Opti.Tax Release Notes

All new features and improvements

This page provides an overview of all the content from every Opti.Tax update to date.

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2026

Release 26.2 dated 30 September 2026

Please note that the application will automatically update the database the first time it is launched.

New features and fixes in version 26.2

  • General
    • The welcome screen has been redesigned
    • New version of Java with security updates
    • Zendesk Support has been updated
  • AI assistant
    • Additional providers now integrated: Azure OpenAI, Azure Anthropic, Anthropic and Google Gemini
    • The settings page has been completely redesigned
    • The chat and process generator now have a new, modern interface
    • In the chat, it is now possible, amongst other things, to upload files
  • Pillar 2
    • Live validation revised in accordance with OECD guidelines and BZSt newsletters
    • The export from the dispatch history now also includes DIP and ELMA details
    • There is a new country-by-country minimum tax report, available with or without a detailed safe harbour analysis
  • BPMN
    • The BPMN import function has been completely overhauled and now incorporates even more information
    • Process steps can now also be linked across projects
  • Federal Gazette/Company Register
    • The dispatch process has been adapted to the new interface

Please note that the application will automatically update the database the first time it is launched.

New features and fixes in version 26.1.1

  • General
    • In certain cases, connection problems may have arisen due to missing certificates

Please note that the application will automatically update the database the first time it is launched.

New features and fixes in version 26.1

  • General
    • Opti.Tax has a brand-new look
    • Further Pillar 2 live validation notices have been downgraded, according to the BZSt newsletter
    • The interface for publications in the Companies Register has been updated
    • Navigating complex multiple entries is now also supported in sealed projects
    • When creating new plots of land, the „Type of plot“ option might disappear in certain cases
    • Long text in live validation messages could be truncated
    • DIP dispatch and XML export are now supported in parallel and are automatically suggested depending on the recipient’s country
    • When importing users from Microsoft Entra and LDAP, users are automatically set to „Active“ depending on their licence
    • Various bug fixes, as well as stability and performance improvements

Please note that the application will automatically update the database the first time it is launched.

New features and fixes in version 26.0.10

  • General
    • The list of trusted root certificates has been updated
    • The new „Find Value (Ctrl+Shift+F)“ function is available in all project types
    • Templates for multiple entries can be used directly to create new entries
    • Up to three templates for multiple entries are now available via quick access in the menu
    • Multiple entries in the taxonomy tree are highlighted in specific colours in live validation messages
    • When copying multiple entries from another project, the progress is now displayed
    • When deleting multiple entries, the progress is now displayed
    • Dates in reports are displayed in the format customary for the language wherever possible
    • Certificate holders can now also be issued with a DIP certificate at folder level
    • Various bug fixes, as well as stability and performance improvements
  • Pillar 2
    • When creating a correction project, you can now choose whether it is a new submission attempt or a content-related correction to a submission that has already been successfully accepted
    • The live validation of differing supplementary tax rules within the same jurisdiction has been revised
    • A new Quick-Fix helps to resolve ambiguous statuses where tax identification numbers are listed as „Unknown“
    • Yes/No values can now also be imported from XML sources where they are represented as 1/0
  • Federal Gazette / Register of Companies
    • The new interface version supports the neutral option „No title“, additional legal forms („Registered civil-law partnership (eGbR)“ and „Legal form under foreign law GsR (ARGsR)“) as well as the register type „Company Register (GsR)“
    • The field „Email address*“ for receiving e-invoices must be completed when sending the invoice and supersedes any alternative invoice recipient
    • New mandatory field in Section 264 of the German Commercial Code (HGB) for projects involving parent and subsidiary companies: „invoice recipient’s email address“ for the receipt of e-invoices

Please note that the application will automatically update the database the first time it is launched.

New features and fixes in version 26.0.9

  • General
    • The process of copying multiple entries from another project has been speeded up
    • The display and updating of items in the tree have been made faster and more stable
    • Short labels for new references (responsibility, service provider, service recipient, etc.) from Cloud interviews are now displayed when they are retrieved
    • Various bug fixes, as well as stability and performance improvements
  • Pillar 2
    • Live validation now also includes additional national rules for Germany
    • Displaying the selections now makes it easier to cross-reference them with the technical codes from the validation notes
    • When copying multiple entries from another project, totals could be duplicated
    • When entering percentages with more than two decimal places, the report will highlight the final rounding
    • The validation of the XML sections to be captured now explicitly takes into account hidden sections and duplicate entries
    • Responses from the BZSt’s DIP server are now displayed in a formatted manner
    • Further OECD rules that have been suspended or relaxed in Austria have been incorporated
    • The response retrieval process has been adjusted to allow retrieval even in the event of partial outages of the DIP server (where operations cannot be viewed)
    • Live validation for top-level parent companies with multiple tax numbers has been corrected
    • Live validation now distinguishes between deviations below and above 1 % for calculated fields
  • Council tax
    • The method for determining the remaining useful life in the income approach for cases involving major refurbishment after the main valuation date has been adjusted

Please note that the application will automatically update the database the first time it is launched.

New features and corrections in version 26.0.8

  • General
    • Searching and navigating within tuples has been further improved – including from within validation prompts
    • Various bug fixes, as well as stability and performance improvements
  • Pillar 2
    • Live validation helps when entering data into fields that only become mandatory once further details have been provided
    • Further quick fixes provide support in cases involving specific „OECD issues“
    • Document IDs can now be generated anew across the entire project
    • When retrieving replies, additional country-specific codes are now taken into account

Please note that the application will automatically update the database the first time it is launched.

New features and corrections in version 26.0.7

  • General
    • The display of live validation prompts in input fields has been revised and now offers quick fixes in certain cases
    • Various bug fixes, as well as stability and performance improvements
  • Pillar 2
    • Live validation of OECD calculation rules now takes into account the permitted 1 % uncertainty
    • „Insignificant business unit“ in low-tax jurisdictions has been renamed „low-taxed business unit“ in accordance with the current documentation“
    • Data reorganisation (Project → Reorganise Data) now helps to resolve validation messages relating to the secondary supplementary tax rules
    • The labels for jump markers indicating missing or empty entries in multiple entries have been revised

Please note that the application will automatically update the database the first time it is launched.

New features and corrections in version 26.0.6

  • General
    • Entire subsections can now also be hidden in multiple entries using the „Permanently not required“ status
    • Various bug fixes, as well as stability and performance improvements
  • Pillar 2
    • Navigation within multi-level, nested entries has been revised
    • Well-known OECD issues relating to the completion and validation of the taxonomy are now being taken into account
    • Validation rules that have been temporarily deactivated by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance are no longer displayed as warnings in live validation
    • Technical XML schema validation now provides messages with more specific context, making it easier to locate the relevant information within the project
  • Digital Financial Report (DiFin)
    • The settings page shows, for each participating institution, which taxonomy versions can be submitted
    • Transmission to certain institutions may have resulted in an error in the processing of the reply
  • Money laundering
    • Cases can now also be imported from ADDISON OneClick

Please note that the application will automatically update the database the first time it is launched.

New features and corrections in version 26.0.5

  • General
    • The CSV template for multiple entries now also supports one entry per child multiple entry
    • Various bug fixes, as well as stability and performance improvements
  • Pillar 2
    • The entry and live validation of unknown or non-reportable tax reference numbers have been revised
    • The display of very long advert names in multiple selections has been optimised
    • The way 0 values are entered has been improved in both tables and input fields
    • Negative percentage values can now be entered; however, this may not yet allow for dispatch

Please note that the application will automatically update the database the first time it is launched.

New features and corrections in version 26.0.4

  • General
    • Live validation has been speeded up
    • Various bug fixes, as well as stability and performance improvements
  • Pillar 2
    • The data set can now be validated technically in advance using the toolbar (check against the official OECD schema)
    • Percentages can now be entered with up to two decimal places
    • The live validation takes the official OECD rules into account
    • OECD calculation rules for monetary values and percentages assist with data entry
    • The XML import during project creation has been made more robust and now handles further edge cases, such as unexpected formats and values
    • When using safe harbour provisions, additional details can now be entered
    • The project setup and data import have been adjusted so that the reporting period is, as a rule, specified as the end of the financial year
    • Quick-Fix adds a note in the event that the „Warning“ field – which is not to be reported – has been filled in
    • The message identifier has been extended to cover cross-border cases in which the transmitting State is not the same as the receiving State

Please note that the application will automatically update the database the first time it is launched.

New features and corrections in version 26.0.3

  • General
    • New AI models for complex tasks have been integrated
    • New filter options have been added for importing staff from Microsoft Entra
    • Single Sign-On (SSO) with Microsoft has been improved under certain configurations
    • Live validation has been adjusted for the reconciliation of the balance sheet with the business assets comparison (BVV), the capital accounts statement (KKE) and the profit and loss account (P&L)
    • Proxy support for Entra integration has been enhanced
    • Proxy support for OpenAI AI features has been expanded
    • Various bug fixes, as well as stability and performance improvements
  • Pillar 2
    • Data transfer from country-by-country reporting projects has been expanded to include summaries and jurisdictions
    • Project data can be imported from an XML file when creating a project
  • Country-by-Country Reporting
    • Project data can be imported from an XML file when creating a project
    • Austrian XML files are also supported as an import source
  • Council tax
    • Appeal version updated to reflect the latest ERiC status

Please note that the application will automatically update the database the first time it is launched.

New features and corrections in version 26.0.2

  • General
    • From version 2025 onwards, MSSQL Express supports databases up to five times larger
    • Various bug fixes, as well as stability and performance improvements
  • Pillar 2
    • Data can be imported from country-by-country reporting projects
    • Correction projects now provide guidance on selecting the correct type of report and, where applicable, referencing a previous submission
    • Optional licence: XML export as an alternative to direct transmission to the Federal Central Tax Office
    • Dynamic live validation based on the selections made in the project
  • Council tax
    • Appeal version updated to reflect the latest ERiC status

Please note that the application will automatically update the database the first time it is launched.

New features and corrections in version 26.0.1

  • General
    • Stability when working on projects involving large volumes of data (such as Pillar 2 and CbCR, whilst live reporting, validation, an extensive tree structure and detailed sections are active) has been improved
    • Multiple entries now allow CSV import and export of a CSV template at any level of nesting
    • Various bug fixes, as well as stability and performance improvements
  • Country-by-Country Reporting (CbCR)
    • Correction projects now provide guidance on selecting the correct type of report and, where applicable, referencing a previous submission
  • Council tax
    • When deleting multiple plots of land, the process can now be cancelled at any time; the estimated duration of the process is displayed
  • Documentation
    • The BPMN import function and the stability when subsequently editing groups, events and gateways have been improved

Please note that the application will automatically update the database the first time it is launched.

New features and corrections in version 26.0.0

  • General
    • The expiry date of the credentials can be saved in the Microsoft Entra settings
    • Selection dialogues with tick boxes now display the number of selected entries – even when filtering is active
    • Client number ranges can be set up for DATEV onboarding in the settings
    • Revised presentation of data entry instructions in tables for multiple entries
    • Colour-coding for tasks due soon, due and overdue has been reintroduced
    • Various bug fixes, as well as stability and performance improvements
  • International exchange of information
    • New DIP interface from the BZSt and updated country-by-country reporting taxonomy
    • Communication via the DIP interface has been improved and made more robust
    • New project type: Public country-by-country reporting
  • Opti.Tax Cloud
    • The modification dialogue box that appears after an interview displays any changes to references (e.g. responsibilities at process steps)
  • Council tax
    • Properties that had been marked as ‘follow-up’ might no longer have been displayed
    • Links to the BORIS land value guide pages for the federal states have been updated
  • Documentation & AI
    • Responses from the AI assistant can now be cancelled
    • When the AI assistant responds, the screen automatically scrolls to the current content
    • Improved identification of details (e.g. regarding the software used) using AI
    • ChatGPT-5 chat models integrated
    • When generating process steps using AI, risks and control measures are proposed and generated depending on the licence used
    • Formatting of AI responses in the ‘Generate process steps’ and ‘Describe process steps’ sections has been standardised
    • Workflow for importing employee data from Microsoft Entra has been improved
    • BPMN import expanded to include groups, events and gateways, and synchronisation improved

Please note that the application will automatically update the database the first time it is launched.

New features and corrections in version 25.3.2

  • International exchange of information
    • Enhanced support through live validation of the Amounts and currencies in Country-by-Country Reporting (CbCR) and in Pillar 2
    • Corrections to the submission of Pillar 2 and CbCR reports

Please note that the application will automatically update the database the first time it is launched.

