// Key Points at a Glance
What You'll Take Away from This Article
- The syscoon ELSTER Package connects Odoo directly to ELSTER via the ERIC interface
- Automatic plausibility check before submission, audit-proof logging
- Covers VAT returns, corrected VAT returns, permanent extensions and EC Sales Lists
Anyone who enters tax data into the ELSTER portal manually knows the drill: recurring forms, duplicate data entry, copy-and-paste errors – every single time. With the syscoon ELSTER Package, that's a thing of the past.
The module connects your Odoo environment directly to the German ELSTER tax interface. Tax filings can be submitted to the tax authorities fully electronically from Odoo – without any media break. And via the official ERIC interface, exactly the way the tax office expects.
No more manual ELSTER entries, no more repeated transfer errors – instead more time, more efficiency and more security in your filing processes.
Core Features and Benefits
Direct ELSTER interface
The syscoon ELSTER Package uses the official ERIC programming interface to transmit accounting figures from Odoo directly to the tax authorities – without any intermediate solution or external tool.
Automated plausibility check
Before your tax data is sent, the module automatically checks it for consistency and formal correctness. This ensures that only plausible, error-free figures are submitted – without any additional checking mechanisms.
Time savings and fewer errors
Manual form entries? Duplicate data entry? No longer necessary.
Direct transmission from Odoo saves you valuable time – and avoids typical transfer and input errors.
Automatic log filing
Every tax return submitted is automatically given an official transmission log, which is archived directly in Odoo. This gives you a complete overview of all submitted filings at any time – transparent, traceable and audit-proof.
Support for key tax filings
The module already covers the most important tax forms that companies have to submit regularly:
- Advance VAT return
- Corrected advance VAT return
- Permanent filing extension
- EC Sales List (ZM)
Further filings can be added flexibly – so you're prepared for the future as well. In addition, the forms are updated in the Odoo logic whenever they change, so the correct and current tax grids are always used.
Conclusion
With the syscoon ELSTER Package, tax filing becomes part of your regular accounting process in Odoo: the figures come straight from your accounting, are checked automatically before submission and are transmitted to the tax office via the official ERIC interface. Manual entries in the ELSTER portal, duplicate data entry and transfer errors are a thing of the past – and every filing, including its log, is documented audit-proof in Odoo.
Would you like to submit your VAT returns and EC Sales Lists directly from Odoo in future? Get in touch – we'll show you how the ELSTER Package works in your system.