✅ Checklist: Reporting Cash Registers to the Tax Office (from 2025)
1. 📦 Identify Your Cash Register System
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[ ] Manufacturer and model name
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[ ] Serial number of the cash register
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[ ] Type of system (e.g., PC-based register, mobile device, scale with cash register function)
2. 🔐 Technical Security Device (TSE)
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[ ] Type of TSE (integrated, external, cloud-based)
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[ ] Serial number or unique identifier of the TSE
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[ ] TSE provider or manufacturer
3. 🗓️ Date Information
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[ ] Date of initial operation
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[ ] Date of deactivation (if applicable)
4. 📍 Assign to Business Location
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[ ] Address of the business location where the register is used
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[ ] Business ID number (if available)
5. 🧾 Submit via “Mein ELSTER”
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[ ] Access to “Mein ELSTER” portal is set up
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[ ] Cash register reported using the “Register Cash System” form
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[ ] Confirmation of successful submission saved