29.04.2024
Newsletter #012 — Value Added Tech


Hey 👋
Happy Monday - welcome to the 12th edition of Value Added Tech! I have some exciting news, tips, links, reads and jobs for you. Just follow along:
📰 TaxTech News
My very own articles about the latest news. This month: Covering Taxefy, Blockpit and TaxBit.
⚡️ Reduced News
My section to keep you up to date in the TaxTech world with the latest. Condensed to the minimum. There are eleven news stories waiting for you.
🚀 Shooting Stars
Where I introduce you to (new) startups, hidden champions and/or new TaxTech tools. This month: Some US-based tools for the self-employed and, most notably, Plutus, helping German UGs/GmbHs with their bookkeeping.
🎙️ Tax Speaking
The section for sound frequencies and moving images: TaxTech podcasts and videos with CNBC and Taxdoo.
👩💻 TaxTech Jobs
As always: some new TaxTech jobs with opportunities at Candis, RIDE, sevDesk and Taxdoo. Read more below.
☕️ Your Weekly Dose
Lots to read. Long-form articles. All TaxTech. 100%.
📠 Old News
The last newsletter — in case you missed it 👀
Please contact me directly via mail or LinkedIn if you would like to read about a particular topic, have a (secret) tip, want to publish your own TaxTech-related article, advertise or just want to get in touch.
Happy reading,
Dennis from TaxTech News 💜
📢
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TaxTech News
Newsletter #012 — Value Added TechHappy Monday - welcome to the 12th edition of Value Added Tech! I have some exciting news, tips, links, reads and jobs for you. Just follow alongRead More →29 Apr 2024
Austrian tax filing app Taxefy® back on track? A new update and a new partner tax advisory would make you think soIn October 2023, TaxTech News summarised the rather bad situation Taxefy found itself in. Since then, many changes have been made to enable Taxefy to resume the submission of its clients' tax returnsRead More →7 Apr 2024
Blockpit AG enters into partnership with TaxBit, which is expanding into EuropeOn April 2nd, 2024, US-based TaxBit announced in a blog post that it is expanding to the European continent, where it will join forces with Austrian-based BlockpitRead More →7 Apr 2024
⚡️
Reduced News
Taxefy (🇦🇹): Chamber sues Viennese startup - with bizarre timing [🇩🇪] | Dominik Perlaki, Brutkasten (April 25th, 2024)
Automated processing of tax assessments with milia.AI [🇩🇪] | milia.io, LinkedIn (days ago)
CHECK24 (🇩🇪) just bundled a free income tax into their platform [🏴] | Paul H., LinkedIn (a week ago)
Using ChatGPT correctly in tax consultancies: 2nd edition of the ChatGPT basic work published [🇩🇪] | tax-tech.de (April 17th, 2024)
All-in.tax as new German platform for the alliance of innovators in the tax consultancy sector [🇩🇪] | All-in.tax (April 11th, 2024)
TaxDown (🇪🇸) raises €5 million to transform the tax sector in Spain and Latin America [🏴] | Cate Lawrence, Tech.eu (April 11th, 2024)
Haufe Group (🇩🇪) presents new corporate design and positions itself as a strong umbrella brand [🏴] | Haufe Group (April 10th, 2024)
Moss (🇩🇪) Partners with Deel (🇺🇸) to boost SMB Efficiency [🏴] | Moss (April 10th, 2024)
New Tax-KI Community [🇩🇪] | Tax-KI Community (April 8th, 2024)
DivTax (🇩🇪) announces new partnership with DivvyDiary (🇩🇪) [🏴] | DivTax, LinkedIn (weeks ago)
New TaxTech platform tax&bytes coming soon [🇩🇪] | Götz Kümmerle, LinkedIn (weeks ago)
🚀
Shooting Stars
One platform to power your business
DATEV E-Rechnungsplattform & DATEV E-Rechnungsschreibung (🇩🇪)
Pilot phase: Software solution for e-invoices, especially for small companies
The tax system is not designed for the self-employed to succeed, but Formations is
We filter AI tools for you so you don't have to
Automated taxes and accounting for your business-of-one
The search for the right tool can be time-consuming. Not with My TaxTechTool
Automate your business taxes and save up to 70% compared to a tax advisor
Dare to be a digital accountant and automate the taxes of your individual clients
🎙️
Tax Speaking
📺
9am [🏴]
Freelance Unlocked - Tino Keller - How To Be Careful With Your Taxes
📺
CNBC Crypto World [🇺🇸]
IRS’ criminal investigation chief says agency prepared for crypto tax crimes
📺
Taxdoo [🇩🇪]
Auf einen Schnack – #3 Deciding means doing without.
