ZepDesk accounting software
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Accounting software and ERP for every legal form.

Write invoices, send e-invoices, capture receipts by photo, reconcile bank transactions, file the advance VAT return (Umsatzsteuervoranmeldung, UStVA) to ELSTER, and prepare your year-end financial statements, all in one software. GoBD-compliant, hosted in the EU, cancellable monthly.

Public beta 2026: sign up now and you keep your rate and get the final version at no extra charge.

Dashboard of the ZepDesk accounting software with revenue trend, open items, and year-end balance
29 to 79 €
per month by legal form, always the full feature set
0 €
setup, no minimum term, cancellable monthly
7
plugins included: point of sale, payroll, inventory management, CRM, and more
100 %
operated in the EU, ISO 27001-certified data centers
GoBD-compliant accounting under the principles of proper bookkeeping (GoBD) GDPR-compliant with a data processing agreement under Art. 28 E-invoicing under EU standard CEN 16931: XRechnung and ZUGFeRD Hosting in the European Union Cancellable monthly with no minimum term Software developed in Germany
Interfaces to DATEV interface ELSTER submission XRechnung ZUGFeRD

One software, from sole proprietorship to corporation.

ZepDesk covers the full feature set: cash-basis accounting (Einnahmenüberschussrechnung, EÜR) for small businesses, double-entry bookkeeping with SKR03 and SKR04 for partnerships, balance sheet, E-Bilanz, corporate and trade tax for UG, GmbH, and AG, four-sphere accounting under § 64 AO for associations and foundations, plus client access for tax firms.

UG, GmbH & AG

Balance sheet and E-Bilanz, corporate and trade tax, fixed-asset accounting with depreciation (AfA), provisions, and period-end closing.

GbR, OHG & KG

Double-entry bookkeeping with SKR03 or SKR04, advance VAT return, BWA (business analysis), trial balance, and DATEV export for your tax firm.

Sole proprietors & freelancers

EÜR and advance VAT return straight from your entries, small-business scheme under § 19 UStG, receipts by photo.

Association & foundation

Accounting in four spheres under § 64 AO, donation receipts on the official template, use of funds, and reserves.

Tax firms

Tax advisor role with read access and export, multiple clients in one account, DATEV export per company.

Retail, trades & hospitality

Inventory management with warehouse and stocktaking, point-of-sale system with TSE, delivery notes, batch invoices, and project time tracking.

From receipt to a finished advance VAT return

Four steps, no retyping. Scroll through the process.

1 · Receipt arrives
A photo, PDF, or e-invoice lands in your inbox.
2 · OCR reads it
Amount, date, tax rate, and supplier are captured.
3 · Bank matches it
The payment finds its receipt, and the entry is created.
4 · VAT return is ready
The figures are set; submit to ELSTER with one click.
Receipt inbox in ZepDesk OCR reads the receipt Bank transaction matched to the receipt Finished advance VAT return with figures
Outgoing invoice MC-2026-008 in the invoicing program with a live preview of the PDF

Invoicing program with e-invoicing: XRechnung and ZUGFeRD

Quote, delivery note, and invoice all come from one document, and the live preview shows the finished PDF as you type. You send it as XRechnung or ZUGFeRD under EU standard CEN 16931, after which the document appears in your accounting and open items.

Recurring invoices and a three-stage dunning process run on schedule.
Custom PDF templates with logo, colors, and payment terms per company.
Cancellation instead of deletion, a complete history, audit-proof under GoBD.
More on the e-invoicing requirement

Bank reconciliation and receipt capture with OCR

Connect your business account via finAPI or import a bank statement as MT940 or CSV. ZepDesk suggests the matching receipt for every transaction, and the OCR reads the amount, date, and tax rate from the photo.

Payment matching for incoming and outgoing invoices in a single run.
Cash book with TSE for cash transactions, GoBD-compliant under § 146a AO.
Fixed-asset accounting with depreciation runs (AfA), low-value-asset (GWG) thresholds, and residual book values.
Bank reconciliation in detail
Business account in ZepDesk with automatically linked receipts and matching status

Advance VAT return, year-end financial statements, and E-Bilanz straight from your entries.

Every filing comes from your existing entries, with no transferring and no recalculating: the advance VAT return and the recapitulative statement (Zusammenfassende Meldung) go to the tax office via ELSTER, while the balance sheet and E-Bilanz, corporate and trade tax, and the BWA, EÜR, and trial balance are ready at the touch of a button.

VAT & ELSTER

Advance VAT return with official figures, permanent filing extension (Dauerfristverlängerung), recapitulative statement, and OSS for EU sales.

Year-end financial statements

Balance sheet, profit and loss statement, notes and management report, E-Bilanz submission, and publication in the Bundesanzeiger.

DATEV-Export

Booking batches and master data per client, so your tax firm can carry on without detours.

Advance VAT return with official figures and ELSTER submission in ZepDesk

Seven plugins, included in every plan.