New features and corrections in version 25.3.1

  • General
    • In drop-down menus where no input is possible, not all options were displayed immediately in some cases
    • Stability improvements in conjunction with the follow-on project plant
    • When checking certificates, an incorrect indication of the start date of validity may have been displayed
    • In certain cases, the dialogue box for synchronising rich text when retrieving interview responses could not be opened
    • In some cases, rich-text fields might not have been displayed correctly in tuples
    • Various bug fixes, as well as stability and performance improvements
  • Federal Gazette/Company Register
    • If the appendix is maintained as free text, a reference to a hidden footnote may now appear
    • Switch to receiving e-invoices when sending invoices, including for previous financial years („invoices by post“ will no longer be supported from 2026)
  • Documentation & AI
    • Transfer pricing: In the function and risk analysis, the justification field for multiple service recipients is dynamically shown or hidden
    • In the cloud-based approval process, only relevant reports are now displayed and generated
    • Processes: Taxonomy 9.0 has been slightly revised (additional fields and changes to field types)
    • Processes: In some cases, the associated staff members may have been listed by a technical ID rather than by name
  • International exchange of information
    • Enhanced support through live validation of the Document IDs in Country-by-Country Reporting (CbCR) and in Pillar 2
    • Context-based auto-completion has been improved in: Tax jurisdictions (Pillar 2) and Reports (CbCR)

2025

New features and fixes in version 25.3
Please note that the database is updated automatically the first time you launch the application

  • General
    • Update to ELSTER Rich Client (ERiC) version 43.3.2.0
    • Support for Taxonomy version 6.8 (including live validation and mapping templates)
    • New version of the property tax appeal form
    • Live validation for property tax
    • Cloud integration: Administrators can change roles for other cloud users at a later date
    • Various bug fixes, as well as stability and performance improvements
  • International exchange of information
    • Extension of the certificate holder for DIP certificates
    • Submission of Country-by-Country Reporting (CbCR) via the new DIP interface from January 2026
    • Submission of Country-by-Country Reporting (CbCR) via ELMA will be discontinued at the end of the year
    • Real-time validation, automatic solution suggestions and input assistance for country-by-country reporting (CbCR)
    • Live validation, automatic solution suggestions and input assistance for Pillar 2
  • Federal Gazette
    • New salutation option „No salutation“ can be selected when sending
    • Switching to e-invoice receipt for outgoing invoices („Invoice by post“ will no longer be supported from 2026)
  • Documentation & AI
    • DeepL: New interface for improved quality and stability when translating into even more languages
    • Processes can be generated either with or without risks and control measures
    • Additional context in process generation (including information on the economic sector, amongst other things)

New features and fixes in version 25.2.1
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  • International exchange of information – Pillar 2
    • New project type „Pillar 2“ (entry only; transmission via the DIP interface to follow)
    • Where possible, values are pre-populated based on the client and project context
  • General
    • Drop-down menus revised
      • As you type, the system filters for possible matches (select using the arrow keys and the Enter key or a mouse click)
      • Scrolling no longer changes the selection
    • New display for multiple selections with more than 10 options
      • Above is a drop-down list with filtering options to select further options
      • Below is a table that automatically expands or contracts to reflect the currently selected options
    • Revised entries with multiple values (tuples)
      • Certain values can be edited directly in the table by clicking on them (text, amounts, Yes/No, selections, etc.)
      • Columns automatically divide up the available space – even after the window size has been changed
    • DeepL tokens for the Free Plan (ending in „:fx“) are supported
    • LDAP settings revised
    • LDAP import from Microsoft Active Directory allows you to select any attribute as the username (e.g. userPrincipalName)
    • You can change your email address in the user profile dialogue (you may then need to confirm it again)
    • Various bug fixes
  • Documentation
    • New smart filter in the Digital Health Record when ‘mixed use’ is selected

New features and fixes in version 25.2.0
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  • General
    • Microsoft Entra: Importing and registering users via Single Sign-On (SSO)
    • Microsoft Word: The placeholders familiar from rich text can also be filled in Word attachments
    • Adobe: Word attachments can be converted to PDF
    • AI: New chat design with voice input and output, and Markdown
    • OpenLDAP: Support for user import and login
    • Performance: Optimised application start-up and database access
  • Documentation
    • Onboarding in DATEV: Clients can be created directly in DATEV from an onboarding project (with BAFA funding, where applicable)
    • Money laundering: Inactive clients and new clients in DATEV can be cross-checked against the project
    • BPMN: Diagrams can contain sub-processes which you can „zoom into“ and make specific adjustments to the layout
    • BPMN: The import preserves all standard formatting, layout, swimlanes and colours
    • BPMN: New modeller with support for additional types, automatic re-layout (excluding swimlanes) and colours
    • AI: Generating process descriptions using AI
  • Tax Compliance Management (TCMS) Documentation
    • Thresholds for low, medium and high amounts can be set freely
  • Transfer Pricing Documentation (VPD)
    • Agreements and service relationships can be created and pre-filled by either party
  • Council tax
    • Various changes to the calculation in line with current statutory requirements
  • Opti.Tax Cloud integration
    • Sign the onboarding contract in the cloud and then start the onboarding process in DATEV
    • Synchronise TCMS thresholds with the cloud
    • Identity verification when reusing email addresses / profiles

New features and fixes in version 25.1.3
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  • General
    • ADDISON OneClick interface updated
    • Various bug fixes
    • Improvements in the field of AI
  • Documentation
    • BAFA: Embedded web links updated
    • VPD: Greater transparency in transactions relating to service agreements
    • VPD: The functional and risk analysis can be used to document the assets employed

New features and fixes in version 25.1.2
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  • General
    • New ChatGPT models are now available
    • The confirmation text has been updated for submissions via ELSTER
    • It was sometimes not possible to tick the green „Completed“ box next to Tupeln
  • Documentation
    • The heading in the live reporting for process steps has been corrected
  • Cash register report
    • Live validation for natural and legal persons has been improved
    • The watermark in the live reporting has been removed
  • Council tax
    • The Excel export from the dispatch history contains two new columns for analysing the type of property across all clients

New features and fixes in version 25.1.1
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  • General
    • Various bug fixes
  • TCMS Documentation
    • Process steps that are implicitly assessed within a tax type due to associated risks are loaded into the cloud for viewing
  • Council tax
    • The Excel export from the dispatch history contains two new columns for analysing the type of property
    • Appeals that were created and submitted using an out-of-date version of ELSTER can be copied and reused
    • When creating a ticket from a plot of land, this can be sent along as a backup copy

New features and corrections in version 25.1
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  • General
    • Fields in Tupeln and in the tree can be hidden using the status setting
    • Links to external content can be used in addition to file attachments
    • Links and attachments can be grouped
    • Certain data entry guidelines offer solutions
  • Documentation
    • E-invoice Quick Check (also available as a separate project type)
    • Use AI to review processes and generate suggestions for optimisation
    • The Digital Emergency Record becomes the Digital Advance Care Planning Record
  • Documentation on Cash Management and Cash Reporting
    • CSV templates for electronic record-keeping systems include a new column for the place of business
  • Transfer Pricing Documentation
    • Transaction matrix (also as a separate project type)
    • Live reporting and PDFs in the ‘Functional and Risk Analysis’ section are now better structured
  • TCMS Documentation
    • Assessments can be carried out at risk level
  • Country-by-Country Reporting
    • Supporting filters, default settings and other improvements
  • Electronic balance sheet
    • Entries in the hypercube that are not valid as at the reference date are flagged with data entry notes
  • Digital Financial Report (DiFin)
    • Interface updated (routing tables are loaded from the new MFT server)
  • Council tax
    • Calculation adjusted for Hamburg (usable floor areas calculated using only 87 %)
    • The calculation of the proportionate area when importing the bulk data template has been made more accurate
    • Ordering information from public authorities via DocEstate – updated
  • Opti.Tax Cloud integration
    • Synchronisation has been made more robust and faster (aggregated queries, job processing, …)

New features and fixes in version 25.0.4
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  • General
    • Improved performance when creating data backups
    • Various bug fixes and performance improvements
  • Documentation
    • When a cash report is created, master data from the practice management software (e.g. via DATEVconnect) is pre-filled
    • POS systems can be imported from XML files
  • Council tax
    • Calculation and reporting for partial exemptions in Bavaria, Hamburg and Lower Saxony have been updated

New features and fixes in version 25.0.3
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  • Opti.Tax Cloud
    • Notifications about new tasks were sometimes not delivered to the recipients
    • Interviews relating to cash register declarations (Section 146a of the German Fiscal Code) may have contained superfluous fields

New features and fixes in version 25.0.2
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  • Documentation
    • BPMN: Loading and displaying diagrams has become more robust
    • New taxonomy for tax office returns (Section 146a of the German Fiscal Code) for the reporting of electronic recording systems

New features and fixes in version 25.0.1
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  • General
    • Bug fixes and performance improvements
  • Documentation
    • Once a documentation has been finalised, the ‘References’ view is displayed in the correct place
    • When submitting the till report (record under Section 146a) via ELSTER, in addition to the number of active till entries, the number of new, amended and deleted till entries relevant for settlement is also displayed
    • Further real-time validations to assist with the maintenance of a health insurance fund notification (record under Section 146a)

New features and fixes in version 25.0
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  • General
    • Live validation: The texts have been revised and interactive suggested solutions for common errors have been incorporated
    • Retention period: Projects for which the statutory retention period has expired may be deleted
    • Templates for multiple entries (tuples): Create time-saving templates for clients, shareholders, legal proceedings and much more.
    • Define at firm, client or project level how completed tasks in the Opti.Tax Cloud should be handled once they have been retrieved
  • Federal Gazette
    • Interface updated
  • Documentation
    • Cash register report (record under Section 146a) via ELSTER
    • E-invoicing Quick Check: Discuss with your clients to assess their readiness for e-invoicing
    • BAFA applications have been adapted to the new online form
    • AI-supported risk assessment for entire (sub-)sections of a process chain
    • New document request task type: When used in conjunction with the Opti.Tax Cloud, documents can be requested individually or in batches
  • Internal Control System Documentation
    • Dual-control principle: When used in conjunction with the Opti.Tax Cloud, control tasks can be carried out in accordance with the dual-control principle
    • Risks can be grouped and displayed clearly in a tree structure
  • Electronic balance sheet
    • New ERiC version 41.2.6.0
    • Taxonomies and Classification Templates Version 6.7
    • Live validation updated to reflect the new ERiC version
  • Digital Financial Report (DiFin)
    • Interface updated to the new minimum version 2019
  • Council tax
    • New fields for tax exemption in certain models (in conjunction with the new ERiC version)
    • Live validation updated based on the new version of ERiC
  • Opti.Tax Cloud integration
    • Tasks can either be deleted from the cloud after synchronisation (default) or left as they are
    • Documents can be requested individually or as a collection
    • ICS: Control tasks can be carried out in accordance with the dual-control principle, with dedicated roles

2024

New features and fixes in version 24.3.5
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  • General
    • Improved performance when launching the application whilst using a database server (e.g. MS SQL)
    • Performance when restoring previous window states has been improved
    • In the client and project navigation, there is a new option: „+ New folder …“
  • Electronic balance sheet
    • The asset report could not be saved in recent projects
  • Digital Financial Report (DiFin)
    • The dispatch may have failed if no main contact person was found amongst the document creators

New features and fixes in version 24.3.4
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  • General
    • Tuple entries can be selectively imported from another project
    • The client number can be maintained independently of external data sources
    • The database update performs more reliably with BPMN diagrams that were last uploaded to the cloud a long time ago

New features and fixes in version 24.3.3
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  • General
    • Summing errors may have occurred in tables during data reorganisation
    • When searching for positions using Ctrl+F, the wrong company reference numbers were sometimes selected
  • Country-by-Country Reporting
    • Improved support for maintaining the minimum scope

New features and fixes in version 24.3.2

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  • General
    • The update could not be carried out for some customers

New features and fixes in version 24.3.1
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  • General
    • Various stability improvements and performance enhancements
  • Electronic balance sheet
    • Faster processing of S+E balance sheets when using a database server (e.g. MS SQL)
  • Documentation – Quality Management Manual
    • New Taxonomy Version 8.3 and updated advisory report

New features and fixes in version 24.3
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  • General
    • When you return (to the previous project / to the previous section of the report), the same view is restored
    • Templates for tuples
    • Copy and Paste for Tuples
    • Support for deleting projects that have expired
    • Improvements in performance and UI/UX
  • DiFin
    • Interface updated
  • Electronic balance sheet
    • New ERiC version 40.3.4.0
    • Additional columns in the equity account statement (KKE) to reconcile the figures with the balance sheet
    • Improved real-time validation in the areas of capital account development (KKE) and reconciliation statements (ÜLR)
  • Documentation
    • More detailed data imports from other projects
  • Documentation – Money laundering
    • Select a template for mandates during import
  • Documentation – Transfer pricing
    • Functional and risk analysis for agreements
    • Improved access to transaction attachments
  • Documentation – Process and procedure documentation
    • Taxonomy 8.3 has been released; it includes, amongst other things, Quick Check E-Invoice
    • ICS: Introduction of risk groups
    • Internal Control System (ICS): Guidance on incomplete information in relation to the dual-control principle
    • ICS: ChatGPT suggests control measures for risks
    • BAFA: New application process
    • BPMN: Various bug fixes and performance improvements
  • Opti.Tax Cloud integration
    • When synchronising process chains, relevant documents are uploaded as attachments
    • Process chains that have already been synchronised are highlighted when relevant changes are made
    • In the user management section, users from neighbouring clients (in the same folder) are also listed
    • Interviews take into account the filters that were active when they were created
    • Joint interview covering several tuple entries / (sub)sections

New features and fixes in version 24.2.1
Please note that the database is updated automatically the first time you launch the application

  • General
    • The update to version 24.2 may have caused errors for some customers relating to the disconnection of cloud connections
  • Documentation
    • When using older ChatGPT models, errors could occur in AI-supported processes
  • Documentation – Process and procedure documentation
    • Inactive tax types may have appeared in Cloud Interviews
  • Documentation – Transfer pricing
    • Corrected the sorting of service relationships/agreements in the live report and the grouping in the table
  • Council tax
    • The ‘Serial number’ column was blank

New features and fixes in version 24.2
Please note that the database is updated automatically the first time you launch the application

  • General
    • When switching between report components, you are automatically taken back to the last position
  • Federal Gazette
    • Custom renaming of taxonomy items
  • DiFin
    • If a certificate is stored at a higher level (e.g. in a folder), a separate certificate is no longer required when editing the client
  • Electronic balance sheet
    • Stack validation from an S+E perspective
    • Filtering relevant items in the banking taxonomy by institution code
    • Carrying forward the previous year’s figures into the tax comparison of business assets
  • Documentation
    • Custom renaming of taxonomy items
    • Generating content and process chains with ChatGPT
    • Approval process for the review and approval of documentation projects via the cloud
  • Documentation – Money laundering
    • In the settings, users can be prioritised for project creation with DATEV
    • Additional filtering options when importing mandates
    • Request to set up a cloud interview following the linking of cases and case workers
    • Storing branch details in folders as an alternative to the client number range
    • Retrospective import of mandates that have not yet been created in the project
  • Documentation – Process and procedure documentation
    • Internal Control System (ICS) dual-control principle in conjunction with the Opti.Tax Cloud
  • Opti.Tax Cloud integration
    • Cross-project synchronisation via the toolbar in the open project (tasks, processes, etc.)
    • Any documents can be uploaded to the cloud for the project, even if they are not linked to any tasks
    • Task assignees can be reminded of tasks that are due

New features and fixes in Opti.Tax Cloud 1.8.0

  • General
    • Adjust the outer frame of the detailed view
    • Improving breadcrumb navigation
    • Add an animation to the sidebar when it is expanded and collapsed
    • Global search: Show most recently used results
    • Global search: Show search text field in the page header
    • Global search: Temporarily hide the search box
    • Provide the standard login background as an SVG
    • Changing the font to Roboto in OTC
    • Widgets: Coloured text blocks: Change text colour
    • The client’s staff are permitted to view all documents associated with the client
  • Tasks
    • equip with a search and filter bar
    • Adding tasks in Microsoft ToDo and deleting the entry once the task is complete
    • Improve the UI for task cards
    • Allow users to also assign the task creator
    • Update the overview regularly
    • Filter: Option to filter by project
  • Internal Control System
    • Widget: Most common risks
    • Widget: New risks
    • Widget: Number of risks
    • Task type based on the ‘four-eyes’ principle
    • A control measure involving resubmission generates log entries
  • Admin area: Legal notice/privacy policy template – filter CSS settings and correct the preview
  • Process diagram: Include the translations of the process nodes in the diagram as well

New features and fixes in version 24.1
Please note that the database is updated automatically the first time you launch the application

  • Electronic balance sheet
    • Reconciliation for companies limited by shares using the tax adjustment item now takes place without any change in the allocation of profits
  • E-balance sheet and property tax
    • Updated ERiC, version 39.4.6.0
  • Documentation – Process and procedure documentation
    • Integration of Camunda BPMN.io for the visualisation of process chains
    • Risks to the internal control system (ICS) identified online can be imported into the process steps
  • Council tax
    • Calculation of property tax in Berlin using an adjusted tax assessment rate for undeveloped and non-residential land
  • DATEVconnect integration
    • Document uploads to the DMS have been enabled for all file types
  • Opti.Tax Cloud integration
    • Mapping of process chains and the ICS to the Opti.Tax Cloud

New features and fixes in version 24.0

Please note that the application will automatically update the database the first time it is launched.

