<p class="remark primary">No, there are no uniform certificates, which various software manufacturers refer to as the "GDPR certificate". These are illegal and will not be accepted by the examiner.</p> <p>Section 12 of GDPR's "Certification and Software Certificates" states: </p> <p> "The large number and different design and combination of the IT systems for the fulfillment of non-tax or tax recording and storage obligations do not allow any generally valid statements by the tax authorities regarding the conformity of the hardware and software used or planned. This applies all the more as Other criteria (e.g. release changes, updates, the assignment of access rights or parameterizations, the completeness and correctness of the data entered) can have a significant impact on the correctness of a data processing system and thus on books and the otherwise required records. </p>
<p> Positive certificates regarding the correctness of the bookkeeping - and thus the correctness of IT-supported bookkeeping systems - are <b>neither</b> issued as part of a tax audit <b>nor</b> as part of a binding information. " </p> <p> It still applies: the solutions are checked by the taxpayer on site - it is not just about the software, but rather the processes, operation, content, use, users, work instructions etc. </p> <p> Instead you need <b> process documentation </b> that you have to create for your processes and software products, independently or with the help of your tax advisor. </p>