Datev

Datev eG is a German software company and registered cooperative that provides software and IT services for tax advisors, auditors, and small and medium-sized enterprises. Its offerings cover accounting, tax, payroll, and financial data processing, including cloud-based collaboration between tax professionals and their clients. Key products include DATEV Rechnungswesen (accounting), DATEV Lohn und Gehalt (payroll), and DATEV Unternehmen online (cloud platform for client communication and document exchange), as well as DATEV DMS and related solutions. The company emphasizes data exchange and interoperability, offering interfaces and formats that enable data transfer to auditors, authorities, banks, and other software via DATEV Schnittstellen.

DATEV eG was founded in 1966 in Nuremberg by a group of tax advisers to pool software development and data processing resources. It operates as a registered cooperative and is one of Germany’s largest providers of accounting and tax software, with a broad network of member firms and customers. The cooperative is headquartered in Nuremberg.

Security, data protection, and regulatory compliance are central to its operations. DATEV runs data centers in Germany and adheres to GoBD and DSGVO, among other standards, with data stored and transmitted under encryption and access controls. The company plays a central role in standardizing accounting data in the German market, enabling interoperability among tax professionals, businesses, banks, and software vendors.