Preparatory bookkeeping

Six target formats from one journal: no second entry.

Journal, open items and bank statement arrive as CSV. vorerfasst shows what is missing, lets a person review it and puts the same lines into DATEV, BMD, RZL, Lexware, Sage 50 or SAP Business One. The mapping stays behind the scenes.

Accounting firms. Finance teams. Tax advisers.

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🔒 Two-factor login🇪🇺 Data in the EU✓ No tax rate is ever guessed
08:15 · Open casesMuster GmbH
Café Holzer · RE-1044 · 4,800.00 €Account 2000 · contra 4000 · 20 %
Approved · 04.10.2026, 17:02 Vienna
Papier Nord · ER-5521 · 2,100.00 €IBAN checked · overdue since 1 Sep
Invoice not approved
Strom AG · ER-77 · 640.00 €Contra account empty · tax rate empty
Not yet exportable
DATEV · Lexware · Sage 50BMD · RZLSAP Business One
Preparation

You start with a status, not with a pile.

The journal brings the customers and vendors with it: personal account, name and the assignment already booked. Open items hang on those accounts, so a name is never a guess. What is unclear stays open instead of being quietly filled with a tax rate.

6
target formats from the same journal lines
1
approval stamp with server time, the history stays
0
tax rates the program makes up
One morning

From CSV to the batch the firm imports.

08:15 in Vienna: the first stamp of the day is already there.

1

The lists arrive as CSV

Journal, open items and bank statement. You map the columns once, after that vorerfasst remembers the mapping, even when the next file comes from another program.

2

Only the open cases stay

A missing tax rate, a missing contra account, a possible duplicate. What is complete is skipped while you review the rest.

3

The server stamps the approval

Time and person come from the server, not from a text field. The approval matrix sets who approves up to which amount. If the invoice changes afterwards, the old stamp stays visible and no longer applies.

4

One file for the firm

The same lines leave as an EXTF batch for DATEV, as Satzart 0 for BMD, as a euro file for RZL or as a DTW file for SAP Business One. An empty tax rate arrives empty.

Review

Paid an invoice too late? Not a problem.

Overdue customers become a reminder letter. Overdue vendors become a SEPA file, once a person has approved the payment. For everyday collections, not for the courtroom.

Assets

Depreciation as a proposal, not a black box.

Useful lives come from the German table, calculated with the Austrian monthly rule. The years stay editable and the acquisition sits next to them.

Control

The chart of accounts comes along.

Without a chart of your own, vorerfasst proposes the Austrian EKR. After that it learns from what was booked for each vendor.

Audit trail

Who saved what?

Import, approval and export land in the audit log. The approval itself is its own list and is never overwritten, not even by us.

Integrations

The file fits the program the firm already has.

The same journal lines leave as a file, and the import happens in DATEV, Lexware, Sage, BMD, RZL or SAP Business One. No direct access, no standing connection to the books.

DATEV als ZielformatDATEVEXTF posting batch: the firm imports the file.
Lexware als ZielformatLexwareThe same DATEV file, read through the DATEV import.
Sage 50 als ZielformatSage 50The same DATEV file for Sage 50 and 50cloud.
BMD als ZielformatBMDFIBU postings as Satzart 0, as a file.
RZL als ZielformatRZLeuro file with semicolons, imported into RZL.
SAP Business One als ZielformatSAP Business OneDTW file with an OJDT header and JDT1 lines.
Process

It stays a CSV.

BMD and RZL, DATEV, Lexware, Sage and SAP Business One read the file in their own import. You check it there with the trial run, as before.

Traceable

The stamp is not a text field.

Time and person come from the server. A later change to the invoice invalidates the approval but does not delete it, so the old stamp stays visible.

Access

Nothing works without a second factor.

Password and authenticator, the recovery codes once. Only then are clients and documents visible, for every person, including management.

Security

The books stay attributable.

Access, role and audit log apply per client. The intended storage location is Frankfurt.

Data in the EU

The intended location is a server in Frankfurt. Clients, documents and archive stay in the EU and with that client.

Processing on instruction

vorerfasst processes the bookkeeping on behalf of the firm, under Art. 28 GDPR. Responsibility for the books stays with the firm.

Roles

The bookkeeper prepares, the financial accountant reviews, C-level approves. Without that approval no bank file is created.

Mandatory 2FA

Login only with password and authenticator. Recovery codes are issued once, and only then are clients and documents visible.

Audit log

Import, approval and export record person and time. The approval stays as its own list and is not overwritten.

Login

The password is stored only as a hash. The session is signed and ends after twelve hours.

The foundation

Built in Vienna. Hosted in Europe. In six formats.

No direct access to someone else's books, no guessed tax rates, no interface that quietly pulls data. Four things carry this.

Origin

A company in Klosterneuburg

Developed and operated in Austria, under Austrian and European law. Support in German and English, by the people who wrote the code.

Location

Servers in Frankfurt

Clients, documents and archive stay in the EU. Every file stays attached to its client, including in the archive.

