GoBD Data Extract for German Tax Audits
The GoBD data extract (“Z3” direct data access) for German tax audits — generated directly from the postings in your NetSuite account, with no detour through external tools.
NetSuite does ship a GoBD extract, but it can only cut whole accounting periods. If your account runs on a global 4-4-5 calendar, the German fiscal year does not align with those periods — and the standard export returns the wrong transactions at the year boundaries. This plug-in closes exactly that gap: it builds the audit package date-based, precisely for your fiscal year.
Selection works with freely chosen start and end dates. Opening balances are computed fiscal-year-aware — P&L accounts accumulate from the configured fiscal-year start, and everything before it is rolled into retained earnings. 52/53-week years and short fiscal years are covered as well.
Key features:
Accounting journal with DATEV-style columns — document date, account, contra account, debit/credit indicator, amount, memo, business partner. Auditors keep working with their familiar routines.
Trial balance (Summen- & Saldenliste) with opening balances, period movements and closing balances — consistent with the journal, from the same data basis.
Freely definable fiscal year — exports exactly your German fiscal year, even if the account runs on a global 4-4-5 calendar.
Built-in reconciliation check: journal and trial balance are reconciled account by account — on any mismatch, nothing is delivered.
Reporting by subsidiary and accounting book — a fit for multi-subsidiary and multi-book structures.
Background export to the File Cabinet — timestamped per run, downloads only with NetSuite login, completion e-mail.
Guided setup inside NetSuite, so export folder, accounting book and fiscal years are configured in minutes.
No data exports, no third-party systems, no manual rework — the audit package is built directly on the postings in your NetSuite account.