Ab wann lohnt es sich, die Buchhaltung abzugeben?

Meist dann, wenn mehr als ein Zahlungsweg und mehr als ein Verkaufskanal zusammenkommen. Ab da kostet die Zuordnung von Sammelzahlungen mehr Zeit als das Buchen selbst. Im Kennenlerngespräch rechnen wir aus, wie viele Stunden im Monat bei dir draufgehen.

Was bleibt bei mir, wenn ihr übernehmt?

Die Rechnungsstellung an deine Kunden und die Entscheidungen. Belege, Amazon-Abrechnungen und Zahlungswege laufen über Schnittstellen zu uns. Voranmeldung, Buchhaltung und Jahresabschluss liegen komplett bei uns.

Sind Amazon-Sammelzahlungen wirklich ein Problem?

Ja. Eine Auszahlung enthält Umsätze, Gebühren, Werbekosten und Retouren in einer Summe. Wer nur den Kontoeingang bucht, hat weder Umsatz noch Marge korrekt.

Was passiert mit meinem bisherigen Abo?

Das entscheidest du. Wir brauchen es nicht, arbeiten aber übergangsweise damit weiter, solange du willst. Die Buchhaltung läuft bei uns in DATEV.

Wie lange dauert der Wechsel?

Typischerweise innerhalb von 4 Wochen. Dein Aufwand: unter 30 Minuten. Wir übernehmen die Kommunikation mit deinem alten Steuerberater, laufende Fristen bleiben unberührt.

Seid ihr wirklich Steuerberater?

Ja. SPIELMANN ist eine zugelassene Steuerberatungsgesellschaft. Du bekommst nicht nur Buchhaltung, sondern auch Vertretung gegenüber dem Finanzamt und Beratung zu deinen Sonderfällen.

E-commerce accounting | BWA | DATEV

sevdesk alternative: a tax firm instead of doing the books yourself

sevdesk is built for freelancers, not for online retailers with six sales channels across Europe. Past a certain size you either book for nights on end or you hand it over. With us, bookkeeping, VAT, annual financial statements and advice come from a single source.

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200+ clients. 100% e-commerce focus on Amazon, Shopify, D2C and multichannel.

Where does a freelancer tool fail in e-commerce?

Revenue data alone is not enough. What matters is whether shop, marketplace, payments, inventory and receipts end up in a clean monthly routine.

The work stays yours

A subscription does not replace an accountant. Every classification, every advance VAT return and every mistake stays with you. As you grow, the deadlines get tighter, not looser.

Marketplaces break the standard interfaces

Amazon settlements, PayPal bulk payments, returns and advertising costs cannot be broken down. Yet every payout has to remain traceable down to the individual order. That costs you evening after evening.

It ends at the annual financial statements

In principle you do not need a tax firm for annual financial statements, inventory and your tax return. In e-commerce it always makes sense, though. False statements in a tax return are a criminal offense.

What else do you get at SPIELMANN?

We take over the ongoing bookkeeping, you no longer enter anything yourself. Deadlines, valuation and advice sit with us, your contact is in Slack.

We cover OSS and PAN-EU

OSS returns, intra-EU stock transfers and the EC Sales List run as part of the service, not as a task in your calendar. As soon as you sell to consumers across the EU, we clarify from when OSS applies to you.

Connect Shopify, Amazon and payment data
Get rid of Excel lists and data gaps
Reconcile receipts via GetMyInvoices, Pleo or Moss

We book, you sell

Ongoing bookkeeping, payment reconciliation and a monthly routine are part of it. Archiving and retention periods run alongside with us, you no longer have to keep track of anything.

Check cost of goods sold against Sellerboard, KLAR or Admetrics
Book inventory correctly
Clarify OSS, PAN-EU and foreign warehouses

The same tax firm from the entry to the annual statements

Cost of goods sold, inventory valuation and the annual financial statements come from the same people who do your monthly bookkeeping. How your inventory is valued decides your profit. No tool notices that, we do.