  • General
    • Attached documents may be up to 64 MB in size
    • Completed tasks are hidden by default, but can be shown again if required
  • E-balance sheet and property tax
    • Updated ERiC, version 39.3.2.0
  • Documentation
    • New taxonomy: „Digital Emergency Record“
    • It is also possible to reference data from other fields using placeholders in standard text fields
  • Documentation – Process and procedure documentation
    • Key processes are integrated directly into the taxonomy tree
  • Tax Cloud integration
    • When retrieving interview data from the cloud, the data is first displayed to the user, any potential conflicts are highlighted, and the user is able to select individual items
    • When drawing up follow-up projects, an interview may be conducted to review the current situation
    • Interviews can also be compiled for existing projects, in the same way as when creating a new project, using the configuration wizard
    • If you select multiple entries in tuples, you can create several interviews at once

2023

New features and fixes in 23.2.1

Please note that when you launch the application for the first time following an update from a version prior to 23.2, the database will be updated automatically.

  • General
    • The last person to work on a cloud task is retained and can be selected to run it again
    • Various bug fixes and performance improvements
  • Documentation
    • Text suggestions can be applied to the current position at the touch of a button
    • Explanatory notes can be displayed directly at the relevant locations at the touch of a button
    • Transfer pricing documentation: Improved maintenance of transactions and variants
    • When duplicating process steps, responsibility is assumed
  • Country-by-Country Reporting
    • CbCR projects can be integrated with the cloud
  • Electronic balance sheet
    • Live validation relating to tax modifications (ÜLR) has been improved

New features and fixes in version 23.2

Please note that the application will automatically update the database the first time it is launched.

  • General
    • Migrating the application to 64-bit
    • Using the Edge browser
    • The user can show or hide the columns in all display lists and trees
  • Federal Gazette, E-Balance Sheet and Annual Accounts
    • Taxonomy 6.6
    • SKR mapping templates for Taxonomy 6.6
  • Country-by-Country Reporting (CbCR)
    • New module for the collection, submission and processing of responses to country-by-country reporting returns
  • Documentation
    • Updated taxonomies in version 7.0 for the following project types: process and procedure documentation, transfer pricing documentation, anti-money laundering, cash management and sustainability reporting
    • Updated entries in the BaFa online forms
  • Documentation – Process and procedure documentation
    • Structured import of process chains and the option to import only parts of them
    • Process chains can be imported at the project creation stage
  • Documentation – Tax Compliance Management System
    • Transfer of risk assessments to the Opti.Tax Cloud
  • Documentation – Transfer pricing documentation
    • Service relationships and agreements can be duplicated
    • In conjunction with the Opti.Tax Cloud, service agreements and contracts can be assigned to an external administrator and thus kept up to date through regular follow-up reviews
  • E-balance sheet and property tax
    • Updated ERiC, version 38.2.4.0
  • Opti.Tax Cloud integration
    • Tasks can be assigned to several cloud users at the same time
    • Several Cloud interviews can be retrieved at once and applied to the project
  • Further adjustments
    • Various bug fixes and performance improvements
    • Optimised use of storage space

New features and fixes in 23.1.1

Please note that when you launch the application for the first time following an update from a version prior to 23.1, an automatic database update will take place.

  • General
    • Restoring older backups may have failed
    • The automatic database update has been optimised for large databases
  • DiFin
    • The latest version of the taxonomy, 6.5, has been adapted for submission
  • Documentation – Money laundering
    • The automatic calculation of the probability of admission per client is once again being updated in real time
  • Electronic balance sheet
    • The validation of R&D projects has been corrected
  • Council tax
    • The live validation has been corrected (e.g. ownership status and number of co-owners in the case of married couples)

New features and fixes in 23.1.0

Please note that the application will automatically update the database the first time it is launched.

  • General
    • Mapping templates for 6.5 taxonomies have been integrated
    • Performance and storage optimisations
    • OfficeFiler now supports the latest versions of Office, including support for XLSX formats, even from third-party providers and web apps
    • Live validation has been improved for certain types of project (e.g. mandatory fields, ELSTER formatting requirements, balance of assets and liabilities)
    • Improvements to the user interface
  • Council tax
    • Special characters in the address are supported by the validation and dispatch systems
    • Improved file name compatibility with SharePoint
  • Property tax – appeals
    • Preparatory installation without dispatch
    • Direct creation of a follow-up transaction in the wizard, with the details carried over
    • Batch dispatch for prepared and approved appeals
  • Documentation – Money laundering
    • Templates for „Internal Security Measures“ are available online
    • Registration process for „persons posing a particular risk“ optimised
    • Separate report for the Institute of Tax Advisers
    • Import client data from DATEV for analysis

New features and fixes in version 23.0

  • General
    • New Taxonomy version 6.5 for annual financial statements, e-balance sheets, S+E balance sheets and the Federal Gazette
    • Reconciliation statement: Make the value change for virtual accounts variable
    • Client and project management data can now be exported to Excel
    • You can now define your own project statuses in the settings to display the progress of your work in even greater detail
    • Page feeds in reports can now be set on a per-report basis
    • The dialogue boxes in the „Restore Backup“ section have been revised
    • If the database connection fails, helpful tips on how to resolve the issue are now displayed
    • In the case of some live validation messages, it was possible that the programme did not jump to the correct sub-tuple entry
    • When creating large PDF files, unexpectedly high memory usage and programme crashes could occur
    • When retrieving interview responses from the cloud, the values for summary fields were not calculated automatically
    • When exporting the dispatch history to Excel, an incorrect property tax assessment value may have been displayed
    • Errors may have occurred during set-up when using MySQL or MariaDB as the database
  • OfficeFiler
    • The ‘Gross Fixed Assets Statement with Depreciation Trends’ template has been updated
  • Federal Gazette
    • New interface for submitting data to the Companies Register for reporting periods from 1 January 2022 (DiRug)
  • Council tax
    • New live validation to check the recipient’s tax office
    • New real-time validation to assist with the entry of tax numbers/reference numbers
    • New real-time validation in LuF for total area not equal to the sum of the areas of the sub-uses
    • An additional column for area has been included in the multiple entries for the parcel
    • During (batch) validation and (batch) dispatch, the reports for property tax calculation and Report 87d(3) AO are generated as PDF files and as a combined PDF
    • A completed master data project can be set back to „In progress“
    • In some cases, it was not possible to delete plots of land
    • The master data project was successfully migrated to a different client, despite some plots of land having been transferred
    • When copying a master data project, the plots of land within it could lose their nesting structure
    • When importing from Excel, a message now appears if the wrong menu option or the wrong file for that menu option has been selected
    • During the Excel import, parcel identifiers consisting of letters could not be read
    • During the Excel import, exemptions and concessions could not be applied to properties in Baden-Württemberg
    • In the case of properties in Hamburg, it was sometimes not possible to provide any information regarding property tax relief
    • During validation and transmission, invalid text characters could have resulted in the submission being rejected by ELSTER
    • When finalising a property from a cloud interview, the type of business unit or property that had already been entered was not displayed

New features and fixes in 22.0.25

  • Council tax
    • The reason and year of the determination can be chosen freely for each plot of land
    • The property overview has been expanded to include a ‘Assessment’ column
    • Subsequent findings and updates can be derived directly from the property project via the context menu
    • When importing PDF files containing multiple declarations for determining the requirement value, there were instances where the addresses were not imported
    • When calculating the property tax value using the asset value method, the minimum value check was not applied correctly in cases where the land value was higher
  • Opti.Tax Cloud integration
    • In result documents, the option to share in the cloud was no longer available in the context menu

New features and fixes in 22.0.24

  • General
    • ATTENTION! Database schema update in progress
    • ERiC updated to version 37.2.6.0
    • The contents of the dispatch history can be exported as an Excel file (including additional details such as the property tax value)
    • From the document overview, you can save several documents at once to a destination folder
    • If there are several projects, the current project manager can be changed for all of them at once
    • Memory usage when importing Excel files has been optimised
  • Federal Gazette, E-Balance Sheet and Annual Accounts
    • Support for chart of accounts with account numbers of any length when applying SKR mapping templates
  • Council tax
    • Objections relating to plots of land can be lodged and submitted via ELSTER
    • The restriction to two entries for information on land area and standard land value has been removed in Hesse and Lower Saxony, as these are not included in the scope of data to be submitted to ELSTER
    • Documents can be moved from the property to the master data project
    • Additional checks on the numerators and denominators where there are multiple owners
    • When assisting with the preparation of the declaration, the additional information from the master data project was transferred to the client number field for properties in Hesse
    • The property transfer record could not be opened in the dispatch history if the property name contained characters that are not permitted in the Windows file system
    • It was not possible to export the property overview to Excel once master data projects had been completed
    • When calculating the property tax value using the asset value method, the standard construction value of the building may have shown an internal rounding discrepancy
  • ADDISON OneClick integration
    • The value in dispute can be submitted to ADDISON-OneClick

New features and fixes in 22.0.23

  • General
    • Improved stability of database updates on MS SQL servers in multi-user installations/terminal servers
  • Council tax
    • Excel export of the property overview
    • Alignment of the presentation of the property tax valuation calculation with the tax authority’s updated notices
    • When the status of several plots of land was changed, the confirmation messages were still displayed when the transaction was cancelled
  • Annual accounts
    • The documents containing the results of the submission to Creditreform could no longer be opened after the submission
    • As the previous year’s period is invalid, the submission to DiFin and Creditreform has failed for no apparent reason

New features and fixes in 22.0.22

  • General
    • Live reports can be translated and saved using DeepL
    • Speed when working with Tupeln and active live validation has been further improved
  • Council tax
    • Municipal districts with names containing more than 25 characters could not be reported due to Elster’s character limit
    • Importing data from ALKIS files also supports the data format used in North Rhine-Westphalia
    • Alignment of the presentation of the property tax valuation calculation with the tax authority’s updated notices
    • Where several municipalities eligible for funding were specified, it was not possible to select areas from other municipalities
    • The overseas postcodes for communities of heirs were not transferred from the master data project to properties in Baden-Württemberg
    • Land valuation figures may be reported as 0 EUR
  • Opti.Tax Cloud integration
    • Cloud users can be removed from linked tenants
    • Conversations relating to tasks are cached and therefore remain available for viewing even without a cloud connection and after the task has been completed

New features and fixes in version 22.0.21

  • Documentation
    • In some cases, the report could not be displayed if an item was linked to files and had the „start on a new page“ setting selected
  • Council tax
    • In batch validation, the plots to be validated can be selected in advance
    • If the status of several plots of land is changed at once, the confirmation message for the relevant batch operation can be suppressed
    • The progress of the plots is displayed as a pie chart in the master data project within the client and project navigation
    • The details relating to the file reference number and tax number have been removed from the overview of properties in the master data project
    • In the case of agricultural and forestry enterprises, the cadastral districts and parcels of land are excluded from the land assets
    • The process for importing data from ALKIS files has been revised
    • Data reorganisation for properties can also be carried out from the property overview
    • With batch processing, the transfer records for the plots are immediately included in the master data project
    • In the master data project, only documents relating to the plots of land are now displayed as output documents
    • When entering the entry number for selections manually, the correct entry is selected for single-digit values
    • Stability improvements in the calculation and display of property tax values
    • Excel bulk data template 3.2.1 integrated
    • Improvements to the import of the Excel bulk data template (e.g. counters are saved with a comma instead of a full stop)
  • Opti.Tax Cloud integration
    • The role of „client users“ can be changed to „external user“
    • Once the interview responses had been collected, the reference to the cloud was not removed from the task, which led to errors in subsequent synchronisations

New features and fixes in version 22.0.20

  • General
    • ERiC updated to version 36.5.2.0 (including live validation)
  • Council tax
    • Calculation and presentation of property tax valuations for agricultural and forestry businesses (including exemptions)
    • Reporting: New category in the master data project containing all documents relating to the plots of land
    • Reporting: Display the property’s address on the cover page
    • Reporting: Report in accordance with Section 87d(3) of the German Fiscal Code (AO) has been revised and made available as part of the master data project
    • Various spellings for municipalities and local districts are supported
    • „Sequential numbers“ (e.g. for parcels of land in the agricultural and forestry sectors) are automatically assigned and kept up to date
    • Valid plots remain valid when viewed in isolation and also when changes are made to the certificate holder
    • Working with large numbers of Tupel entries (e.g. land parcels in agriculture and forestry) is now faster
    • Stability improvements in the calculation and presentation of property tax values in some federal states