Formats

Six target formats, checked

EXTF for DATEV, Satzart 0 for BMD, a euro file for RZL, the same DATEV file for Lexware and Sage 50, DTW for SAP Business One.

Trail

Stamp, checksum, audit log

Every approval carries person and server time. Every archive entry carries its SHA-256. Import, approval and export sit in the audit log.

GDPRMandatory 2FAServer stampSHA-256Seven yearsData in the EU
Pricing

Accounting and financial reporting

One price per plan, every target format included. No setup fee, no price per document, no surcharge per client.

vorerfasst

Monthly plans

Accounting
€99.99
/ per month
monthly,
plus VAT

Double-entry bookkeeping as the base: a debit and credit journal, monthly and annual reports, export to all six target formats.

  • 500 journal lines per month
  • Debit and credit journal
  • Monthly and annual reports
  • BMD, RZL, DATEV, Lexware, Sage 50, SAP B1
  • Every feature of the higher plans can be switched on

Preparatory bookkeeping, not tax or legal advice.

Accounting PlusMost booked
€199.99
/ per month
monthly,
plus VAT

Accounting with documents: upload the paperwork, have it read and attach it to the matching line.

  • 1,500 journal lines per month
  • Everything in vorerfasst Accounting included
  • Document storage 500 MB, encrypted in the EU
  • Documents are read on upload, the matching line is proposed
  • Storage with document number for review and tax advice
  • Up to 55 % less time than manual booking

Preparatory bookkeeping, not tax or legal advice.

Accounting Super Plus
€399.99
/ per month
monthly,
plus VAT

For trade and large document volumes: more room for documents, journal lines without a fixed limit (fair use).

  • Everything in vorerfasst Accounting included
  • Journal lines without a fixed limit (fair use)
  • Document storage 2 GB, encrypted in the EU
  • Documents are read on upload, the matching line is proposed
  • Storage with document number for review and tax advice
  • Up to 55 % less time than manual booking

Preparatory bookkeeping, not tax or legal advice.

Additional services

One-time and yearly

System switch
€1,499.99
once per client,
net, plus VAT

Store the originals, import the lists, hand out the same records as a target file: no live interface.

  • Originals from BMD, RZL, DATEV, Lexware, Sage 50 or SAP B1 into the archive
  • Journal, open items and bank statement as opening records
  • Thirty routes between six systems, each with its own explanation
  • Target file as EXTF, Satzart 0, a euro file or DTW
  • Trial run in the target system, no guessed tax rates
  • One-time price, no subscription

Explain all thirty switches

Archiving
€199.99
per year and client,
net, plus VAT

Originals, documents and exports stay attached to the client: seven years, in the EU.

  • Imported lists, documents and approved exports
  • Every entry with SHA-256, type, source and size
  • Documents hang on the open item
  • Intended location Frankfurt, client separation
  • Seven years of retention while the year is paid
  • Yearly, cancellable per client

Explain archiving

All prices in detail

Cost calculator

Time and cost from your own numbers.

Documents, minutes and an hourly rate of 60 €. The minutes with vorerfasst are your assumption, not ours.

The minutes with vorerfasst are your assumption. The hourly rate in the calculation is 60 €.

Today37.5 hours2.250,00 € per month
With vorerfasst25 hours1.500,00 € per month
Saving on this assumption750,00 €33.3 % of the time, per month

The archive costs €199.99 per year, which is €16.67 per month. The switch costs €1,499.99 once.

An indicative calculation from your numbers: it does not say how much time really falls away in your firm.

Questions

What firms ask first.

What goes in?

Three CSV lists: journal, open items and bank statement. The personal accounts from the journal are your customer and vendor master data, and the bank posting takes its account from the journal.

What comes out?

One posting batch. DATEV, Lexware and Sage 50 read the same EXTF file. BMD gets Satzart 0, RZL the euro file, SAP Business One the DTW file.

Does vorerfasst invent a tax rate?

No. If none is in the line, the field stays empty. An amount with a tax rate counts as gross.

How is the approval traceable?

Every approval writes a new line with person and server time, in Vienna, and the history is never overwritten. The matrix sets how many people approve up to which amount. Reminder, payment and the export of open items wait for a valid stamp.

Do I need an interface into the program?

No. You download the CSV and import it into DATEV, Lexware, Sage, BMD, RZL or SAP Business One. The trial run happens in the target program first.

Where is the data?

On the server of this installation, intended for Frankfurt in the EU. The files of a client stay attached to that client, and login requires password and authenticator.

Who processes the bookkeeping?

vorerfasst does, on behalf of the firm, under Art. 28 GDPR. Responsibility for the books stays with the firm.

Open roles

We hire ourselves, not through agencies.

Three roles are open. Anyone who has produced a DATEV file knows why that is a role of its own.

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The next list can go out today.

Set up the office, switch on the second factor and load a CSV. The rest shows up on the first run.

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