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German DATEV Payroll fields

Discover essential German DATEV payroll fields and enhance your understanding of payroll processing and compliance in Germany.

If your company has a German legal entity, you can collect the information required for DATEV payroll directly during employee onboarding.


 

Overview

This functionality allows companies with a German legal entity to collect German payroll information during the Personal Information onboarding task. The onboarding experience includes four new categories of payroll fields:

  • Permits and certificates
  • Insurance and contribution yype
  • Taxes and deductions
  • Work activity


These categories are only displayed for companies with a German legal entity or for employees associated with a German legal entity. The same conditions apply to both the admin configuration and the employee-facing onboarding experience.

This feature should be used when your organisation needs to collect German payroll information for new hire.

 

 

How to use

Configure the onboarding workflow

  1. In your sidebar, go to Workflows
  2. Open the Onboarding workflow
  3. Create a new onboarding workflow or edit an existing one
  4. In the Configuration tab within the workflow, click on Add task
  5. In the first step, select Personal information
  6. If your company has a German legal entity, the following sections are available:
    • Permits and certificates
    • Insurance and contribution type
    • Taxes and deductions
    • Work activity
  7. Configure the fields you want employees to complete during onboarding
  8. Save your changes

 

Complete the onboarding task as an employee

  1. Open your onboarding tasks
  2. Access the Personal Information task
  3. Complete the required DATEV payroll fields
  4. Submit the task

If the DATEV payroll sections do not appear during onboarding, verify that:

  • The company has a German legal entity
  • The employee is assigned to a German legal entity
  • The Personal Information task is included in the onboarding workflow
 

 

Tips and best practices

  • Ensure employees are assigned to the correct German legal entity before starting onboarding so the DATEV fields are displayed
  • Review the required payroll information before sending onboarding tasks to reduce incomplete submissions
  • If you use integrations, keep payroll data synchronised by using the Public API endpoints consistently
 

 

FAQ

  1. Are the DATEV payroll fields available for all companies?
    No. These fields are only available for companies with a German legal entity or for employees assigned to a German legal entity.
     

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