WooCommerce has no order export for bookkeeping. This plugin adds a page under WooCommerce DATEV-Export where you pick a month and either send its orders to buchungsstapel.de with one click, or download them as one CSV file: one row per order with net amounts and tax per line item, shipping, fees, and refunds with their dates.
Direct sending (new in 1.1): paste the upload link of your client at buchungsstapel.de once, then click An Buchungsstapel senden — or switch on automatic sending, which sends the previous month at the start of each month. The DATEV file arrives by email at the buchungsstapel.de account (you or your tax advisor).
The external service buchungsstapel.de produces the DATEV posting batch (an EXTF file) that a German tax advisor imports directly into DATEV Rechnungswesen:
- one posting per tax rate and order (19 %, 7 %, export, EU B2B reverse charge, OSS with destination country and rate)
- shipping follows the goods, gift card sales are booked as liabilities, refunds carry their real date
- clearing accounts per payment method (PayPal, other), SKR03 or SKR04
- a preview with totals per account and every caveat before the file goes to the accountant
The plugin’s admin page is written in German, because DATEV bookkeeping is a German-market topic.
What the plugin does not do
- It sends nothing until you connect it. After that it sends only when you click An Buchungsstapel senden or switch on automatic sending. The CSV download never sends anything.
- It does not post anything and does not replace a tax advisor.
- Payment fees (PayPal, Stripe) and the customer’s VAT ID are not part of WooCommerce orders and therefore not in the file.
External service
This plugin connects to buchungsstapel.de (Universal Exporters LLC), the service that converts the orders into a DATEV posting batch. The service is paid (monthly subscription, 14-day free trial); the CSV download works without it and opens in any spreadsheet.
What is sent, and when: only after you paste an upload link, and only when you click An Buchungsstapel senden or have automatic sending switched on (once a month, previous month). The plugin then sends that month’s orders over HTTPS to https://buchungsstapel.de/api/v1/upload/ — order number, dates, status, amounts and tax per line item, shipping, fees, refunds, payment method, billing/shipping name, company and country. Customer email addresses are not sent. The request carries the version numbers of the plugin, WordPress, WooCommerce and PHP (for support), not the site address. buchungsstapel.de processes the orders in memory, emails the DATEV file to the account holder and does not store the orders. Service privacy policy and terms: buchungsstapel.de/privacy, buchungsstapel.de/terms.
Trademarks
Buchungsstapel and buchungsstapel.de are operated by Universal Exporters LLC, the author of this plugin. DATEV is a registered trademark of DATEV eG, Nuremberg. WooCommerce is a trademark of Automattic Inc. This plugin is an independent product and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by DATEV eG or Automattic.
Screenshots
WooCommerce → DATEV-Export after sending September: orders, refunds and postings sent, one note (PayPal fee not in the order data), automatic sending switched on.