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# Germany

> Germany local functionality in Business Central: VAT reporting (ELMA5, VAT-VIES), GoBD digital audit exports, e-invoicing (XRechnung, ZUGFeRD, Peppol BIS 3.0 DE), Intrastat, purchase delivery reminders, year-end currency adjustment and the vendor payments list report. It answers setup, submission and compliance questions for German companies.

Path: [Business functionality](../../business-functionality.md) > [Local functionality](../local-functionality.md) > Germany · tier official · system localization · narrative reviewed (checked by Opus)

## Overview

The Germany section collects the local features that German companies need in Business Central. An overview page lists the main areas: VAT reporting and declarations, German e-invoicing formats, delivery reminders for purchases, digital audit data export with GoBD filtering, and Intrastat. It names 2026 release wave 2 and 2027 release wave 1 as versions.

The details sit in four subtopics. VAT covers creating and correcting VAT reports and declaring VAT-VIES. Core finance covers digital audit exports, electronic invoicing and Intrastat export and printing. Purchasing covers delivery reminders for late vendor deliveries. General covers year-end currency adjustment with BilMoG valuation, EU sales list submission to the BZSt portal, company registration numbers on reports and the G/L Setup Information report.

One further page describes the Print Vendor Payments List report, which also applies to the Austrian and Swiss versions. Start with the subtopic that matches your task: VAT for tax authority reports, Core finance for audits and e-invoices, Purchasing for vendor reminders.

## Key points

- VAT: set up and create VAT reports with ELMA5 export, correct submitted reports, declare VAT-VIES, and configure VAT and Intrastat report selections.
- Core finance: digital audit export (GoBD/GDPdU) and electronic invoicing in XRechnung, Peppol BIS 3.0 DE and ZUGFeRD formats.
- Intrastat export and printing are covered in Core finance.
- Purchasing: set up delivery reminder terms, levels and text, assign codes to vendors, generate or create reminders, print test reports and issue them.
- General: year-end currency exchange rate adjustment with BilMoG valuation and EU sales list submission to the BZSt portal.
- General also covers company registration numbers on reports and the G/L Setup Information report.
- The Print Vendor Payments List report (German, Austrian, Swiss versions) sorts by vendor or chronologically, with layouts for standard, FCY amounts or posting information.
- The overview page references 2026 release wave 2 and 2027 release wave 1.

## Subtopics

- [VAT](germany/vat.md) (6 pages)
- [Core finance](germany/core-finance.md) (8 pages)
- [Purchasing](germany/purchasing.md) (8 pages)
- [General](germany/general.md) (4 pages)

## More Learn pages

- [Germany local functionality](https://learn.microsoft.com/dynamics365/business-central/LocalFunctionality/Germany/germany-local-functionality): The following articles describe the local functionality available in the German version of Business Central.
- [Print vendor payments list reports in the German version](https://learn.microsoft.com/dynamics365/business-central/LocalFunctionality/Germany/how-to-print-vendor-payments-list-reports): The Vendor Payments List report lists payments for each vendor in the German version. It can sort payments chronologically or by vendor.

## Videos, posts and code changes

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- [#10048 Add GTIN to XRechnung and ZUGFeRD exports](../../../../changes/bcapps/10048.md) (code change): "GTIN codes from item cards are now exported to XRechnung and ZUGFeRD documents"
- [#10342 Add GLN information to XRechnung and ZUGFeRD exports](../../../../changes/bcapps/10342.md) (code change): "German XRechnung and ZUGFeRD electronic document exports"
- [#9078 Bug 624364: Intrastat DE groups detail lines by Country/Region of Origin](../../../../changes/bcapps/9078.md) (code change): "German Intrastat export now groups detail lines by both Tariff Number and Country of Origin"
- [#9347 Fix IssueDate in E-Documents for Germany](../../../../changes/bcapps/9347.md) (code change): "Fixed the IssueDate field in German E-Document exports (XRechnung and ZUGFeRD formats)"
- [#9690 Add XRechnung structured format reader for inbound e-documents](../../../../changes/bcapps/9690.md) (code change): "structured format reader for German XRechnung e-documents that parses inbound XML"
- [#9955 XRechnung – Invalid XML Generated When Invoice Discount Percentage Exceeds 2 Decimals](../../../../changes/bcapps/9955.md) (code change): "XRechnung e-invoices with discount percentages exceeding 2 decimals"

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