From the point-of-sale system to payroll: every plugin is included in every plan at no extra charge and can be activated individually per company. They are developed by ZeptronIT and updated centrally.

CRM PRO
Leads and pipeline

Customers, tasks, activities, and email history, linked to quotes and invoices.

INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
Purchasing, warehouse, POS

Items, suppliers, orders, goods receipt, storage locations, stocktaking, and point-of-sale in one cycle.

CASH BOOK
Cash with TSE

GoBD-compliant cash book with a technical security system (TSE) under § 146a AO and daily closing.

PAYROLL
Payroll accounting

DEÜV reports, wage tax returns, contribution statements, and a payroll journal, connected to your accounting.

PROJECTS
Time and budgets

Projects, project time, budgets, and project-based billing, also as a basis for partial invoices.

WORKFLOWS
Automation without code

Approvals, reminders, and automated processes, such as invoice review under the four-eyes principle.

GDPR TOOLS
Access and erasure

Records of processing, access and erasure requests, and retention rules per data type.

All seven, at no extra charge.
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Pricing: one plan per legal form, no module surcharges.

No user licenses, no module fees, no setup charge. You pay per company, the price depends on the legal form, and every plan includes the same full feature set, all seven plugins included. All amounts are final prices including VAT.

Sole proprietorship
Sole proprietors, small businesses under § 19 UStG, freelancers
EÜR, advance VAT return, e-invoicing, receipts by photo
29,00 €
per month
Choose plan
Association & foundation
Registered association (e. V.), foundation
Four spheres under § 64 AO, donation receipts
39,00 €
per month
Choose plan
Partnership
GbR, OHG, KG
Double-entry bookkeeping SKR03/04, BWA, DATEV export
49,00 €
per month
Choose plan
Corporation
UG (haftungsbeschränkt), GmbH, AG
Balance sheet, E-Bilanz, corporate and trade tax, depreciation (AfA)
79,00 €
per month
Choose plan
Tax firms
Firms and bookkeeping offices with multiple clients
Tax advisor role, multi-company, export per client
Talk to us
on request

Your team, bookkeeper, and tax advisor all work with you at no extra charge. Payment via Mollie by SEPA direct debit, credit card, PayPal, or Klarna.

Visa Mastercard American Express PayPal Klarna SEPA direct debit

Cloud hosting in the EU, GoBD- and GDPR-compliant.

Data centers in Germany

Operated at Hetzner Online GmbH, ISO 27001-certified, with no data transfer to third countries. TLS 1.3 in transit, AES-256 at rest.

DPA under Art. 28 GDPR

The data processing agreement is signed online in your account, with no separate negotiation. Two-factor sign-in via TOTP for every role.

Backups and retention

Daily encrypted backup, available for 30 days in self-service. Tax-relevant data is kept for ten years (§ 147 AO).

Infrastructure and certificates Hetzner Online GmbH, data centers in Germany Let's Encrypt TLS certificates ISO/IEC 27001-certified data centers
Leon Marzoll, Managing Director of ZeptronIT UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Leon Marzoll
Managing Director, ZeptronIT UG (haftungsbeschränkt)

We are in beta, and we say so.

ZepDesk is developed in Harmsdorf by a small team that uses the software for its own accounting. Sign up now and you work with a product that is still growing, keep your rate permanently, and get the final version at no extra charge. You report bugs directly to us, not to a ticketing system in another time zone.

Maker
ZeptronIT UG (haftungsbeschränkt), Harmsdorf, HRB 27686 HL
Support
support@zepdesk.de, reply on the next business day
Cancellation
Monthly in your account, data export remains possible afterward

Frequently asked questions about the accounting software

Is ZepDesk GoBD-compliant?

Yes. Entries are never deleted, only reversed; every change stays traceable in the history, and receipts are stored audit-proof with a hash chain. ZepDesk keeps tax-relevant data for ten years, as § 147 AO requires.

Can I meet the e-invoicing requirement with it?

Yes. ZepDesk creates and receives e-invoices as XRechnung and ZUGFeRD under EU standard CEN 16931. Incoming e-invoices are validated, read out, and posted directly as incoming invoices.

Can my tax advisor work with ZepDesk?

Yes. There is a dedicated tax advisor role with read access and export rights, at no extra charge. For your firm, ZepDesk provides a DATEV export of the booking batches and master data per company.

How many users and companies are included?

Users, receipts, and entries are unlimited per company. The price applies per company and legal form; if you run several companies, you manage them with the company switcher in one account.

Where is my data stored?

In ISO 27001-certified data centers of Hetzner Online GmbH in the EU. No data is transferred to third countries, and the data processing agreement under Art. 28 GDPR is signed in your account.

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Start today, productive in ten minutes.

Create your company, choose the legal form and chart of accounts, write your first invoice. No setup fee, no minimum term, cancellable monthly.

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