Intra-Community Trade Declaration System / Help with online declaration

  1. 1 IDEV intra-Community trade declaration system
    1. 1.1 IDEV system requirements
    2. 1.2 IDEV Login
    3. 1.3 Registering for the IDEV online declaration of intra-Community trade data
    4. 1.4 IDEV main menu options (User Interface)
    5. 1.5 First steps after logging
    6. 1.6 Protection of data
  3. 2 General information about intra-Community trade
    1. 2.1 Current news
    2. 2.2 Aids and useful documents
    3. 2.3 Changes to foreign trade statistics from 2022
  5. 3 Form declaration for intra-Community trade statistics
    1. 3.1 CSV imports
  7. 4 Form declaration by third parties for intra-Community trade statistics
  8. 5 Correction of intra-Community trade statistics
    1. 5.1 Correction form
    2. 5.2 Replace or cancel of a File declaration via the Report history
    3. 5.3 Correcting of a Form declaration via the Report history
  10. 6 File declaration for intra-Community trade statistics
    1. 6.1 File declarations in INSTAT/XML format
    2. 6.2 eSTATISTIK.core file declaration
    3. 6.3 Deadlines
  12. 7 The IDES Intra-Community Trade Data Capture Software
  13. 8 Index (IDEV intra-Community trade declaration system)
    1. A
    2. B-C
    3. D
    4. E
    5. F-G
    6. H-J
    7. K-L
    8. M
    9. N-O
    10. P-Q
    11. R
    12. S
    13. T
    14. U-V
    15. W-X
  15. 9 Application for simplified reporting
  16. 10 Frequently Asked Questions and answers regarding the collection of intra-Community trade data
    1. 10.1 Principles of the obligation to provide information
    2. 10.2 Questions regarding the obligation to provide information about intra-Community trade
    3. 10.3 Questions about the transmission of intra-Community trade data
    4. 10.4 Questions about replacement of file declaration in ASCII format
  18. 11 Contacts for information on foreign trade

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Federal Central Tax Office

Please contact the Bundeszentralamt für Steuern (Federal Central Tax Office), Ahornweg 1-3 in 66740 Saarlouis, tel: +49 228 406 1222 / fax: +49 228 406 3801, for any questions regarding the VAT identification number (USt-IdNr.).

More information on this issue is provided by the Federal Central Tax Office on the internet at http://www.bzst.bund.de.

See also VAT identification number.

 

File declaration

See File declaration for intra-Community trade statistics, Chapter 6.

 

File formats

XML files (.XML extension) compiled in accordance with the data record description for INSTAT/XML or the supply agreement for STATISTIK.core

Declaration files (.WCR extension) produced with the help of the IDES Intra-Community Trade Data Capture Software.

 

File name

The file name comprises the material code assigned by the Federal Statistical Office; see also "Material code".

 

Foreign trade statistics

The foreign trade statistics provide information on the cross-border trading of goods between the Federal Republic of Germany and foreign countries.

 

Forwarding agent

See "Declaring third party"

 

Gelangensbestätigung (confirmation that the goods/articles concerned have left the German tax territory)

The local tax office responsible for your company's tax matters will provide you with more details on the so-called Gelangensbestätigung, which is a prerequisite for supplies of goods/articles to foreign businesses that are invoiced without VAT. Actually, this is not a matter the Federal Statistical Office is responsible for.

 

German Federal State of destination / Region of destination

The code to be indicated is the code of the Land within the Federal Republic of Germany where the arriving goods are intended to remain and are to be used or consumed, or treated. If, at the time of submitting the declaration, it is not yet known where the goods will eventually remain, the Land must be indicated where the goods were routed to or put on the market (for the moment).As for goods destined for a foreign country, code 25 should be entered.

See the Current version of the Country Nomenclature (only in the German language) for the External Trade Statistics.

 

German Federal State of origin / Region of origin

The German Federal State of origin is the Land within the Federal Republic of Germany where the goods were produced, mounted, assembled or treated. Enter the Land code for goods with German origin. If the actual region of origin is not known, the code of the Land where the goods were dispatched or put on the market must be entered. As for goods with foreign origin, code "99" must be entered.

See the Current version of the Country Nomenclature (only in the German language) for the External Trade Statistics.