New features and fixes in 22.0.19

  • General
    • MSSQL Express: A warning is displayed when a critical memory limit is reached
    • LDAP: Support for more than 1,000 users
  • Council tax
    • ERiC updated to version 36.4.4.0 (including live validation)
    • The live reports showing the calculation of the property tax value have been expanded to include exemptions and concessions, as well as additional special cases
    • Excel Bulk Data Template 3.2.0 (including exemptions and concessions, standard land values, agriculture and forestry, livestock numbers, and additional details regarding leasehold rights and buildings on third-party land)
    • Detailed reporting in accordance with Section 87d(3) of the German Fiscal Code (AO)
    • Support for the new ADDISON OneClick interface 1.4
    • Live reports can be printed directly (supports output to DATEV DMS / document storage via a special printer driver)
    • The cadastral district and land registry page are shown in the property overview as an alternative to a missing street name and house number
    • Expanded import of ALKIS sources (CSV and Excel)
  • Documentation
    • Transfer Pricing Taxonomy 6.0

New features and fixes in 22.0.18

  • General
    • ERiC updated to version 36.3.6.0 (including live validation)
    • In the client and project navigation, as well as in the dispatch history, you can filter by technical IDs (UUIDs of clients, projects, etc.)
  • Council tax
    • Stability improvements and faster performance when working with a large number of plots
    • Additional details are also shown in the address
    • When the report for calculating the property tax value is saved, the property’s address is included in the file name
    • The unique ID of the ELSTER preview PDF is displayed at the right-hand edge of every page
    • Batch validation and batch submission of all eligible properties via ELSTER
    • The title of a legal entity can be transferred from DATEVconnect to the authorisation to receive correspondence

New features and fixes in 22.0.17

  • General
    • Client and project navigation can once again be filtered by text across all columns
    • Reporting periods are carried over, offset by one year, for subsequent projects
  • Council tax
    • Stability improvements and enhancements to the calculation model and report
    • The calculation report is now enabled by default and always displays the calculation process for the selected or open plot
    • In some cases, you were prompted to save changes
    • The ‘Valid’ status of the property tax project is now linked to the ‘Valid’ statuses of the properties it contains
    • In some cases, validation using ELSTER could have resulted in the loss of the owners’ share codes for the property
    • When saved, the ELSTER preview PDF no longer has a duplicate file extension
    • When creating a new plot, you can also type in the type of economic unit and the type of plot (with autocomplete)
    • Some date values caused errors when importing the individual template for the asset-based valuation method
    • Comma-separated values are also imported from Excel as comma-separated (rather than point-separated)

New features and fixes in 22.0.16

  • General
    • Clients without a company name can be edited and deleted
    • Clients and projects without names led to display errors
    • Changes made to user management are saved again
  • Council tax
    • The status of plots of land is displayed again and is updated in real time whenever it changes

New features and fixes in 22.0.15

  • General
    • Some detailed information was missing from the project overview
    • When maintaining address details (certificate holder, property, etc.), the beginning of the place name was sometimes cut off

New features and fixes in version 22.0.14

  • General
    • Improved speed when using central databases such as MS SQL Server (project navigation, opening projects, validation with ELSTER, data backup, etc.)
    • Certificate holders can be managed per branch folder
    • Notification tasks can be viewed and completed more easily
  • Council tax
    • Calculation of the land value for further combinations
    • The projection of the property tax value can be viewed as a report
    • The ELSTER preview PDF is being given a more descriptive name

New features and fixes in 22.0.13

  • General
    • Some users may not have been able to use TeamViewer Help

New features and fixes in 22.0.12

  • General
    • The maximum file size for attachments has been increased to 32 MB
  • Council tax
    • The ELSTER preview PDF has been assigned a unique number for verification purposes
    • For properties in Hamburg, the municipality and cadastral district can once again be imported and selected
    • Properties with special characters in their place names or with very long place names could sometimes not be processed
    • After an interview in the cloud, attachments were sometimes not linked to the correct position
  • ADDISON OneClick integration
    • In some cases, client master data could not be processed

New features and fixes in 22.0.11

  • Council tax
    • New taxonomy version 2.0.5
    • The information on additional living space are imported from the Excel bulk data template into the Information regarding residential properties taken over
    • The information Would you like the decision details to be provided electronically? is filled correctly upon entering the property
    • The information of which for civil defence (in m²) can be entered in the new Excel asset value template from version 2.0.3 onwards

New features and fixes in 22.0.10

  • General
    • In some cases, S+E balance sheets could not be processed
    • The client number can be found in Master data and certificates be specified alphanumerically
  • Council tax
    • Entering tax numbers and reference numbers has been significantly speeded up
    • The selection Sole ownership by a person engaged in business activities is copied correctly
    • The title codes of legal representatives are also applied to properties in Hesse
    • Cloud-based interviews where the federal state is not specified may be used
    • The billing address for orders placed via DocEstate can be validated
  • ADDISON OneClick integration
    • Land used for agriculture and forestry can be taken over
    • In some cases, it was not possible to accept the power of attorney for receipt or to cooperate
  • DATEVconnect integration
    • Some details regarding associated owners could not be loaded

New features and fixes in version 22.0.9

  • General
    • Some users were unable to edit their certificate holder
    • Error messages relating to invalid or excessively long file names have been removed
    • The „Project Management“ and „Licence Reconciliation“ live reports are no longer populated for users with restricted rights
    • During installation, the Windows compatibility settings are configured to ensure correct DPI scaling
    • The process of creating a data backup has been sped up
  • ADDISON OneClick integration
    • The country-specific tax number has not been converted to the ELSTER standard format

New features and fixes in version 22.0.8

  • General
    • The stability of the application has been improved in a number of processes
    • User-specific certificate holders can be deleted and converted to global certificate holders by the administrator
    • The global data transmitter can be deleted by an administrator and can only be managed in conjunction with the global certificate holder
    • It is now possible to update databases using versions of Microsoft SQL Server that are older than the 2016 version (v13)
  • Council tax
    • The preview document generated by the ELSTER validation process is no longer marked as a test case
    • The contents of the input fields are checked against the ELSTER format specifications
    • For some validation rules, not all referenced fields were listed
    • Hamburg properties using Taxonomy version 2.0.0 could not be updated to the current version of Taxonomy
    • Some property projects that had been sent were subsequently assigned the ‘unknown’ validation status after dispatch (re-opening such properties rectifies the status retrospectively in cases where an error has already occurred)
    • In some federal states, the text field for „additional details regarding the property tax return“ was not displayed when this option was selected
    • In those federal states where the land-use model was applied, the property rateable value was not calculated if a building was recorded that had neither residential space nor usable floor area
    • The calculation of the property tax value failed in those federal states using the area-based model where the plots were particularly large and no usable floor area was specified
    • A validation check has been added to ensure, within the income capitalisation method, that floor area details have been entered for the buildings (this will only be checked by ELSTER in the next version of ERiC)
  • ADDISON OneClick integration
    • Not all clients were listed for import
  • DATEVconnect integration
    • When creating a property, you can now select guardians as owners

New features and fixes in 22.0.7

  • General
    • ERiC updated to version 36.2.4.0
    • Checkboxes for dispatch are pre-ticked with the selections from the last dispatch made during the same session
    • New icons and colours for displaying the 'Valid' status
    • The validation process using ELSTER has been significantly speeded up
    • The firm’s client number from the external „main data source“ can be entered in Master data and certificates be deposited
    • The firm’s client number from the external „main data source“ and the client number range can be stored for each folder
    • Support tickets have been updated to include a callback number
    • In the Opti.Tax Cloud user management section within the client, the user’s status is displayed more clearly
    • If any issues are raised during the signing process in the Opti.Tax Cloud, the comments are incorporated into the PDF
    • Various certificates can be stored under the certificate holder, and the holder can also be set up as a data transmitter
  • Documentation
    • Validation rules relating to attachments in specific positions in connection with BAFA have been corrected
  • Council tax
    • Shippable Taxonomy Version 2.0.4
    • Approval process with signature in the cloud
    • Information on tax exemptions, reliefs and reductions can be hidden
    • For agricultural and forestry businesses, the „Land“ tab, which is not required, is hidden
    • The processing and approval status can now be changed for each plot
    • Submission of the completed declaration of findings
    • The properties in the overview can be sorted by each column
    • The property tax value and the property tax assessment amount are calculated and displayed in real time (including notional values, but not yet taking into account tax exemptions, relief and the calculation method)
    • PDF Annex V (Version 2021) can be imported
    • As you type, the address fields are automatically filled in with the postcode, town and county
    • Excel bulk data template 3.1.2 integrated
    • For sole traders, the data for the individual can be imported from DATEV if desired
    • The preview PDF of the declaration of assessment is the original ELSTER document
    • Onboarding clients with property tax flags from DATEV
    • Support with updating the standard land values to the official figures for 2022
    • Help with entering municipalities, cadastral districts and cadastral district numbers
    • Plots can be duplicated by right-clicking
    • Relationships between owners are imported from DATEV
    • Consultant information from an external data source (e.g. DATEV) can be used to complete the authorisation to act and the power of attorney (requires a stored The firm’s client number)
    • Data from ALKIS can be imported for agricultural and forestry businesses

New features and fixes in 22.0.6

  • General
    • Automatic database updates on MS SQL servers may have failed when updating from version 21.1 to 22.0
    • When using folder permissions, sub-structures were not listed when selected for data transfer from another project
    • Folder permissions that had been set were also applied to the sub-structure
    • When deleting folders containing subfolders for which the user did not have the necessary permissions, a technical error occurred instead of a clear explanation of the reason
  • Electronic balance sheet
    • It was not possible to submit special/supplementary balance sheets using Taxonomy 6.4 via the S+E module
  • Council tax
    • In land registry projects that had already been created prior to version 22.0.5, it was no longer possible to transfer owners from the master data project, and values entered for the parcel number were flagged as incorrect during validation, even though they had been entered correctly
    • In some cases, standard land values were not included in the online calculation if they contained textual units in addition to the numerical value
    • For properties imported from DATEV, it was not possible to change the federal state selection – if one was still missing – in the initial interview dialogue
    • The validation of the assignment of cadastral districts and parcels to the (sub-)plot areas has been corrected
    • The application could freeze when performing actions in the property overview
    • Data from property surveys in the Opti.Tax Cloud was not fully incorporated into the regional models
    • Correction made to the validation of the reference number in North Rhine-Westphalia

New features and fixes in 22.0.5

  • General
    • The speed at which projects are opened in multi-user databases has been improved
    • ERiC has been updated to version 35.5.4.0
    • The detailed data entry area now moves automatically as you navigate using the TAB and ENTER keys
    • The field for entering 13-digit Elster tax numbers could have delayed the loading of the details section
  • Documentation
    • The first level of process steps is included in the table of contents
  • Council tax
    • Property Tax Taxonomy 2.0.2 following updates by the tax authorities
    • The tax number dialogue with Elster validation is now used in all tax number fields
    • Information on participation is hidden unless required
    • Support for further versions of the declaration of findings from DATEV
    • Importing the individual data template from Excel
    • The application may freeze when closing the main project
    • The tax reference number was criticised, even though it had not been provided
    • When retrieving the interview responses from the cloud, sometimes nothing was imported
  • Opti.Tax Cloud integration
    • Opti.Tax users with a Cloud profile can now also receive and process tasks in the Opti.Tax Cloud
    • Documents are now only downloaded if they were not previously known or if they have changed
    • Interview regarding the registration of further plots of land, including detailed information
  • ADDISON OneClick integration
    • New integration with ADDISON OneClick for retrieving client, master and property data
  • DocEstate integration
    • The tax number is now included with orders
  • WIADOK integration
    • New connection to WIADOK for retrieving client, master and property data

New features and fixes in version 22.0.4

  • General
    • Stability when using Datev myIdentity Sticks has been improved
    • Windows Start menu shortcuts made available to all users
    • Clients without folders are moved to a new folder when a data backup is restored
  • Council tax
    • ERiC February release featuring…
    • … new taxonomies used by the tax authorities
    • … new live validation rules
    • … and automatic data transfer into the new property tax taxonomies
    • Excel import: Adapted for married couples/cohabiting couples
    • DATEVconnect: Improvements to fixed assets and DMS scan results
    • DATEVconnect: Tax number – identification number mapping corrected
    • DATEVconnect: Details of natural persons completed
    • Task view: Tasks and interviews relating to plots of land are also displayed in the master data
    • Specialising in land value enquiries for Schleswig-Holstein
    • PDF scanning: Files for which no data is found are also included in the list
    • Interviews conducted as part of the master data project are condensed to the key details
    • Preview of the declaration for determining the property tax value using official forms

New features and fixes in 22.0.3

  • General
    • Windows program libraries for the components used are now included directly in the installation, meaning that execution rights are no longer required in the temporary locations

New features and fixes in 22.0.2

  • General
    • Client number from the practice management software as an additional column in the client overview
    • External assignees who have already been selected are not removed when a task is created, even if the task type is changed
    • Support tickets can now also be opened when a network proxy is configured
  • Council tax
    • Owners and stakeholders can be copied in the master data project
    • If Cloud Interviews are created for several plots of land at the same time, the assigned user will only receive one final information email
    • Validation and filtering of input data caused by incorrect Elster specifications have been reduced
    • DATEVconnect: Check fixed assets against land data for project investments
    • DATEVconnect: Loading Annex V and the declaration of inheritance/gift from DMS
    • Order official information online via DocEstate
  • DATEVconnect integration
    • Individuals can now also be retrieved and created as clients
    • Filing guidelines for the DMS can be set out in the settings