One contact for all deadlines
Set up interfaces to Shopify, Amazon and Klarna
Monthly e-commerce BWA with a real contribution margin

Status check in 15 minutes

We look at how much time your bookkeeping currently costs you. And how much of it actually has to stay with you.

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Do it yourself, standard tax firm or SPIELMANN?

A tool subscription, a standard tax firm or an e-commerce tax firm? The difference shows up in how much is left on your desk in the end.

Do it yourself

Delivers exports and dashboards, but does not take on the tax classification or the ongoing review of data quality.

Standard tax firm

Can do the bookkeeping, but is often not deep enough in the setup for marketplace data, payment fees, inventory and an e-commerce BWA.

SPIELMANN

Combines know-how in shop, marketplace and payment data with DATEV, its own e-commerce BWA and a monthly routine you can rely on.

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Bookkeeping, VAT and annual statements handed over.

Ongoing bookkeeping, filings and the annual financial statements sit with the same people. One contact, one process.

Here is how it works: an introductory call in 15 minutes, the switch typically in 4 weeks, your effort under 30 minutes. After that you no longer enter anything yourself.

Questions about this? We clear it up in 15 minutes in the introductory call.

A reliable BWA

A clear data basis

Fewer questions before deadlines

Bookkeeping becomes management,
with figures that are traceable every month.

FAQs about the sevdesk alternative

The key questions about handing over your bookkeeping, answered briefly.

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At what point is it worth handing over the bookkeeping?

Usually once more than one payment channel and more than one sales channel come together. From then on, allocating bulk payments costs more time than the bookkeeping itself. In the introductory call we work out how many hours a month it takes you.

What stays with me when you take over?

Invoicing your customers and the decisions. Receipts, Amazon settlements and payment channels reach us through interfaces. Advance returns, bookkeeping and the annual financial statements sit entirely with us.

Are Amazon bulk payments really a problem?

Yes. One payout contains sales, fees, advertising costs and returns in a single amount. Anyone who only books the bank credit has neither revenue nor margin right.

What happens to my current subscription?

That is up to you. We do not need it, but we will keep working with it during the transition for as long as you want. The bookkeeping runs at our end in DATEV.

How long does the switch take?

Typically within 4 weeks. Your effort: under 30 minutes. We handle the communication with your previous tax advisor, current deadlines stay untouched.

Are you really tax advisors?

Yes. SPIELMANN is a licensed tax consultancy firm. You do not only get bookkeeping, but also representation before the tax office and advice on your special cases.

Technical Background: Obligations When Self-Booking

The obligations that remain even when you do the books yourself.

Single-entry and timely recording, Section 146 (1) AO and GoBD margin no. 47

Entries must be individual, complete, correct, timely, and orderly. The GoBD consider recording non-cash transactions within ten days acceptable.

Data access and retention, Section 147 (3) and (6) AO

Books and financial statements must be retained for ten years, accounting documents eight, other records six. During data access, the auditor sees bulk entries directly in the system.

Advance return frequency, Section 18 (2) UStG

If the prior year's tax exceeds 9,000 euros, advance returns are filed monthly, otherwise quarterly.

Distance selling threshold, Section 3c (4) UStG

Sellers whose distance sales and digital services to EU consumers do not exceed 10,000 euros combined remain exempt. The threshold applies EU-wide in aggregate, not per country.

Balance sheet obligation, Section 141 AO

The bookkeeping obligation begins above 800,000 euros in total revenue or 80,000 euros in profit, but only with the fiscal year following the tax office's notification.

Cost flow assumptions, Section 256 HGB and Section 6 (1) no. 2a EStG

Under commercial law, FIFO and LIFO are permitted; for tax purposes, only LIFO. Anyone using FIFO under commercial law must deviate in the tax balance sheet.

sevdesk alternative: a tax firm instead of doing the books yourself

200+ clients. 100% e-commerce focus on Amazon, Shopify, D2C and multichannel.