guidance on selected cash-register rules based on your answers. For special cases or unclear information, it shows which questions to discuss with your tax adviser.
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