New features and fixes in 22.0.1

  • General
    • Error when editing permissions in the Folder Wizard
    • Error when entering the S+E perspective if a shareholder is to be deleted in the process
    • Complaint tasks cannot be created if the file name or the content of the item being complained about is too long
    • Tasks could not be deleted

2022

New features and fixes in version 22.0

General

  • Client permissions are now assigned at folder level (PLEASE NOTE: these must be redefined!)
  • Improved performance with MS SQL databases
  • Layout/UI improved
  • New „References“ summary view in the project
  • The Taskplace integration has been removed
  • Local Derby database is no longer supported (H2 is required)

Documentation Module

  • Taxonomies for money laundering, procedural documentation and transfer pricing documentation in version 5.3
  • BAFA company master data can be maintained directly when creating a project
  • Transfer pricing documentation
    • Live report improved
    • Improved display of transactions
    • Improvements to transaction processing

E-Balance Sheet Module

  • Taxonomy 6.4 for the 2021 annual accounts
  • Mapping Templates SKR03/04 for Taxonomy 6.4
  • Expert support: Comparison of business assets for tax purposes

Federal Gazette module

  • Taxonomy 6.4 for the 2021 annual accounts

Financial Statements Module

  • Taxonomy 6.4 for the 2021 annual accounts

Module: Declaration of Findings

  • Property Tax Taxonomy, Version 2.0.0
  • Importing client data from DATEV
  • Excel import for land parcel data
  • PDF import for land data
  • Interview appendix per plot of land in the Opti.Tax Cloud
  • Automatic calculation of the standard land value
  • Contract and remuneration agreements can be stored when the project is created and transferred to the Opti.Tax Cloud for signing

Opti.Tax Cloud

  • All tasks are completely deleted from the cloud once they have been successfully collected
  • Signing PDF files via d.velop
  • New „Conversation“ view in the project
  • Option to add a message to the recipient during an interview

Changes and fixes in Patch 14

  • General
    • Improved speed when using central databases such as MS SQL Server (project navigation, opening projects, validation with ELSTER, data backup, etc.)
    • Certificate holders can be managed per branch folder
    • Notification tasks can be viewed and completed more easily
  • Council tax
    • Calculation of the land value for further combinations
    • The projection of the property tax value can be viewed as a report
    • The ELSTER preview PDF is being given a more descriptive name

Changes and fixes in Patch 13

  • General
    • Some users may not have been able to use TeamViewer Help

Changes and fixes in Patch 12

  • General
    • The maximum file size for attachments has been increased to 32 MB
  • Council tax
    • The ELSTER preview PDF has been assigned a unique number for verification purposes
    • For properties in Hamburg, the municipality and cadastral district can once again be imported and selected
    • Properties with special characters in their place names or with very long place names could sometimes not be processed
    • After an interview in the cloud, attachments were sometimes not linked to the correct position
  • ADDISON OneClick integration
    • In some cases, client master data could not be processed

Changes and fixes in Patch 11

  • Council tax
    • New taxonomy version 2.0.5
    • The information on additional living space are imported from the Excel bulk data template into the Information regarding residential properties taken over
    • The information Would you like the decision details to be provided electronically? is filled correctly upon entering the property
    • The information of which for civil defence (in m²) can be entered in the new Excel asset value template from version 2.0.3 onwards

Changes and fixes in Patch 10

  • General
    • In some cases, S+E balance sheets could not be processed
    • The client number can be found in Master data and certificates be specified alphanumerically
  • Council tax
    • Entering tax numbers and reference numbers has been significantly speeded up
    • The selection Sole ownership by a person engaged in business activities is copied correctly
    • The titles used for legal representatives are also adopted for properties in Hesse
    • Cloud-based interviews where the federal state is not specified may be used
    • The billing address for orders placed via DocEstate can be validated
  • ADDISON OneClick integration
    • Land used for agriculture and forestry can be taken over
    • In some cases, it was not possible to accept the power of attorney for receipt or to cooperate
  • DATEVconnect integration
    • Some details regarding associated owners could not be loaded

Changes and fixes in Patch 9

  • General
    • Some users were unable to edit their certificate holder
    • Error messages relating to invalid or excessively long file names have been removed
    • The „Project Management“ and „Licence Reconciliation“ live reports are no longer populated for users with restricted rights
    • During installation, the Windows compatibility settings are configured to ensure correct DPI scaling
    • The process of creating a data backup has been sped up
  • ADDISON OneClick integration
    • The country-specific tax number has not been converted to the ELSTER standard format

Changes and fixes in Patch 8

  • General
    • The stability of the application has been improved in a number of processes
    • User-specific certificate holders can be deleted and converted to global certificate holders by the administrator
    • The global data transmitter can be deleted by an administrator and can only be managed in conjunction with the global certificate holder
    • It is now possible to update databases using versions of Microsoft SQL Server that are older than the 2016 version (v13)
  • Council tax
    • The preview document generated by the ELSTER validation process is no longer marked as a test case
    • The contents of the input fields are checked against the ELSTER format specifications
    • For some validation rules, not all referenced fields were listed
    • Hamburg properties using Taxonomy version 2.0.0 could not be updated to the current version of Taxonomy
    • Some property projects that had been sent were subsequently assigned the ‘unknown’ validation status after dispatch (re-opening such properties rectifies the status retrospectively in cases where an error has already occurred)
    • In some federal states, the text field for „additional details on the property tax return“ did not appear when it was activated by selection
    • In those federal states where the land-use model was applied, the property rateable value was not calculated if a building was recorded that had neither residential space nor usable floor area
    • The calculation of the property tax value failed in those federal states using the area-based model where the plots were particularly large and no usable floor area was specified
    • A validation check has been added to ensure, within the income capitalisation method, that floor area details have been entered for the buildings (this will only be checked by ELSTER in the next version of ERiC)
  • ADDISON OneClick integration
    • Not all clients were listed for import
  • DATEVconnect integration
    • When creating a property, you can now select guardians as owners

Changes and fixes in Patch 7

  • General
    • ERiC updated to version 36.2.4.0
    • Checkboxes for dispatch are pre-ticked with the selections from the last dispatch made during the same session
    • New icons and colours for displaying the 'Valid' status
    • The validation process using ELSTER has been significantly speeded up
    • The firm’s client number from the external „main data source“ can be entered in Master data and certificates be deposited
    • The firm’s client number from the external „main data source“ and the client number range can be specified for each folder
    • Support tickets have been updated to include a callback number
    • In the Opti.Tax Cloud user management section within the client, the user’s status is displayed more clearly
    • If any issues are raised during the signing process in the Opti.Tax Cloud, the comments are incorporated into the PDF
    • Various certificates can be stored under the certificate holder, and the holder can also be set up as a data transmitter
  • Documentation
    • Validation rules relating to attachments in specific positions in connection with BAFA have been corrected
  • Council tax
    • Shippable Taxonomy Version 2.0.4
    • Approval process with signature in the cloud
    • Information on tax exemptions, reliefs and reductions can be hidden
    • For agricultural and forestry businesses, the „Land“ tab, which is not required, is hidden
    • The processing and approval status can now be changed for each plot
    • Submission of the completed declaration of findings
    • The properties in the overview can be sorted by each column
    • The property tax value and the property tax assessment amount are calculated and displayed in real time (including notional values, but not yet taking into account tax exemptions, relief and the calculation method)
    • PDF Annex V (Version 2021) can be imported
    • As you type, the address fields are automatically filled in with the postcode, town and county
    • Excel bulk data template 3.1.2 integrated
    • For sole traders, the data for the individual can be imported from DATEV if desired
    • The preview PDF of the declaration of assessment is the original ELSTER document
    • Onboarding clients with property tax flags from DATEV
    • Support with updating the standard land values to the official figures for 2022
    • Help with entering municipalities, cadastral districts and cadastral district numbers
    • Plots can be duplicated by right-clicking
    • Relationships between owners are imported from DATEV
    • Consultant information from an external data source (e.g. DATEV) can be used to complete the authorisation to act and the power of attorney (requires a stored The firm’s client number)
    • Data from ALKIS can be imported for agricultural and forestry businesses

Changes in Patch 6

  • General
    • Automatic database updates on MS SQL servers may have failed when updating from version 21.1 to 22.0
    • When using folder permissions, sub-structures were not listed when selected for data transfer from another project
    • Folder permissions that had been set were also applied to the sub-structure
    • When deleting folders containing subfolders for which the user did not have the necessary permissions, a technical error occurred instead of a clear explanation of the reason
  • Electronic balance sheet
    • It was not possible to submit special/supplementary balance sheets using Taxonomy 6.4 via the S+E module
  • Council tax
    • In land registry projects that had already been created prior to version 22.0.5, it was no longer possible to transfer owners from the master data project, and values entered for the parcel number were flagged as incorrect during validation, even though they had been entered correctly
    • In some cases, standard land values were not included in the online calculation if they contained textual units in addition to the numerical value
    • For properties imported from DATEV, it was not possible to change the federal state selection – if one was still missing – in the initial interview dialogue
    • The validation of the assignment of cadastral districts and parcels to the (sub-)plot areas has been corrected
    • The application could freeze when performing actions in the property overview
    • Data from property surveys in the Opti.Tax Cloud was not fully incorporated into the regional models
    • Correction made to the validation of the reference number in North Rhine-Westphalia

Changes in Patch 5

  • General
    • The speed at which projects are opened in multi-user databases has been improved
    • ERiC has been updated to version 35.5.4.0
    • The detailed data entry area now moves automatically as you navigate using the TAB and ENTER keys
    • The field for entering 13-digit Elster tax numbers could have delayed the loading of the details section
  • Documentation
    • The first level of process steps is included in the table of contents
  • Council tax
    • Property Tax Taxonomy 2.0.2 following updates by the tax authorities
    • The tax number dialogue with Elster validation is now used in all tax number fields
    • Information on participation is hidden unless required
    • Support for further versions of the declaration of findings from DATEV
    • Importing the individual data template from Excel
    • The application may freeze when closing the main project
    • The tax reference number was criticised, even though it had not been provided
    • When retrieving the interview responses from the cloud, sometimes nothing was imported
  • Opti.Tax Cloud integration
    • Opti.Tax users with a Cloud profile can now also receive and process tasks in the Opti.Tax Cloud
    • Documents are now only downloaded if they were not previously known or if they have changed
    • Interview regarding the registration of further plots of land, including detailed information
  • ADDISON OneClick integration
    • New integration with ADDISON OneClick for retrieving client, master and property data
  • DocEstate integration
    • The tax number is now included with orders
  • WIADOK integration
    • New connection to WIADOK for retrieving client, master and property data

Changes in Patch 4

  • General
    • Improved stability when using DATEV myIdentity Sticks
    • Windows Start menu shortcuts made available to all users
    • Clients without folders are moved to a new folder when a data backup is restored
  • Council tax
    • ERiC February release featuring …
    • … new taxonomies used by the tax authorities
    • … new live validation rules
    • … and automatic data transfer into the new property tax taxonomies
    • Excel import: Adapted for married couples/cohabiting couples
    • DATEVconnect: Improvements to fixed assets and DMS scan results
    • DATEVconnect: Tax number – identification number mapping corrected
    • DATEVconnect: Details of natural persons completed
    • Task view: Tasks and interviews relating to plots of land are also displayed in the master data
    • Specialising in land value enquiries for Schleswig-Holstein
    • PDF scanning: Files for which no data is found are also included in the list
    • Interviews conducted as part of the master data project are condensed to the key details
    • Preview of the declaration for determining the property tax value using official forms

Changes in Patch 3

  • General
    • Windows program libraries for the components used are now included directly in the installation, meaning that execution rights are no longer required in the temporary locations

Changes in Patch 2

  • General
    • Client number from the practice management software as an additional column in the client overview
    • External assignees who have already been selected are not removed when a task is created, even if the task type is changed
    • Support tickets can now also be opened when a network proxy is configured
  • Council tax
    • Owners and stakeholders can be copied in the master data project
    • If Cloud Interviews are created for several plots of land at the same time, the assigned user will only receive one final information email
    • Validation and filtering of input data caused by incorrect Elster specifications have been reduced
    • DATEVconnect: Check fixed assets against land data for project investments
    • DATEVconnect: Loading Annex V and the declaration of inheritance/gift from DMS
    • Order official information online via DocEstate
  • DATEVconnect integration
    • Individuals can now also be retrieved and created as clients
    • Filing guidelines for the DMS can be set out in the settings

Changes in Patch 1

  • General
    • CSV import took a very long time when certain entries were duplicated
    • Error when editing permissions in the Folder Wizard
    • Error when entering the S+E perspective if a shareholder is to be deleted in the process
    • Complaint tasks cannot be created if the file name or the content of the item being complained about is too long
    • Tasks could not be deleted
  • Documentation
    • Money laundering: Weightings of mandate details adjusted
  • Opti.Tax Cloud
    • Whilst editing an interview clip, the connection to the cloud may have been lost

2021

New features in Release 21.2

General

  • 'Reorganise Data' identifies and removes duplicate values in XBRL
  • Deactivate clients with joint ownership projects, including open S+E projects
  • Exporting and importing multiple entries to and from Excel as a CSV template

Documentation Module

  • New taxonomy: Money laundering risk analysis
  • Recommendations for Action Report also available without reference to the BAFA
  • Data import for tax compliance assessments improved
  • Transfer pricing documentation
  • Functional and risk analysis adapted to new requirements
  • DEMPE functions for intangible assets can be recorded on an individual basis
  • Transactions relating to service relationships are simplified and can be recorded individually
  • The presentation of permanent establishments in the group structure diagram has been updated

optitax.cloud

  • Projects in preparation relating to BAFA have been opened and amended

Changes in Patch 1

  • General
    • CSV import took a very long time when certain entries were duplicated
  • Documentation
    • Money laundering: Weightings of mandate details adjusted
  • Opti.Tax Cloud
    • Whilst editing an interview clip, the connection to the cloud may have been lost

New features in Release 21.1

General 

  • Connection to the optitax.cloud 
  • Add to data import for multiple entries/tables 
  • Entries in multiple-entry fields/tables can now only be created using the plus button in the top right-hand corner 
  • DATEVconnect API updated 