👩💻
TaxTech Jobs
Candis 🇩🇪 SAP Business One Subject Matter Expert (SME)
RIDE 🇩🇪 DATEV Specialist
sevDesk 🇩🇪 Buchhaltungsexperte / Berater Buchhaltung
sevDesk 🇩🇪 Buchhaltungsexperte - Customer Success
sevDesk 🇩🇪 Director Product
Taxdoo 🇩🇪 Senior Product Designer
For the full overview of all job opportunities, click here.
☕️
Your Weekly Dose
April 21st, 2024
Dr. Roger Gothmann, LinkedIn
Tax office stops app, ordoliberalism & Gordon Gekko [🇩🇪]
When does regulation slow down innovation and when can regulation be a springboard for innovation?
April 15th, 2024
Karsten Zunke, Haufe
Between euphoria and caution: AI tools in tax consulting [🇩🇪]
Software providers are increasingly integrating AI functionalities into their solutions. While this automation takes place ‘on the fly’, AI can also be used separately to optimise processes in day-to-day tax consulting. But this also harbours pitfalls
April 15th, 2024
Emma Roth, The Verge
Senator Elizabeth Warren claims TurboTax ‘relentlessly’ upsells customers in letter to FTC [🇺🇸]
Senator Warren says Intuit TurboTax ‘deserves’ the FTC’s scrutiny
April 9th, 2024
Johannes Franz, Haufe
E-invoicing: opportunity and challenge for tax consultancies [🇩🇪]
On 1 January 2025, e-invoicing will be introduced in the B2B sector in Germany. Tax firms have a key role to play in the introduction. They must prepare themselves and their clients for the new obligation. Given the short time available, a systematic approach is crucial. In addition to the technical requirements, the impact on the business model must also be taken into account
March 27th, 2024
Gino Dossche, Deirdre Hogan & Sanjeev Fernandez, EY Global
Four steps to take now to meet the evolving e-invoicing regulations [🏴]
Complexities are arising from the different e-invoicing requirements and timings worldwide
August 24th, 2023
Prof. Dr. Robert Mayr, DATEV magazin
The digitalisation booster [🇩🇪]
E-invoicing has been mandatory for public administration for several years. New requirements in the B2B sector could ensure that the establishment of digital processes in companies receives a new boost
At some point in time
Rogier Habets, PwC NL
In 2016, Rogier joined PwC as a tax trainee without a tax background. Recently, he became manager and is now involved in mergers, acquisitions, and deals. "When it comes to tax related client issues, the answer is never black and white, similarly to my study in political sciences."
At some point in time
WTS
Everyone is talking about AI applications at the moment. But what are the reasons why intelligent software solutions and modern technologies such as ChatGPT from OpenAI have become so popular in such a short space of time?
📠
Old News
Newsletter #012 — Value Added Tech
Happy Monday - welcome to the 12th edition of Value Added Tech! I have some exciting news, tips, links, reads and jobs for you. Just follow along
29 Apr 2024
That is all I have for you today. For any feedback, please head over to my Contact page. To follow TaxTech News directly for the latest news, have a look at LinkedIn.
Made with 💜 in Berlin
You can expect the 13th edition of Value Added Tech on May 27th, 2024.
⚠️ Despite careful preparation, I am not liable for the content of this newsletter. Until a legally binding verdict is reached, the presumption of innocence always applies. For further information, please check the respective referenced sources. For further reference, see the Site Notice and Privacy Policy.
