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Bank, invoices, receipts, and tools flow into Norman, so revenue, input VAT, and business expenses get categorized continuously.
File taxes without ELSTER forms: Norman submits directly
Norman calculates your German VAT return, EÜR, Anlage S/G, and input VAT data from live bookkeeping and prepares the finished return as a preview. You just press approve, Norman submits directly to the Finanzamt: no ELSTER certificate, no form fields. The DATEV export for your tax firm stays available.
Built for anyone who doesn't want to open ELSTER at all
Bank, receipts, invoices, and tax values come together in one system: your VAT return and EÜR go directly to the Finanzamt after your approval, without logging into ELSTER.
UStVA
Q3 2026
Revenue18,240 €
Input VAT1,860 €
Reverse charge2,000 €
Payment due1,240 €
VAT returns from live bookings
Input VAT, revenue, and adjustments land in a prepared VAT return continuously instead of in a month-end sheet.
Deductions
- Office rent
- Accounting
- No software?
Tax score73
Spot deductions earlier
Norman surfaces missing receipts and unusual expenses before deductible costs disappear from the filing.
Revenue2.470 €
Expenses610 €
Home office360 €
Meals187 €
Transportation63 €
Profit1.860 €
Declarations with status, not guesswork
See what is prepared, what still needs review, and which tax workflows are coming next.
Tax estimate
Live3.087,22 €
The next deadlineApril 10
Deadlines stay visible
Norman keeps deadlines and open issues visible before filing turns into a last-minute task.
Filed directly with the Finanzamt
Norman submits your VAT return and Anlage EÜR directly to the Finanzamt. Structured exports for your tax advisor stay available, without collecting numbers from five sources.
How your ELSTER prep gets built in Norman
Tax values grow out of live bookkeeping instead of a deadline-eve scramble.
Review
Norman flags missing receipts, unclear postings, and edge cases (reverse-charge, §13b, Kleinunternehmer) before they create filing gaps in your VAT return or EÜR.
File
Review the preview and press approve: Norman submits the VAT return and Anlage EÜR directly to the Finanzamt. Or hand the values to your tax firm via DATEV export. Receipts and audit trail stay inside Norman, nothing is filed without your approval.
What Norman removes before you log into ELSTER
Norman replaces deadline nights in the ELSTER form, Excel rebuilds of input VAT, and receipt hunts on audit queries with continuously prepared tax data.
Deadline nights
in the ELSTER form right before 23:59
Excel rebuilds
of input VAT, revenue, and corrections
Receipt hunts
when the Finanzamt questions a value
Norman instead of the ELSTER form on raw Excel data
VAT returns, EÜR, annexes, and receipts sit ELSTER-ready in Norman instead of being rebuilt from spreadsheets, bank statements, and shoeboxes.
| ELSTER + manual Excel | |
|---|---|---|
| VAT return prep | Revenue, input VAT, and edge cases stay ELSTER-ready continuously | Month-end spreadsheets and bank PDFs before every deadline |
| EÜR + Anlage S/G | Income, expenses, and depreciation from live bookkeeping | Pieced together from cards, inbox, and spreadsheets |
| Receipts on queries | Linked to posting and payment, findable instantly | PDFs in the inbox, originals in a binder |
| Filing & handoff | VAT return + EÜR directly to the Finanzamt, or DATEV export to the firm | Type values into the form by hand and hope nothing's missing |
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 ELSTER tax portal with Norman
Start for free and bring invoices, receipts, bookkeeping, and taxes into one workflow.
Start for freeFAQ
What is ELSTER and which returns do I file through it?
ELSTER is the official German tax administration online portal for electronic tax returns, run by the Bavarian State Office for Taxation. You use ELSTER to file your VAT advance return (UStVA), annual VAT return, EÜR, income tax return with annexes (S, G, EÜR), trade tax, and, for corporations, corporate income tax and balance sheet data. Electronic filing via ELSTER has been mandatory for businesses with profit income since 2011 (§87a AO, §25 EStG, §18 UStG).
Do I still have to transfer my numbers into the ELSTER form myself?
No. Norman prepares the values for UStVA, EÜR, and tax annexes from live bookkeeping, split by line items and tax type. After your approval, Norman submits the UStVA and Anlage EÜR directly to the Finanzamt: you don't fill in any forms in the ELSTER portal. Alternatively, you send the values to your tax firm via DATEV-compatible export, which they load into their ELSTER or DATEV software. Before every submission you see exactly which values will be sent.
Which ELSTER data does Norman prepare for solo traders, UGs, and GmbHs?
For Freiberufler and sole traders, Norman prepares the UStVA, annual VAT return, EÜR (Anlage EÜR), and the profit values needed for Anlage S or Anlage G, including input VAT, reverse-charge, and §13b. Kleinunternehmer skip the UStVA, but Norman still tracks the §19 threshold and prepares the EÜR plus income tax annexes. For UGs and GmbHs, Norman submits the VAT return directly to the Finanzamt and prepares the annual VAT filing plus the bookkeeping basis for corporate income tax, trade tax, and the E-Bilanz: the first step toward full self-filing, today still with a DATEV export for your tax firm.
Do I need my own ELSTER certificate, and does Norman file on my behalf?
No, you don't need your own ELSTER certificate. Norman submits your VAT return and Anlage EÜR directly to the Finanzamt, without you setting up a certificate or filling in forms in the Mein ELSTER portal. Norman never files anything automatically without you: before every submission you see the finished preview and explicitly approve it. If you work with a tax firm, they can still file via their own DATEV/ELSTER software using a DATEV export from Norman.