Documentation Module 

  • Synchronise interviews and tasks via optitax.cloud 
  • New taxonomy versions, including a free-text field for the cover page 
  • Further improvements to the transfer pricing taxonomy 
  • Referencing documents at multiple taxonomy positions 
  • Defining page breaks manually in the documentation 
  • Migrating the person responsible for process steps from older projects 
  • LiveChart display optimised 

optitax.cloud 

  • User management per client  
  • Task overview on the Kanban board 
  • Discussion about tasks via live chat  
  • Interviews (per project or from any point in the taxonomy tree) 

Changes in Patch 1

  • General
    • DATEVconnect: The company name is retained even after the client has been renamed
    • In some cases, the live charts were not transferred when data was imported from another project
  • Documentation
    • Live Chart: Improved compatibility with third-party software for BPMN imports
  • Federal Gazette
    • Do not apply size class filters implicitly when dispatching
  • optitax.cloud
    • In some cases, the client could not be connected to the cloud
    • No documents could be uploaded when creating the project via the interview
    • Dates mentioned in the interview could not be included
    • A user profile can only be created if an email address has been provided
    • Improvements to the display of task-related conversations in the live chat

New features in Release 21.0

General

  • Improved performance when opening large projects
  • Optimising automatic hyphenation in PDFs

Documentation Module

  • New taxonomy and project type: transfer pricing documentation
  • Automatic translation of project deliverables using DeepL once a project has been completed
  • Attachments and live charts embedded in the PDF
  • Live charts are incorporated into follow-up and correction projects
  • Submitting accreditation documents to the BAFA via Zendesk

Changes in Patch 1

  • Live chart
    • Live chart connections and labelling optimised for high resolutions and scaling
  • Documentation
    • Revised text suggestions in the process and procedural documentation
    • Validation in the area of tax compliance has been improved
    • The „Include in report“ selection is now saved permanently
  • Cloud services
    • Approval process made more robust in conjunction with a cloud

2020

New features in Release 20.3

General 

  • MS-SQL database: direct database update via integrated SQL script 
  • Licenceszfile directory can be modified via a CFG file 
  • Support ticket from Opti.Tax set out 
  • Shortcut Ctrl+F for position searchn 
  • Save summarised reports: iinitial order as in live reporting 

Documentation Module 

  • Process and procedure documentation Taxonomy 4.3 
  • Internal Control System Roles 
  • Internal Control System (ICS) control tasks 
  • Live chart: Name the next step immediately after inserting it 
  • Correction/follow-up project relating tom Cloud-connector 
  • Consultancy report on quality control regarding that Send ticket system 

E-Balance Sheet Module 

  • ERiC (ELSTER) Version 33.2.8 
  • Taxonomy 6.3 for the 2020 financial year 
  • Asset statementsl: ADisplay of book values from the Balance sheet 
  • Legal form-/Sectorsthird-party balance sheet items in the statement of changes in fixed assets ffilter 
  • KKE: advertisement the Names of shareholders 
  • S+E Address: Country (editable) 

Federal Gazette module 

  • Taxonomy 6.3 for the 2020 financial year 
  • Submission of figures in TEUR for the previous year that differ from those for the current year 

Financial Statements Module 

  • Taxonomy 6.3 for the 2020 financial year 
  • Derivation of the e-balance sheet– / Federal Gazette–Projects for industry taxonomy 

Changes in Patch 4

  • Digital Financial Report (DiFin)
    • (Follow-up) dispatch with the company’s own annual accounts document has been corrected

Changes in Patch 3

  • Documentation
    • Data import improved by selecting a sample project
    • Warning messages for BAFA projects have been updated
    • Live Chart: Issue with renaming charts resolved
    • Correction to the display of tuple entries in the Live Report
    • In the live report, only tuples with content are now displayed
    • When assigning a process step to an employee via the context menu, some employees were not listed
    • In some cases, completing a project had no impact on the project
    • Initial authorisation for newly created process steps corrected
  • Cloud services
    • The link to the cloud project remains even after a project exported „for external use“ has been deleted

Changes in Patch 2

  • General
    • Fixed the licence change check when launching Opti.Tax
    • The validity period of the DiFin certificate is now checked correctly
    • Mapping templates are now displayed without abbreviations
  • Documentation
    • Improved data transfer from projects using Taxonomy Version 4.2
    • Fixed an error when finalising process documentation projects with tuple entries
  • Cloud services
    • Error message when deleting clients fixed

Changes in Patch 1

  • General
    • Fixed: Moving a project to a different client
    • Behaviour of various taxonomy filters corrected
    • Annual accounts: EÜR taxonomy now available for use for periods after 2020
    • Loading of the right-click menu in the process tuple has been speeded up
    • Loading the tuple table is faster when there are many process steps
  • Electronic balance sheet
    • Data entry note added in the S+E module
    • Import of previous year’s data for banking taxonomies enabled
    • Mapping templates SKR03/SKR04 for Taxonomy 6.3
  • Documentation
    • Maximum size for logos adjusted
    • Correction to the creation of advisory reports using Taxonomy Version 4.2
  • Cloud services
    • Issue with uploading and downloading documents from the Ecovis Cloud resolved
    • Assigning reminder tasks to Ecovis users has been enabled
    • Fixed an issue with importing multiple selections from the Taskplace Cloud
    • Fixed an issue with importing answers to questions from the Kanzleiland Cloud
  • Live chart
    • Live charts you have created yourself are carried over during data transfer

New features in Release 20.2

General

  • Automatic updating of the licence file
  • PDF viewing within the application has been removed
    PDF files are now always opened in the system’s default PDF programme
  • The „Attached Documents“ view has been changed to the general „Documents“ view with categories
  • Report sections in which no visible items remain as a result of active filters are also hidden

Documentation Module

  • Changes are saved immediately
  • Taxonomy 4.2
  • Tax Compliance Management
  • Simultaneous processing of process chains by several people
  • Selection of topic relevance when creating a project for initial filtering within the project
  • BAFA funding for projects already underway
  • Changing BAFA company master data retrospectively within a project
  • Incorporating a Creditreform rating from annual accounts projects into liquidity advisory projects
  • Selection of the recommendations for action to be included in the consultancy report
  • Additional reports on findings for relevant sub-topics
  • Saving the report as a PDF summary, including all attachments

E-Balance Sheet Module

  • ERiC (ELSTER) Version 32.2.4.2
  • E-Balance Sheet Guide to Taxonomy 6.2 (add-on module)

Additional cloud integration for documentation projects

  • Bitrix24

New features in Release 20.1

Documentation Module

  • Taxonomy „Process and Procedure Documentation“, Version 4.1
  • BAFA funding for consultancy services

Consultancy Support Module

  • Quality Management Manual, Consultant Accreditation
  • Apply for BAFA funding

Federal Gazette Modules

  • Support for interface version 1.7

DATEVconnect integration

  • Data retrieval directly from DATEV
    • Master data
    • Statement of balances

Changes in Patch 9

  • General
    • Changes to field values were sometimes not applied when moving to the next field using the Tab key
    • Fixed an issue with the display of rich-text fields after creating new tuple entries
  • Documentation
    • NewGen 5P Innovation taxonomy made available
    • Display error for items under folder selections corrected
  • BAFA funding
    • Accreditation is now taken into account when maintaining the BAFA ID in the company master data
    • Variable substitution in rich text: Improved compatibility with keywords from older versions
    • In some cases, it was not possible to maintain monetary positions
    • De minimis declaration: Annual turnover and balance sheet total have been swapped
    • Changes to values were not saved in some items
    • Validation of missing data improved
  • Live chart
    • Some of the changes made to the process table have not been reflected in the diagram

Changes in Patch 8

  • General
    • Bug in the „Validation & Notes“ view fixed
    • Mapping template SKR04 for Taxonomy 6.2 corrected – accounts 7364 and 7365 had been incorrectly mapped
    • Top-level mapping of ‘Of which’ item hierarchies is permitted
    • XBRL generation has been made more robust to handle invalid inputs more effectively; logging has been improved
    • RSS feed disabled
  • Annual accounts
    • Only offer transfer to E-Bilanz and the Federal Gazette if this is also supported in the client system
  • Reporting to Creditreform
    • Offer Taxonomy 6.1, due to Creditreform, for financial statements ending on 31 December 2019 as well

Changes in Patch 7

  • Documentation Module
    • It was not possible to create an interview in the cloud for the updated version 4.1.1 of the „Process and Procedure Documentation’ taxonomy
    • When the status of an empty tuple changed, the default value required for inclusion in the report was missing from its entry

Changes in Patch 6

  • BAFA funding
    • Information regarding the impact of the coronavirus has been removed as it is no longer relevant to the BAFA
    • The consultancy report may be sent to hsp GmbH for quality control purposes
    • The power of attorney and the de minimis declaration can be drawn up individually via the sub-items under the menu heading for submitting an application to the BAFA
    • The validation message for „total annual assets“ and „annual turnover“ has been updated
    • The QM Manual and the quality control advisory report are now transmitted via HTTPS rather than FTPS
  • DATEVconnect integration
    • The import of the previous year’s balances has been corrected
    • The allocation of current accounts now also takes the previous year’s figure into account
  • Documentation Module
    • Taxonomy 4.1.1 with extensions for documenting the impact of the VAT change (economic stimulus package)
    • Online provision of predefined recommendations for action
    • The contents of the tuples for ICS notes and digitalisation tips are no longer included in the „Complete Documentation“
    • When creating a correction project, the wizard displayed an error on the second page stating that no taxonomy had been selected, even though one had been selected on the previous page
  • Reporting to Creditreform
    • Migration to a different server environment at Creditreform

Changes in Patch 5

  • BAFA – The „Apply for BAFA funding“ function has stopped transferring data to the form.
  • An error was displayed in the project navigation when both clients and projects were selected for deletion at the same time.
  • An error when creating EÜR projects has been rectified.
  • The display showing the progress of loading staff data from DATEV has been improved.
  • Documentation: When entering text into monetary fields, the characters entered were transposed the first time they were typed.
  • E-Balance – Setting NIL via the context menu did not delete unsaved assignments.

Changes in Patch 4

  • BAFA funding
    • The project status can now be manually changed back to ‚Preparing for BAFA funding‘ in order to access the application form again.
  • DATEVconnect integration
    • When processing client master data, there were instances where, under certain data conditions, the application would stop responding
    • The items in the project into which data was imported from DATEV are no longer set to ‚completed‘ status
    • In the input fields of the connection settings, if the contents were left blank, the text entered might be treated as a suggested text rather than as a normal value

Changes in Patch 3

  • BAFA Funding – Application Form
    • The BAFA-ID for consultants may only be submitted to the BAFA once accreditation has been granted
    • The list of individual consultation appointments in the consultation report has been expanded to include a column showing the consultant’s name
    • The document certifying that a person has been affected by the coronavirus is now issued without a ‘draft’ watermark
  • DATEVconnect integration
    • The connection settings for the interface are now stored centrally in the database
    • Inactive staff members are no longer included during data import
  • After switching projects, the content of the „Validation & Notes“ window was in some cases still filtered to reflect the current selection, even though the toolbar button for this mode was no longer selected

Changes in Patch 2

  • BAFA Funding – Application Form
    • The form was not completed in full if certain characters appeared in the data (e.g. double quotation marks)
    • The information on the economic sector must be presented in accordance with the format specified on the form
    • The content relating to the „object of the company“ contained technical HTML elements where the application included umlauts, line breaks or formatting
  • DATEVconnect integration
    • When carrying out the connection test in the settings, the technical reason is now also displayed if an error occurs
    • During the previous update from versions 20.0.x to 20.1.0/20.1.1, one file was not updated, with the result that the DATEV certificate for server communication could not be found in the system

Changes in Patch 1

  • BAFA funding
    • Some values were either not entered at all or were entered incorrectly in the grant application form
    • The explanatory document regarding the impact of the coronavirus pandemic had not been provided at the time the grant application was submitted
    • The draft watermark on the authorisation form for declarations/information has been removed

New features in Release 20.0

General

  • „Validation & Notes“ view“
    • Simplified list
    • Grouping of similar reports
    • Display of relevant messages for the current taxonomy item

Tasks

  • Linking attached documents to tasks
  • Transfer answer texts directly to the linked taxonomy item
  • Create tasks from validation entries and notes

Modules: Federal Gazette, E-Balance Sheet and Annual Accounts

  • Guided creation of follow-up projects from the previous year

Federal Gazette module

  • Taxonomy 6.2

Documentation Module

  • Taxonomy 4.0
  • Online access to predefined process chains
  • Flowcharts for processes

E-Balance Sheet Module

  • Taxonomy 6.2
  • ERiC (ELSTER) Version 31.2.10.0
  • Updated live validation
  • Technical support: Allocation of the net profit to the equity accounts based on the profit allocation formula

Financial Statements Module

  • Taxonomy 6.2
  • Additional taxonomies (compatible for submission to the digital financial report)
    • Industry
    • Statement of Surplus Revenue
  • Direct derivation of Bundesanzeiger and E-Bilanz projects from an annual accounts project
  • Submission of annual accounts to Creditreform with an optional balance sheet rating

20.0
Patch Updates

Changes in Patch 3

  • Mapping templates SKR03/SKR04 for Taxonomy 6.2 have been added
  • The reporting period for documentation projects can now be amended retrospectively until the project is completed
  • Restoring data backups containing complex live charts may have failed
  • Restoring data backups using project types that are no longer licensed may have failed
  • Tuple entries from interviews sourced from documentation cloud integrations were not automatically included in the report

Changes in Patch 2

  • Immediately reflect changes to the values of referenced tuples (multiple entries) in the task view
  • Empty files can no longer be attached as documents
  • In data backups containing submission entries for the Federal Gazette and for the digital financial report, some of the documents used in the digital financial report were referenced multiple times in other submission entries
  • Automatically assign staff to follow-up projects when they are created
  • It was not possible to use ELSTER in e-balance sheet projects if the application’s installation path contained umlauts or special characters
  • In the „Tax Comparison of Business Assets“ section of E-Balance Sheet projects, validation notes were displayed even though there was no incorrect data
  • Switching to direct entry mode as free text in the „Appendix“ report component might have failed if data had already been entered in that report component

Changes in Patch 1

  • Restoring data backups using „Follow-up“ tasks failed if the follow-up interval had not been set

2019

New features and fixes in version 19.2

General

  • Restructured taxonomy selection when creating a project
  • Create tasks and attach documents via the context menu in the taxonomy tree
  • Context menu in tuples tables

Live coverage

  • Headers and footers can be customised

Electronic balance sheet

  • Recording of the reconciliation statement revised for greater robustness

Federal Gazette

  • Optional comments field when sending

Documentation

  • Checklist in the taxonomy tree and completion status in the project overview
  • Placeholders in formatted text to reference content from other taxonomy items
  • Project setup: Pre-populated data from sample projects, with detailed selection for each individual taxonomy item
  • Process documentation and cash management taxonomies, version 3.2

Tasks

  • Drag and drop tasks onto taxonomy items to attach or move them
  • Export the tasks view as an Excel file
  • Structurally simplified task view
  • Filtering by due date

Cloud integration for documentation projects

  • Connections
    • TaxOffice.Online
    • Taskplace
  • Scope
    • Cloud-based interviews for procedural documentation projects
    • Tasks
    • Documents
    • Approval process

19.2
Patch Updates

Changes in Patch 4

  • When creating a project via the command line without a taxonomy ID, the taxonomy selection did not display any available taxonomies
  • In year-end closing projects, the previous year’s figures for the allocation of virtual accounts following data reorganisation were calculated incorrectly

Changes in Patch 3

  • The update from 19.2.x to 19.2.2 did not update all the necessary files. This led to malfunctions.

