Connect income sources
Stripe payouts, direct invoices to agency and end clients, and platform payouts land with fees and VAT logic inside the system, instead of a CSV every quarter.
Bookkeeping for developers without quarterly Stripe spreadsheets
Norman connects Stripe payouts, GitHub and cloud bills, hardware receipts, and tax workflows in one system, whether you run as a Freiberufler, a Nebengewerbe, or through a UG.
Data and endpoints for developer workflows
Invoices, receipts, transactions, and tax status live in one workspace, and stay reachable through the API when you want to pull them into your own tools.
Invoices
Create, read, update, and sync with payment status.
Receipts
Receipts, attachments, OCR fields, and transaction matching.
Transactions
Bank activity and bookkeeping state for internal workflows.
Tax status
VAT, EÜR, and annual workflow status for operational surfaces.
Access and webhooks
Server-side scopes, webhooks, and workspace permissions keep integrations controlled.
- Stripe, Upwork, GitHub Sponsors
- Freiberufler, Nebengewerbe, UG
- Cloud and tool receipts via email
- Reverse-charge & OSS-aware VAT
What developer bookkeeping looks like with Norman
From the first Stripe payout to the VAT return, everything stays in one workflow: income, tool costs, and taxes.
Capture tool subs and hardware
GitHub, AWS, Vercel, Notion, domain bills, and hardware receipts land in your books via email, upload, or app: deductible, categorized, and with the receipt attached.
EÜR, VAT & API handoff
Income, input VAT, and reverse-charge grow out of live bookkeeping. ELSTER and your tax advisor get structured data; your own tools can pull it via the API.
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What Norman removes from developer admin
Norman replaces quarter-end Stripe CSVs, tool subscriptions on personal cards, and mental reverse-charge math with one continuous workflow for developers.
Stripe CSVs
at quarter-end for payouts and fees
Personal-card subs
for GitHub, AWS, Vercel, and Notion
Reverse-charge mental math
on every EU or US invoice
Norman instead of Stripe CSVs and cloud receipts in the inbox
Stripe payouts, tool subs, hardware receipts, and tax workflows run in one system instead of splitting across CSV exports, Excel tabs, and email threads.
| Stripe CSV + Excel + inbox | |
|---|---|---|
| Stripe payouts | With fees, VAT logic, and receipts straight into the books | Export CSV quarterly and match by hand |
| Tool subs & cloud | GitHub, AWS, Vercel & co. land via email forward on the right account | PDFs pile up in the founder's inbox |
| Reverse-charge & EU/US | VAT logic per client and country prepared in the invoice draft | Do the math by hand per invoice or ping your advisor |
| EÜR / VAT & API | Structured export to ELSTER and optionally via API into your own tools | ZIP via email to the tax advisor |
Plans that grow with your workflow
Start free and unlock tax, team, and automation features when you need them.
Yearly (3 months free)Monthly
Free
Core accounting for free.
€0
/month (excl. VAT)
- Unlimited e-invoicing
- Tax write-off tips
- Bank sync
- AI Autopilot
- Connect to ChatGPT & Claude
Klein
For Kleinunternehmer.
€9
- 25%
/month (excl. VAT)
- Annual tax declarations (EÜR)
- Personal income tax
- Declare salary as an employee
- EU revenue reports (ZM)
- Invoicing pro plan
Pro
For self-employed charging VAT.
€21
- 25%
/month (excl. VAT)
- VAT returns
- All tax declarations
- Tax efficiency score
- Receipt auto-matching
- Invoicing pro plan
Start Developers with Norman
Start for free and bring invoices, receipts, bookkeeping, and taxes into one workflow.
Start for freeFAQ
Am I a Freiberufler as a developer or do I need a Gewerbe?
Classic software development is often Freiberufler under §18 EStG, especially when you plan and deliver custom projects. As soon as you sell your own products, courses, or stock licenses at scale, the Finanzamt may require a Gewerbe. Norman supports both models with the right VAT and invoice logic. The final classification is the Finanzamt's call.
Does Norman work if I run dev work as a Nebengewerbe alongside a day job?
Yes. You can run Norman entirely for your self-employed activity while staying employed. Income, expenses, and receipts stay cleanly separated from your employer, and data for Anlage EÜR, Anlage S/G, and any VAT return is ready to export at any time.
How does Norman handle Stripe, EU reverse-charge, and US clients?
Norman prepares invoices with the correct VAT treatment per client country: reverse-charge for EU B2B, out-of-scope for companies outside the EU, and §13b markers when relevant. Stripe payouts are booked with fees and matched to the right invoice instead of being rebuilt from a CSV at quarter-end.
Can I integrate Norman via API into my own tools, dashboards, or scripts?
Yes. The Norman API exposes invoices, receipts, transactions, and tax status to your own tools, for example to mirror payouts into an internal dashboard or auto-attach receipts to projects. Norman stays the source of truth for your finance data without manual copying.