Hey 👋
Happy Monday - welcome to the 12th edition of Value Added Tech! I have some exciting news, tips, links, reads and jobs for you. Just follow along:
📰 TaxTech News
My very own articles about the latest news. This month: Covering Taxefy, Blockpit and TaxBit.
⚡️ Reduced News
My section to keep you up to date in the TaxTech world with the latest. Condensed to the minimum. There are eleven news stories waiting for you.
🚀 Shooting Stars
Where I introduce you to (new) startups, hidden champions and/or new TaxTech tools. This month: Some US-based tools for the self-employed and, most notably, Plutus, helping German UGs/GmbHs with their bookkeeping.
🎙️ Tax Speaking
The section for sound frequencies and moving images: TaxTech podcasts and videos with CNBC and Taxdoo.
👩💻 TaxTech Jobs
As always: some new TaxTech jobs with opportunities at Candis, RIDE, sevDesk and Taxdoo. Read more below.
☕️ Your Weekly Dose
Lots to read. Long-form articles. All TaxTech. 100%.
📠 Old News
The last newsletter — in case you missed it 👀
Please contact me directly via mail or LinkedIn if you would like to read about a particular topic, have a (secret) tip, want to publish your own TaxTech-related article, advertise or just want to get in touch.
Happy reading,
Dennis from TaxTech News 💜
📢
Advertisement
Are you a tax advisor in Germany?
Do you have freelancers and self-employed clients?
Steuersafe can help you to quickly assess your clients' tax and insurance payments, so that your consultancy calls will be a breeze again.
📰
TaxTech News
Newsletter #012 — Value Added TechHappy Monday - welcome to the 12th edition of Value Added Tech! I have some exciting news, tips, links, reads and jobs for you. Just follow alongRead More →29 Apr 2024
Austrian tax filing app Taxefy® back on track? A new update and a new partner tax advisory would make you think soIn October 2023, TaxTech News summarised the rather bad situation Taxefy found itself in. Since then, many changes have been made to enable Taxefy to resume the submission of its clients' tax returnsRead More →7 Apr 2024
Blockpit AG enters into partnership with TaxBit, which is expanding into EuropeOn April 2nd, 2024, US-based TaxBit announced in a blog post that it is expanding to the European continent, where it will join forces with Austrian-based BlockpitRead More →7 Apr 2024
⚡️
Reduced News
Taxefy (🇦🇹): Chamber sues Viennese startup - with bizarre timing [🇩🇪] | Dominik Perlaki, Brutkasten (April 25th, 2024)
Automated processing of tax assessments with milia.AI [🇩🇪] | milia.io, LinkedIn (days ago)
CHECK24 (🇩🇪) just bundled a free income tax into their platform [🏴] | Paul H., LinkedIn (a week ago)
Using ChatGPT correctly in tax consultancies: 2nd edition of the ChatGPT basic work published [🇩🇪] | tax-tech.de (April 17th, 2024)
All-in.tax as new German platform for the alliance of innovators in the tax consultancy sector [🇩🇪] | All-in.tax (April 11th, 2024)
TaxDown (🇪🇸) raises €5 million to transform the tax sector in Spain and Latin America [🏴] | Cate Lawrence, Tech.eu (April 11th, 2024)
Haufe Group (🇩🇪) presents new corporate design and positions itself as a strong umbrella brand [🏴] | Haufe Group (April 10th, 2024)
Moss (🇩🇪) Partners with Deel (🇺🇸) to boost SMB Efficiency [🏴] | Moss (April 10th, 2024)
New Tax-KI Community [🇩🇪] | Tax-KI Community (April 8th, 2024)
DivTax (🇩🇪) announces new partnership with DivvyDiary (🇩🇪) [🏴] | DivTax, LinkedIn (weeks ago)
New TaxTech platform tax&bytes coming soon [🇩🇪] | Götz Kümmerle, LinkedIn (weeks ago)
🚀
Shooting Stars
One platform to power your business
DATEV E-Rechnungsplattform & DATEV E-Rechnungsschreibung (🇩🇪)
Pilot phase: Software solution for e-invoices, especially for small companies
The tax system is not designed for the self-employed to succeed, but Formations is
We filter AI tools for you so you don't have to
Automated taxes and accounting for your business-of-one
The search for the right tool can be time-consuming. Not with My TaxTechTool
Automate your business taxes and save up to 70% compared to a tax advisor
Dare to be a digital accountant and automate the taxes of your individual clients
🎙️
Tax Speaking
📺
9am [🏴]
Freelance Unlocked - Tino Keller - How To Be Careful With Your Taxes
📺
CNBC Crypto World [🇺🇸]
IRS’ criminal investigation chief says agency prepared for crypto tax crimes
📺
Taxdoo [🇩🇪]
Auf einen Schnack – #3 Deciding means doing without.