Changes in Patch 2

  • When data was transferred to documentation projects, the editing status of the item was not included in the transfer
  • The creation of data backups on network drives failed
  • Task assignments for internal users were not included in data backups
  • Several reconciliation tables of the same type (Totals / Of which) were not displayed
  • Elster transmission errors when using signature cards that do not use a PIN
  • Live Report settings: Settings for project-specific headers and footers in Live Reports caused errors when no project was open
  • Live Report: Reconciliation Statement: The total tax value of the assets was shown as 0.00 in the report, despite the fact that the data on hand differed
  • In the taxonomy tree, account assignments for top-level items were not displayed directly beneath the item itself, but beneath the last sub-item

Changes in Patch 1

  • Backups could not be restored if control characters were present in certain content
  • It was no longer possible to select all text using the CTRL-A shortcut in many parts of the programme
  • In the Tasks view, when the project was closed, the ‘Assignee’ column was missing
  • It was not possible to complete the import of balance lists using file connectors in the Import Wizard until the process was fully completed
  • When importing file master data from other taxonomy versions, this could lead to subsequent errors during XBRL generation for submission/validation

New features and corrections in version 19.1

New modules and features

Release version 19.1 focuses on the update to the Elster Rich Client, as well as many other improvements to our software. Among other things, taxonomies have been added to the E-Balance Sheet, Documentation, Annual Accounts and Federal Gazette modules.

Electronic balance sheet

  • Taxonomy 6.1
  • ERiC (ELSTER) Version 29.4.2.0
  • Updated live validation
  • E-Balance Sheet Guide to Taxonomy 6.1 (add-on module)
  • Live validation prompts in tables
  • Cell-specific calls in tables from validation notes

S+E Module

  • From Taxonomy 6.1 onwards: separation of first name and surname
  • Carry-over from the previous year
  • ELSTER validation of the open S+E project

Subject-specific support

  • Populating the statement of receivables and payables with figures from the balance sheet

E-balance sheet / Federal Gazette / Annual accounts (DiFin)

  • Report sections specified in the ‘General Information’ report section are populated automatically
  • Automatic use of virtual accounts for net profit/loss for the year and retained earnings/deficit
  • The statement of fixed assets has been transposed (balance sheet items now appear on the left as a tree structure)
  • Function for transferring opening balances from tables in a previous year’s project

Documentation Module

  • Customised cover page logo
  • Extended taxonomies
  • Sorting in multiple entries can be adjusted via drag-and-drop and keyboard controls without manual data entry
  • Level indentation in multiple entries
  • Revised layout of the documentation report
  • Sample projects available online

Attached documents

  • File size limit increased to 20 MB
  • File type restrictions have been removed
  • Files can be added to the project or directly to taxonomy items using drag and drop from Windows Explorer
  • Changing the assigned taxonomy item using drag-and-drop

General extensions

  • New client type „Sample Client“ for project templates with no direct link to a specific company
  • Global settings for live reporting
  • Custom logo in live reports
  • The order of the reports in the consolidated PDF output can be specified
  • Summary of data imported from other projects

19.1
Patch Updates

Changes in Patch 5

  • In rare cases, an error occurred whilst generating the XBRL data (e-balance sheet / Federal Gazette / DiFin), causing the processing to be terminated
  • The data reorganisation may have failed if the transfer invoice had previously been processed in the tax modification during the same application run
  • When entering changes in values in the reconciliation statement, the application might stop responding for a prolonged period if items were being reconciled that do not appear in the standard balance sheet or profit and loss account
  • Changes in value in the reconciliation statement did not take full effect when items were reconciled that do not appear in the standard balance sheet/profit and loss account
  • In the „Project Data“ live report in the S+E view, the fixed assets statement was no longer included
  • Corresponding figures from the previous year for virtual accounts were not shown in Federal Gazette projects
  • When using the H2 database, the deletion of existing S+E projects failed when switching to the S+E view, if the shareholder with the referenced shareholder ID no longer existed in the ‚General Information‘ report section, or if it was stated there that they no longer required an S/E balance sheet
  • The data reorganisation failed due to duplicate selection elements with an invalid parent position reference

Changes in Patch 4

  • The connection to SQL Anywhere databases was faulty
  • The robustness of the update has been improved for installations that have been updated over several years
  • In exceptional cases, creating a project copy could fail if a virtual account incorrectly contained default allocations from a balance list import

Changes in Patch 3

  • In the E-Balance Sheet Taxonomy 6.1 MicroBilG, the reporting component ‘Profit and Loss Account in accordance with MicroBilG’ was not automatically declared
  • The „Account Allocations“ live report failed in some cases
  • When creating a project via the command line or connector without specifying a taxonomy ID, version 6.0 of the E-Balance Sheet Core Taxonomy was still being used instead of 6.1
  • In Bundesanzeiger projects, no previous year’s figure was displayed for account mappings
  • A data reorganisation could remove manually entered previous year’s figures if no value for the current year had been recorded for that taxonomy item
  • In year-end closing projects, previous year’s figures may have been removed as part of the data reorganisation
  • The conversion of Elster error messages into understandable names for taxonomy items could, in some cases, fail and lead to errors

Changes in Patch 2

  • After importing master data into E-Bilanz projects, the menu option for transferring/importing tables might no longer be available
  • The application removes further obsolete programme components following the update
  • Recalculation resulting from data reorganisation led to an incorrect calculated value if both a virtual account and standard accounts were assigned to a taxonomy item at the same time
  • Data reorganisation now also removes duplicates of values that are only allowed to exist once
  • Elster validation resulted in an error if no company identification numbers had yet been entered in the project

Changes in Patch 1

  • A statement of fixed assets showing NIL was incorrectly presented in the announced reporting components of the general information
  • Unfilled selections in tuples containing NIL could lead to validation errors in E-balances
  • In the case of virtual accounts, following a data reorganisation, it was possible that the account would no longer have any effect on the associated taxonomy item if the account was the only one assigned to it
  • Following a reorganisation of the data, zero-euro balances on top-level accounts in the capital account statement were deemed to have no residual value
  • When restoring data backups, there were instances where user assignments to authorisation groups were not restored
  • In electronic balance sheets, the account balances were not disclosed and were therefore not reported

New features and corrections in version 19.0

New modules and features

IRelease version 19.0 focuses on the processing of digital financial reports, which can be submitted to banks via the annual accounts module. New taxonomies have been added to the Documentation, Annual Accounts and Federal Gazette modules.

General information for the E-Balance Sheet and Federal Gazette (Standard) modules

  • User management
  • Project Management
  • Data imports and exports / Data transfers
  • Mapping templates for SKR03 / SKR04 for EU/PG/KapG ⇒ up to taxonomy version 6.0
  • User support by project type (basic)
  • Multi-table structures (hypercubes) – support by project type
  • Booking system with booking view
  • Submission in XBRL format
  • Print runs by project type (baseline)

Basic modules

  • Electronic balance sheet
    • Taxonomies 5.1 / 5.2 / 5.3 / 5.4 / 6.0
    • ERiC 27.6.4.0
    • Interview mode with a functional structure tree
      • Project structure: Taxonomy 6.0
    • Tax adjustments (reconciliation statement)
  • Federal Gazette (Standard)
    • Separate financial statements under the German Commercial Code (HGB): Core Taxonomies 5.2 / 5.4 / 6.0 / 6.1
    • Web Service 1.6.5
  • Live validation
    • Interactive data entry instructions
    • Audit notes and return notifications (ERiC, Federal Gazette portal)
  • Live coverage
    • View and output depending on the project type (basic)

New modules, version 19

  • DiFin (Digital Financial Report)

Further modules available on request

  • E-Balance Sheet Guide
    • Commentary by Stollfuß-Verlag on Taxonomies 5.2 to 6.0
  • Federal Gazette Premium
    • Deposit
    • Micro-, sector- and specialist taxonomies
  • Federal Gazette Premium Plus
    • Consolidated Financial Statements (HGB)
  • S+E financial statements for partnerships
    • S+E perspective per joint-ownership shareholder
    • Automated transfer of master data from the joint ownership register
    • Taxonomies 5.3 / 5.4 / 6.0 – Core and sector taxonomies
    • Value recording for shareholder projects with a statement of fixed assets
    • Bulk Mailing for S+E Projects
  • OfficeFiler
    • Electronic file
    • Templates for multiple-entity arrangements (including shareholders)
    • Templates for creating hypercubes (including asset statements)
    • Templates for Hypercube multi-unit systems (including KKE)
    • Templates for importing and exporting footnotes (including the notes to the financial statements and the management report)
    • Templates for documentation taxonomies
  • OfficeFiler Plus
    • Explanatory Report
    • Templates for Hypercube multi-unit systems (including BgA, wGB, etc.)
  • Documentation
    • Data protection reports in accordance with the EU GDPR / BDSG
    • Procedural documentation in accordance with GoBD
    • Cash management in accordance with Section 146 of the German Fiscal Code (AO)
  • Management tools
    • Tax Control System (TCS) and deadlines
    • Project and Licence Management Reports
    • Appendices (Imports and Exports)
  • XBRL app / Data exchange
    • Outlook plug-in
    • REST service for mobile devices
  • Annual accounts
  • Cloud Connector

19.0
Patch Updates

Changes in Patch 6

  • When creating proofreading projects for documentation projects, it has not previously been possible to use a proofreading/follow-up taxonomy with a higher version number
  • In Live Reporting, the „Current Report Component“ report was no longer preselected by default when opening projects

Changes in Patch 5

  • Restoring backups for external processing failed if there were documents in the project
  • DiFin submission: In rare cases, when comparing the PDF of the annual accounts with the XBRL data to be submitted, no data from the balance sheet or profit and loss account was included
  • Documentation Taxonomy: Process Documentation 3.0: In the „Employee Details“ tuple, the fields „Employee Qualification“ and „Alternative Employer Address“ could not be entered for each tuple entry
  • Documentation Taxonomy: Process Documentation 3.0: The details relating to „risk“ and „opportunity“ in „risk management“ were not a tuple and could therefore only be recorded once

Changes in Patch 4

  • Values recorded as 0.00 euros in multidimensional tables were removed during multiple rounds of data cleansing
  • The „Attachment Report“ was not updated when new documents were attached
  • The option to edit an existing project in the interview view was not available in documentation projects using Taxonomy version 3.0.1
  • Deleted records in the tax reconciliation statement continued to have an effect during validation until the next time the application was launched
  • Data backup and restoration failed for Federal Gazette projects if they contained report components entered as free text and the licence did not include the Federal Gazette module
  • The LDAP user listing in user management failed if the server did not return a value for the ID attribute for a user
  • It was not possible to activate the database using an activation code when the application started, due to the absence of a settings page

Changes in Patch 3

  • The validity period for some taxonomies was incorrectly displayed in the Project Asset Wizard when selecting the taxonomy version
  • Attempts to set up E-Bilanz projects through interviews failed in the case of partnerships and sole traders

Changes in Patch 2

  • When validating in E-Bilanz projects via the sub-menu of the ELSTER button, mandatory fields that had not been completed were only automatically set to ‘NIL’ on the second run
  • Importing tables in OfficeFiler could fail if only text values, and no monetary values, were maintained in a context
  • Documentation Taxonomy: Process Documentation 3.0: Multiple entries for „Individual employee details“ and „Software versions“ could not be recorded correctly
  • Documentation projects: The table containing multiple entries was primarily populated with the columns „Apply selection“ and „Left-align text“ instead of the relevant data columns
  • The use of virtual accounts in annual and interim financial statement projects has now been enabled
  • DiFin Submission: For PDF files not created by the application, the comparison between the annual accounts PDF and the data to be submitted in XBRL format is now carried out externally using the system’s default PDF programme
  • Message displayed in the event of errors whilst updating the list of collection points during the DiFin connection test

Changes in Patch 1

  • After re-importing a balance list using a virtual account, the original project could no longer be deleted
  • Table imports for tables without a typed dimension (e.g. fixed assets statement) may have failed
  • Allocations in the „Appropriation of Profits“ report component were no longer deducted from the account

2018

New features and fixes in version 18.1

With the release of version 18.1, the functions for creating, editing and displaying hypercubes, as well as for creating multi-table structures, have been completely overhauled. New functions and filters complement the improvements made to the creation and editing processes.

