E-Bilanz Reporting

In Germany, companies are required to submit their financial statements electronically to the respective tax authority. These electronic statements are called E-Bilanz reports, they have to be compliant with the XBRL taxonomy defined by the German tax authorities, and are submitted using an electronic interface called Elster Rich Client (ERiC).

The eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) is an information standard for business reporting based on XML. The XBRL format is used as a means of exchanging business information in a standardized format, thus facilitating the reliability and consistency of the information. For more information about the mandatory XBRL taxonomy for E-Bilanz reporting as well as the interface definition for ERiC, see http://www.esteuer.de Information published on non-SAP site .

SAP Disclosure Management supports E-Bilanz reporting in accordance with the XBRL taxonomy defined by the tax authorities and the submission of validated files via ERiC.

Prerequisites

In SAP Disclosure Management, on the Administration tab, you have configured the E-Bilanz plugin parameters, see Managing Plugin Settings for E-Bilanz

You have created your E-Bilanz report document in SAP Disclosure Management. For more information about creating report documents in SAP Disclosure Management, see the Editor Guide in the SAP Disclosure Management application help.

Process

To create the E-Bilanz report, you use the standard report creation process in SAP Disclosure Management as described in Creating a Report from Scratch. The E-Bilanz reporting scenario consists of the following process steps:

To compile the E-Bilanz report, you need the E-Bilanz Excel templates that are also used for SAP ERP client for E-Bilanz.
You can download the templates from SAP Support Portal. ChooseSupport Packages and Patches. In the Download Catalog under A - Z Index you will find the product SAP ERP client for E-Bilanz under E, including the relevant Excel templates. For more information about E-Bilanz features, see the SAP ERP client for E-Bilanz user manual on the SAP Help Portal.
You link the required E-Bilanz Excel templates to SAP ERP in SAP Disclosure Management. For more information on this step, see How to Create Data Links to Excel Templates.
Refresh the data from connected source systems to make sure that the E-Bilanz report document is up to date.
For more information, see Refresh data from connected source systems.
To validate your E-Bilanz report and submit it to the financial authorities, you need to generate an XBRL instance.
For more information, see Generate XBRL instances.
Validate the XBRL instance to ensure that the data is tagged and formatted correctly.
Please see the note from the German regulator below:

Note
Datenschutzhinweis von der Finanzverwaltung

Mit dieser Software werden personenbezogene Daten im Sinne des § 3 (1) des Bundesdatenschutzgesetzes (BDSG) zum Zwecke der Verarbeitung erhoben. Neben den reinen Daten, die zur Steuerveranlagung benötigt werden, erhebt die Software Daten über die Art und Version des Betriebssystems des Nutzers und übermittelt diese an die Finanzverwaltung. Diese Daten werden benötigt, um die ordnungsgemäße Verarbeitung der Daten sicherzustellen und Fehlern im Verarbeitungsprozess vorzubeugen. Die Nutzung der Daten erfolgt im Rahmen des § 14 BDSG durch die Finanzverwaltung und nur für den genannten Zweck.

For more information, see Validate XBRL instances.
Submit the E-Bilanz report document.
In this step, you call the ERiC interface to submit the E-Bilanz report. If the transfer is successful, the system provides a generated log file, which includes the transport log file (PDF) and the tele number. You can download this zip file.