Set Up Sales VAT Advance Notifications for ELSTER

In Business Central, to submit valid sales VAT advance notifications to the ELSTER portal, you must set up the following:

  • The company registration information and tax office information.
  • The number series for sales VAT advance notification.
  • The user authentication for the tax authorities.
  • The VAT statement.

You must also download components from the ELSTER portal. For more information, see the ELSTER online portal.

To set up company information

  1. Choose the Search for Page or Report icon, enter Company Information, and then choose the related link.
  2. On the Company Information page, on the General FastTab, in the VAT Representative field, enter the contact person for VAT related information.

  3. On the Tax Office FastTab, fill in the fields as described in the following table.

    Field Description
    Use Proxy Server Select to use a proxy server for communication.
    Proxy Server Authent. Required Select to use a dedicated proxy server for authentication.

    If you use a proxy server and the required dedicated authentication, then you must enter the user account and the password before transmitting. If you use Windows authentication, do not select this field.
    Proxy Server IP-Address/Port The address and the port that will be used for communication if you use a proxy server.

  4. On the HTTP Servers FastTab, fill in the fields as described in the following table.

    Field Description
    HTTP Server URL 1 Specifies a server of the Oberfinanzdirektion (OFD), such as https://datenannahme1.elster.de/Elster2/EMS.
    HTTP Server URL 2 Specifies a server of the OFD, such as https://datenannahme2.elster.de/Elster2/EMS.
    HTTP Server URL 3 Specifies a server of the OFD, such as https://datenannahme3.elster.de/Elster2/EMS.
    HTTP Server URL 4 Specifies a server of the OFD, such as https://datenannahme4.elster.de/Elster2/EMS.

    Now you must specify the users who can submit documents to the ELSTER portal.

  5. Choose the Certificates action.

    For more information about ELSTER certificates, see the ELSTER online portal.

    1. On the Certificates page, in the User ID field, specify the user who you want to authorize to submit documents to ELSTER.
    2. Choose the Upload Elster Certificate action, and then specify the certificate file, such as Coala2019.pem.cer.

    3. Choose Upload PFX File, and then specify the personal certificate file for this user, such as test-soft-pse.pfx.

      Important

      If data encryption is not already enabled, you must enable it before you proceed.

    4. Choose the Set Pfx File Password option, and then specify the password for this personal certificate.

  6. Repeat step 5 for other users who will submit documents to ELSTER.

  7. Choose the OK button.

To set up a VAT statement for sales VAT advance notifications

  1. Choose the Search for Page or Report icon, enter VAT Statement, and then choose the related link.
  2. On the VAT Statement page, in the Name field, choose the drop-down arrow.

  3. On the VAT Statement Names page, in the line for the appropriate VAT statement name select the Sales VAT Adv. Notification field.

    Note

    Only one VAT statement name can be selected for sales VAT advance notification at one time. The VAT statement must have a VAT statement line for each key figure required by the tax authority, where the Row No. field contains the key figure and the Amount Type field specifies if this is a base amount or a tax amount. Ask your tax office if you have questions concerning the key figures and their definition.

  4. Choose the OK button.

See Also

Electronic Submission of Sales VAT Advance Notifications to ELSTER
Create and Submit Sales VAT Advance Notifications