✅ Who Can Use Accountable
Accountable supports most self-employed professionals in Germany.
You can use the app if you’re registered as:
Freiberufler
Gewerbetreibender
Kleinunternehmer or subject to VAT
GbR - Accountable supports GbR for bookkeeping, invoicing, and VAT, but not for income tax declarations. 📂 Read more about how GbR works with Accountable
⚠️ Special Cases
You can still use Accountable with two or more different tax numbers, but you’ll need to create one separate account per tax number.
❌ Accountable currently doesn’t support:
Companies such as GmbH or UG
Double-entry bookkeeping and balance sheet accounting (Accountable is designed for the simple profit and loss statement and does not support complex accounting systems)
Registered and unregistered associations
Special tax regimes like the Differential Taxation scheme (e.g. car dealers who buy and resell used cars)
Foreign VAT rates in invoices, OSS or IOSS declarations for sales abroad (e.g. e-commerce sellers outside Germany). 📂 Learn more about that here.
📄 Income Tax with Accountable
Accountable helps you prepare and send your income tax declaration directly to the tax office from the app.
We cover most common self-employed situations, though some private or complex cases aren’t yet supported.
✅ Included Cases
Normal sales of goods or services (even to clients abroad)
Income from employment and self-employment
Joint income tax declarations (if your spouse is employed in Germany)
Families with kids under 18 (with or without Kindergeld)
Income from unemployment (ALG 1), parental allowance, sickness benefits, etc.
Deductions for:
Health and pension insurance
Donations
Home-related services
Employee flat rate (€1,230) or higher actual expenses
Investment income (over €1,000, Anlage KAP)
❌ Excluded Cases
For these, you can still file directly on Elster or with a tax advisor:
Pension income (Anlage R, R-AUS, R-AV/bAV, AV)
Agriculture and forestry (Anlage L)
Rental property (Anlage FW, Anlage V)
International income (Anlage N-AUS)
Alimony (Anlage Unterhalt)
Patchwork families or dependents outside the household
Single parents
Investments in green energy (Anlage Energetische Maßnahmen)
Special medical costs (Anlage Außergewöhnliche Belastungen)
Income from partnerships or limited companies (GbR, GmbH, UG, OHG, KG, AG)
Loss carryforward (Verlustvortrag)
Foreign insurances (health, pension)
Limited taxpayers not residing in Germany
Both partners self-employed
💡 Summary
You can use Accountable with two tax numbers - just create one account per tax number.
For everything else, we’re here to make your tax life simple, clear, and stress-free.
Don’t hesitate to contact us whenever you have a question
at tax-coach@accountable.eu - we’re here to help and guide you further. 😊