✅ Checklist: Reporting Cash Registers to the Tax Office (from 2025)

1. 📦 Identify Your Cash Register System

• [ ] Manufacturer and model name

• [ ] Serial number of the cash register

• [ ] Type of system (e.g., PC-based register, mobile device, scale with cash register function)

2. 🔐 Technical Security Device (TSE)

• [ ] Type of TSE (integrated, external, cloud-based)

• [ ] Serial number or unique identifier of the TSE

• [ ] TSE provider or manufacturer

3. 🗓️ Date Information

• [ ] Date of initial operation

• [ ] Date of deactivation (if applicable)

4. 📍 Assign to Business Location

• [ ] Address of the business location where the register is used

• [ ] Business ID number (if available)

5. 🧾 Submit via “Mein ELSTER”

• [ ] Access to “Mein ELSTER” portal is set up

• [ ] Cash register reported using the “Register Cash System” form

• [ ] Confirmation of successful submission saved