Using the DATEV software, you will acquire specialist knowledge in the implementation of financial accounting processes as well as in the area of tax law and business taxation. First, you will learn how to apply processes in the areas of client and account master data as well as evaluations and annual financial statements. The various types of tax and an introduction to taxation and general tax law are then taught. An insight into the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in a professional environment rounds off the course.
In this course, you will work practically with the on-premise programs of DATEV eG; selected content from the DATEV Students online learning platform will also be integrated to deepen your knowledge.
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Certificates: DATEV certificate "DATEV financial accounting user"
DATEV training partner certificates of attendance -
Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeiten mit Abschlusspräsentationen
DATEV-Anwender Finanzbuchführung (Eine Anmeldung über das Lernportal „DATEV Students online“ ist für die Zertifizierungsvorbereitung obligatorisch.) -
Teaching Times: Full-timeMonday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
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Language of Instruction: German
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Duration: 8 Weeks
Financial accounting with DATEV
Client master data (full-time approx. 1 day/part-time approx. 2 days)
Creation of a new client
Importing, saving and managing client data
Account master data (full-time approx. 3 days/part-time approx. 6 days)
From chart of accounts to chart of accounts
Account functions
Creating individual accounts
Creating and managing current accounts
Account assignment of sample documents according to SKR03 or SKR04
Posting (full-time approx. 6 days/part-time approx. 12 days)
Posting according to the DATEV posting logic
Posting digital documents
Posting with automatic accounts and tax keys
Working with posting batches, batch management and fixing
Dialog postings and batch postings
Allocation and split postings
Reversal postings / general reversal in DATEV
Posting intra-community deliveries and acquisitions
Posting for third country transactions
Posting by company code (incoming and outgoing invoices, bank, cash register)
Posting lists and error control
Overview of the invoice automation service (ASR) and bank automation service (ASB)
Financial accounting evaluations (full-time approx. 2 days/part-time 4 days)
Primanota and journal
Totals and balances list
Open item management (posting invoices and payments, OP clearing)
Advance sales tax return
Small business regulation (§ 19 UStG) and special reporting procedure (§ 19a UStG)
Summary report (ZM)
Business analyses (BWA)
Controlling report
AI-supported analysis of evaluations
Year-end closing (full-time approx. 3 days/part-time approx. 6 days)
Closing entries
Balance sheet and profit and loss account
Statement of fixed assets
Annual financial statement evaluations
Printing and providing evaluations
Depreciation options: declining balance depreciation, special depreciation rules for electric vehicles
AI-supported preparation, documentation and quality assurance in the annual financial statement process
Special features (full-time approx. 1 day/part-time approx. 2 days)
Integration with wages and salaries
Integration with asset accounting (ANLAG)
Interfaces and data transfer
Digital collaboration between law firm and client (full-time approx. 1 day/part-time approx. 2 days)
Overview of DATEV Unternehmen online in financial accounting
Setting up document posting
Posting digital receipts and posting payments
Evaluations in accounting
Overview of e-invoicing (ASR and ASB)
MyDATEV Kanzlei at a glance
Project work, certification preparation (via the DATEV Students online platform) and certification exam "DATEV-Anwender Finanzbuchführung" (full-time approx. 3 days/part-time approx. 6 days)
Tax law and business taxation with DATEV
Introduction to Taxation (approx. 0.5 days)
Classification of Taxes
Sources of Law (Tax Laws,
implementing regulations,
administrative directives)
AI in the Day-to-Day Operations of a Tax Practice: Overview and Basic Principles
Tax Code (approx. 2 days)
Fundamentals of the German Tax Code
Legal Basis of the AO
Jurisdiction of the Tax Offices
Administrative Acts, Deadlines, and Dates
Tax Obligations, Taxpayers
Bookkeeping, Record-Keeping, and Tax Return Filing Requirements
Tax returns, tax assessment notices, tax assessments
Appeals and Objections
AI-Assisted Research on Tax Law Issues
Valuation Act (approx. 1 day)
Fundamentals of the Valuation Act
Uniform Valuation
Market Value Assessment
Asset Value Method
Comparable Sales Approach
Income Approach
Recording and Calculating Income Tax with DATEV (approx. 5 days)
Fundamentals and Legal Basis of Income Tax
Personal and Substantive Tax Liability
Determining taxable income
Forms and attachments for the income tax return in DATEV
DATEV Income Tax Program Structure
Creating a New Client in DATEV Income Tax
New Depreciation Options Under the 2025 Immediate Investment Program
AI-powered document entry with preliminary posting suggestions: How it works and real-world examples
Separate and Uniform Assessment (approx. 0.5 days)
Fundamentals of Separate and Uniform Assessment
GuE Forms and Attachments in DATEV
Recording and Calculating Corporate Income Tax with DATEV (approx. 3 days)
Basics of Corporate Income Tax
Legal Basis for Corporate Income Tax, Tax Liability
Determining taxable income
Forms, Attachments, and Program Structure in DATEV Corporate Income Tax
Tax-related workflows when preparing the annual financial statements with DATEV
Transferring Data from the Annual Financial Statements for Corporate Income Tax Purposes
Income Tax (approx. 1 day)
Basics and Definitions
Payroll Tax Withholding, Flat-Rate Payroll Tax
Income Tax Brackets
Income Tax Return
Trade Tax (approx. 2 days)
Fundamentals and Legal Basis of Business Tax, Tax Liability
Tax Bases
Calculation of Trade Tax
Forms and Attachments for the Trade Tax Return in DATEV
Understanding the DATEV Trade Tax Program Structure
Value-Added Tax (approx. 3 days)
Fundamentals and Legal Sources of Value-Added Tax
Taxable Transactions (Exchange of Services, Intra-Community Acquisitions, Imports), Tax Exemptions, Place of Supply
Tax Base, Tax Rates, Invoices, Input Tax Deduction
Tax Liability and Taxpayers
Value-Added Tax Advance Return and Advance Payment, Permanent Extension of the Filing Deadline
Taxation of Small Businesses (Section 19 of the Value-Added Tax Act) and Cross-Border Reporting Procedure (Section 19a of the Value-Added Tax Act)
Forms, attachments, and program structure in DATEV Sales Tax
Project work (approx. 2 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Changes are possible, the course content is updated regularly.
The course provides a systematic introduction to financial accounting with DATEV. You will learn how to securely record, digitally process and evaluate accounting transactions and how to use central DATEV functions in your everyday work.
The course also offers you a systematic introduction to tax law and business taxation. You will acquire in-depth knowledge of company-related taxation and the legal foundations. Everything is considered in a practical way and in the context of the overall business management of a company and explained using the DATEV software.
The course is aimed at all persons with commercial or legal training, persons from financial accounting and bookkeeping, tax consultants, auditors, entrepreneurs and law firm employees.
With your newly acquired knowledge and skills, you will improve your career opportunities across all sectors. Bookkeeping and accounting specialists are in demand from companies in industry, trade, services and finance: according to the manufacturer, around 2.5 million medium-sized German companies rely on DATEV's information services.
In addition, companies today rely on employees who are very familiar with the current, often confusing and complicated tax law.
Didactic concept
Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).
You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.
Virtual classroom alfaview®
Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.
The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).