👩💻
TaxTech Jobs
Candis 🇩🇪 SAP Business One Subject Matter Expert (SME)
RIDE 🇩🇪 DATEV Specialist
sevDesk 🇩🇪 Buchhaltungsexperte / Berater Buchhaltung
sevDesk 🇩🇪 Buchhaltungsexperte - Customer Success
sevDesk 🇩🇪 Director Product
Taxdoo 🇩🇪 Senior Product Designer
For the full overview of all job opportunities, click here.
☕️
Your Weekly Dose
April 21st, 2024
Dr. Roger Gothmann, LinkedIn
Tax office stops app, ordoliberalism & Gordon Gekko [🇩🇪]
When does regulation slow down innovation and when can regulation be a springboard for innovation?
April 15th, 2024
Karsten Zunke, Haufe
Between euphoria and caution: AI tools in tax consulting [🇩🇪]
Software providers are increasingly integrating AI functionalities into their solutions. While this automation takes place ‘on the fly’, AI can also be used separately to optimise processes in day-to-day tax consulting. But this also harbours pitfalls
April 15th, 2024
Emma Roth, The Verge
Senator Elizabeth Warren claims TurboTax ‘relentlessly’ upsells customers in letter to FTC [🇺🇸]
Senator Warren says Intuit TurboTax ‘deserves’ the FTC’s scrutiny
April 9th, 2024
Johannes Franz, Haufe
E-invoicing: opportunity and challenge for tax consultancies [🇩🇪]
On 1 January 2025, e-invoicing will be introduced in the B2B sector in Germany. Tax firms have a key role to play in the introduction. They must prepare themselves and their clients for the new obligation. Given the short time available, a systematic approach is crucial. In addition to the technical requirements, the impact on the business model must also be taken into account
March 27th, 2024
Gino Dossche, Deirdre Hogan & Sanjeev Fernandez, EY Global
Four steps to take now to meet the evolving e-invoicing regulations [🏴]
Complexities are arising from the different e-invoicing requirements and timings worldwide
August 24th, 2023
Prof. Dr. Robert Mayr, DATEV magazin
The digitalisation booster [🇩🇪]
E-invoicing has been mandatory for public administration for several years. New requirements in the B2B sector could ensure that the establishment of digital processes in companies receives a new boost
At some point in time
Rogier Habets, PwC NL
In 2016, Rogier joined PwC as a tax trainee without a tax background. Recently, he became manager and is now involved in mergers, acquisitions, and deals. "When it comes to tax related client issues, the answer is never black and white, similarly to my study in political sciences."
At some point in time
WTS
Everyone is talking about AI applications at the moment. But what are the reasons why intelligent software solutions and modern technologies such as ChatGPT from OpenAI have become so popular in such a short space of time?
📠
Old News
Newsletter #012 — Value Added Tech
Happy Monday - welcome to the 12th edition of Value Added Tech! I have some exciting news, tips, links, reads and jobs for you. Just follow along
29 Apr 2024
That is all I have for you today. For any feedback, please head over to my Contact page. To follow TaxTech News directly for the latest news, have a look at LinkedIn.
Made with 💜 in Berlin
You can expect the 13th edition of Value Added Tech on May 27th, 2024.
⚠️ Despite careful preparation, I am not liable for the content of this newsletter. Until a legally binding verdict is reached, the presumption of innocence always applies. For further information, please check the respective referenced sources. For further reference, see the Site Notice and Privacy Policy.