Updated interfaces

  • Financial Management: ERiC version 27.3.2.0
    • New drivers for security sticks
    • Updated list of tax offices
    • New validity checks for Taxonomy 6.0, applied retrospectively to Taxonomy 5.4
  • Federal Gazette: Web Service 1.6.5

Filter

  • Dispatch history – Filter by main project
  • Taxonomy – Filter to show „only items of value“
  • Taxonomy – Filter – Validity
  • Hypercubes – show only the permitted dimension

Display of tables, including multi-table structures (hypercubes)

  • Transposed display (swapping the roles of rows and columns) for simple tables
  • Presentation as a taxonomy tree (where possible)
  • View without dimensions
  • List view instead of tabs for multiple entries
  • Submit the fixed assets statement (gross) with NIL – e-balance sheet only
    • Gesamthand project and S+E projects

Please refer to our FAQ entry: FAQ#: 1000280 — Statement of fixed assets from 18 January onwards.

Other features include, amongst others:

  • Interview mode is now pre-configured with Taxonomy 6.0
  • New data entry guidelines (live validation)
  • Live validation can now be disabled
  • Delete outstanding tasks and much more.

Federal Gazette module: „§ 264 Federal Gazette“ licence module and „Premium“

  • Addition to the Broadcast Wizard
  • Parent-child databases: dialogue and transfer
  • Transfer for declaration of initial purchase
  • List view instead of tabs for multiple entries
  • Submit the fixed assets statement (gross) with NIL – e-balance sheet only

Other modules

  • OfficeFiler: Templates revised (sheet protection, new sheet available for free use)
  • OfficeFiler: Explanatory Report – Transfer to Taxonomy
  • Annual accounts: Data transfer for each report component via dialogue box
  • Documentation: Marking the attachments on the taxonomy tree
  • Cloud: Email delivery

New opportunities through separate licensing

With release version 18.1, additional special functions and reports can be licensed separately.

The following licensed features are available:

Extended Reports

  • Shareholders’ Report (KKE – only items of value per shareholder)
  • Fixed Assets Report (Fixed Assets Statement – showing only items of value for each balance sheet item)
  • Attachment report (attachments with file details)

Functional enhancements

  • Transferring shareholder addresses from another project in the S+E Perspective
  • Table imports (hypercubes) for profit calculation in special cases, as CSV files

2017

New features and fixes in version 18.0

Opti.Tax Version 18.0 with Taxonomy 6.0 for data transmission

As previously announced, version 18.0, featuring the latest ERiC 26, is being made available for the submission of e-balance sheet projects based on Taxonomy 6.0. In version 18.0, components and modules have been adapted to Taxonomy 6.0:

  • Module: Special and Supplementary Balance Sheets
    • Partnership projects are also based on Taxonomy 6.0 if the partnership’s project was created using it
    • A separate statement of investments can be recorded for each shareholder project
  • OfficeFiler module
    • New report components for Taxonomy 6.0 are being generated
    • Templates for Taxonomy 6.0

Details of the changes

E-Balance module
Taxonomy and classification templates
Taxonomy 5.4 – The project template in interview mode for E-Balance Sheet is still preset as the default
Taxonomy 5.4 – Classification Templates (Core Taxonomy) Correction for legal form: KST
Taxonomy 6.0 – compatible with e-balance sheet transmission
Taxonomy 6.0 – New report component: Additional information on creditworthiness assessment
Taxonomy 6.0 – Classification templates (core taxonomy) for legal form: EU, PG, KST
Taxonomy 6.0 – E-Balance Sheet project prepared for interview mode with new master data
Validity details added to taxonomy items – Valid from / Valid to
Submission of e-balance sheet
ERiC 26.2.12.0 with the latest tax authority data – as at 28 June 2017
ERiC 26: The transfer ticket number becomes the ELSTER Transfer ID (ETID)
Working with the application / Specialist support
Interview updated and adapted to Taxonomy 5.4 and 6.0, with new master data added
New button: Clear all filters – Display without active filters
KKE Technical Support – ‘Full’/‘Partial’ Filters = Refinement of the expansion logic
Technical support updated to Taxonomy 6.0 / Changes to mandatory fields and master data
Live coverage
Footnotes – Font style of the heading in the live report improved
Live Validation Module
Live validation updated to ERiC 26.2.12.0 and new rules added
Live validation rules for fixed asset schedules in special or supplementary balance sheets
Module: Special and Supplementary Balance Sheets
Master data for S+E projects updated to Taxonomy 6.0 – transferred from the joint ownership system
Statement of changes in fixed assets in special or supplementary balance sheets – from an S+E perspective for each shareholder project
Fixed Assets Statement S+E – Option selectable for each project period
S+E supplement to the GCD master data for each selected fixed asset schedule variant
OfficeFiler module
OF – Adjusts templates to fit the dimension (HB, ÜLR, StB)
OF – Templates – Taxonomy 6.0 – Changes to generated report components
OF – Templates – Taxonomy 6.0 – New report components – including creditworthiness assessment
OF – Templates – Taxonomy 6.0 – Tuple adjustments / additions: including shareholder maintenance, amongst other things
OF – Templates – Taxonomy 6.0 – Hypercubes: adjustments / additions: including the statement of fixed assets
Federal Gazette Modules
Web service interface updated to 1.6.4 (already 17.2.1)
Federal Gazette results report expanded to include information from the Broadcasting Wizard (BDSG)
Documentation Module
New documentation taxonomies, version 2.0
Data Protection Taxonomy 2.0 (BDSG (new)) in accordance with the GDPR, with new reporting elements
Process Documentation Taxonomy 2.0 with new report components
Tuples: new „ID“ column for custom sorting
Financial Statements Module
JAB – Default view for master data entry (GCD) changed
JAB – Work record view after switching
JAB – new live report – all tasks
Cloud Connector
Task processing is restricted if the task has already been assigned to a cloud user
Settings: Cloud connection test
Task overview: new status bar for cloud synchronisation / Updated tasks highlighted
Overview of tasks: Cloud synchronisation button

Bugs fixed in version 18.0

OT-5481 Live reporting does not display the correct reports after a change of perspective
OT-5444 Live Report: When saving the Live Report as a PDF with tables in footnotes – PDF file size: 0 bytes
OT-5443 Live Report: Footnote text in the printed edition – text is displayed in very small type
OT-5452 ERiC structural rules – 170145131 inactive – secondary dimension in hypercubes
OT-5424 Balance list: XLSX import generates an error when „First row is the header“
OT-5453 E-Balance Taxonomy 6.0 triggers an invalid fixed assets statement when „Attachment“ is selected in the Outlook toolbar
OT-5530 The item „extraordinary income“ is reported on several occasions if it is recognised
OT-5511 ÜLR: Deleting table entries does not always work
OT-5482 Footnotes in the Elster-Versand document are, in some cases, missing due to incorrect formatting where there are spaces between elements
OT-5643 MicroBilG taxonomy for joint ownership causes dispatch errors in S+E projects

New features and fixes in version 17.2.1

Federal Gazette module

  • Interface updated to version 1.6.4

GoBS Documentation Module

  • Document taxonomies have been versioned by type and version period
  • The taxonomy for process documentation now includes a new sorting option

Corrections

  • Update: Cancelling the backup – the update does not stop when selecting the save location
  • E-Balance Sheet Guide: 4th edition with Tax 5.4 is not context-sensitive – GCD data only
  • Banking taxonomy: a KKE partnership doubles the market value when added to the tax value
  • Hypercubes Equity/Loan Accounts: Shareholder tab text changed
  • The „Buildings on own land“ item in the fixed assets statement cannot be populated with the tax value
  • Industry taxonomy: Tax items in the wrong order
  • S+E incorrect (core) taxonomy if GSH uses sector taxonomy
  • Federal Gazette: Submission with management report/notes to the financial statements as free text/footnotes is not permitted
  • Federal Gazette: Submission dialogue – error with the ‘Continue’ button
  • OfficeFiler: KKE Hypercube: The value 0.00 is not totalled when transferred to the taxonomy in the commercial balance sheet
  • Opening the dispatch history fails with an ‘OutOfMemory’ error if there are many dispatched projects in the database
  • Live Report: Footnote text in the printed edition – text is displayed in very small type
  • Live Report: When saving the Live Report as a PDF with tables in footnotes – PDF file size: 0 bytes

New features and fixes in version 17.1.2

New features

  • Changes to the BAnz interface due to legal requirements (CSR Directive Implementation Act) relating to the BilRUG option
  • Hypercube: Dimension is now just content without an identifier
  • Module manuals in the Help menu (S+E, OfficeFiler, Federal Gazette)
  • File attachments are limited to a maximum of 2 MB
  • Attachments restricted to certain file types (mainly MS Office)
  • Individual data backups limited to a maximum of 15 projects (performance improvement)

Corrections

OT-4535 – Live reporting no longer responds when dealing with large volumes of Word data
OT-4542 – The application crashes when generating live reports for multi-page tables in footnotes
OT-4585 – Data backup and recovery gets stuck when processing tasks with excessively long identifiers
OT-4626 – A KKE tax balance sheet value of €0.00 is not saved
OT-4664 – Master data (GCD) is incomplete
OT-4709 – Data backup cannot be restored when logging into BAnz without an OT user
OT-4716 – Oracle ORA-01722: Projects cannot be created if re-imported projects exist

New features and fixes in version 17.1

The latest version of ERiC (25.3.6.0) has been implemented in Opti.Tax version 17.1. The new ERiC plug-in contains the latest list of tax offices supported by ELSTER and incorporates the tax office data as per the BZSt fadat.zip file dated 22 September 2016, as well as the changes to the tax offices described below:

Saxony

  • On 27 June 2016, the Grimma and Borna tax offices were merged at the Grimma site. The Borna tax office (tax office number 3235) was closed as part of this merger.
  • On 1 December 2016, the Pirna and Freital tax offices were merged at the Pirna site. The Freital tax office (tax office number 3206) was closed as part of this merger.

The inclusion of old tax office numbers in selection lists is neither intended nor necessary; they are therefore blocked via ELSTER validity flags. Continued use would result in extra work for the tax offices and, in the worst-case scenario, the return or declaration might not be able to be matched to the taxpayer.

Note:

Any amendments or corrections to e-balance sheets that have already been submitted must be made using the newly issued tax reference number (including the new tax office number). Any adjustment made using the old tax number or tax office number will have no effect, as no data is held there any longer. This applies equally to all registration and annual tax returns.

2016

New features and fixes in version 17.0

Today, Opti.Tax Release 17 was officially released to all users. The new release includes numerous minor improvements and the new „Documentation“ module.

The „Documentation“ module enables all organisations to create, amongst other things, GoBD-compliant procedural documentation. This is based on specially developed taxonomies for procedural documentation and organisational data protection. In the application’s interview mode, the user enters their data in a structured manner and receives a complete document at the end. Individual taxonomy items can be flagged for follow-up, ensuring that the documentation is always kept up to date. The Outlook plug-in, which is also available with immediate effect, connects to Opti.Tax Release 17 and sends reminders for scheduled deadlines without the need to launch Opti.Tax.

2015

New features and fixes in version 1.10

Submitting a correct data set for the e-balance sheet becomes more complex with every new version of the taxonomy that is published. Opti.Tax Release 1.10 helps users to simplify the process of capturing and generating a valid data set.

New features such as Live validation and expert guidance on complex links within the taxonomy make it easier to understand this difficult taxonomy. The commentary on the taxonomy of the E-Balance Sheet Guide The update from Stollfuß-Verlag to the new Taxonomy 5.3 is included, as are further new features and modules.

The Live validation offers – in addition to an interview and E-Balance Sheet Guide – further user support for creating a valid dataset. The live validation feature, which has been included since update 1.8, has been further improved in release 1.10 and includes, amongst other things:

  • Displaying data entry prompts as data is being entered
  • Display in the input field – highlighted when a flag is set
  • Incomplete, implausible or incorrect entries are highlighted in colour and can be accessed directly via a link; this also applies to tuples – for example, the incorrect entry relating to a specific shareholder is highlighted
  • All data entry instructions can be displayed and processed centrally in a separate window
  • Descriptions and explanations of the taxonomy item: (Description of the taxonomy item: = documentation.de and explanations of the taxonomy item: = definitionGuidance.de)

New modules for Release 1.10

  • Special and supplementary balance sheets
  • Federal Gazette: Method of publication – Section 264 of the German Commercial Code (HGB)

Following the expiry of the transitional provisions in the area of Partnerships is used for the data to be transmitted Financial year 2015 The submission of special and supplementary balance sheets as individual data records for each shareholder/co-partner will become a key issue. Our module „Special and supplementary balance sheets“ helps you to record, monitor and report on these complex processes.

From release 1.10 onwards, it is not only possible to prepare the annual accounts using the Federal Gazette module be disclosed electronically. It is now also possible to use the new module Type of publication: Section 264 of the German Commercial Code (HGB) the exemption from the obligation to prepare annual accounts in accordance with section 264(3) and section 264b of the German Commercial Code (HGB) must be published electronically.

New features in Release 1.10

  • Project copy – a copy can be created for each project (including submitted e-balance sheet projects, S+E projects or Federal Gazette projects)
  • Subject-matter support with links between report components
  • Account statement: Multiple selection
  • Year-end: Transfer only missing master data
  • Hypercubes: shareholder-specific capital account development, statement of fixed assets
  • and much more.

Naturally, this includes the current guidelines issued by the tax authorities and published in the Federal Gazette:

  • Taxonomy 5.3 (as at 2 April 2014)
  • ERiC 22.3.4.0 (as at 9 September 2015)
  • BAnz Web Service: Interface 1.5.0

Further available modules round off the software:

  • E-Balance Sheet Guide: Commentary on the taxonomies
  • Live validation: For e-balance sheet and Federal Gazette projects
  • Federal Gazette: Publication of annual accounts; notice of exemption pursuant to Sections 264(3) and 264b of the German Commercial Code (HGB)
  • OfficeFiler: The interface to the MS Office environment, featuring a wide range of templates and tools
  • Special and supplementary balance sheets: The module for handling electronic submissions relating to partnerships
  • XBRL.App: Manage data electronically on the iPad
  • Monitoring: Data risk management (to follow shortly)