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The software for your process documentation in accordance with GoBD

All success-critical processes relating to your finances are transparently and comprehensibly documented and compliant with all requirements.

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What is GoBD?

GoBD stands for "Grundsätze zur ordnungsmäßigen Führung und Aufbewahrung von Büchern, Aufzeichnungen und Unterlagen in elektronischer Form sowie zum Datenzugriff" which are the German principles for the proper maintenance and retention of books, records and documents in electronic form as well as for data access. The GoBD is a binding set of rules in Germany, which was issued by the Federal Ministry of Finance and serves to ensure proper accounting and documentation in companies, in particular with regard to the use of IT systems and the storage of tax-relevant data.

Why do companies need software for GoBD?

GoBD-compliant software ensures that companies can carry out their bookkeeping and archiving in a legally secure, efficient and transparent manner in accordance with legal requirements. It minimizes legal risks, automates processes and ensures that tax-relevant data is stored correctly and unalterably.

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Challenges without software for GoBD

Companies without GoBD-compliant software must face several challenges that involve significant risks and effort:

  • Manual implementation of GoBD requirements: Without automation, companies must manually monitor and document all accounting processes, which significantly increases the risk of errors and gaps in documentation.
  • Ensuring immutability: Companies must ensure that tax-relevant data can no longer be changed after it has been entered, which is difficult to control and prove without specialized software.
  • Traceability and transparency: Without digital support, it is difficult to design all bookings and records in such a way that they are always comprehensible and transparent for external auditors, which can lead to problems during tax audits.
  • Complex archiving and data security: Securely and properly archiving data over the legal period requires a great deal of manual effort without software and entails the risk of data loss or damage.
  • Increased administrative burden: Companies must manually create and maintain comprehensive procedural documentation in order to meet the GoBD requirements, which is very time-consuming and resource-intensive without automated processes.

GoBD procedural documentation requirements

The GoBD guidelines apply to all IT systems that record and process tax-relevant data. The aim of the GoBD guidelines is to create a uniform regulation for the storage of electronic and analog data in the media-based world. This results in certain requirements for the process landscape and its commercial processes.

  • Traceability and verifiability: for the duration of the retention period. The handling of electronic documents must be defined in the procedural documentation with regard to recording, processing, output, and storage.
  • Integrity and accuracy: All documents subject to accounting and recording requirements must be kept (including emails, email attachments, invoices, orders, etc.) and no supporting documents must be lost.
  • Order and retrievability: Documents must be filed in such a way that they can be retrieved and protected against loss.
  • Immutability: Documents must not be modifiable (PDF formats or image files are considered not modifiable).

The graphical documentation of all GoBD processes in the international standard BPMN 2.0 format is an important part of the GoBD procedural documentation and provides both employees and external auditors with a quick and detailed overview of the GoBD measures in the respective processes. By expanding processes with GoBD texts such as checklists, guidelines and IT system lists, you ensure that all commercial processes are standardized and errors are minimized.

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Overview of all GoBD risks in a dashboard

Optimize your GoBD compliance with the Aeneis BPM software

With the GoBD content module in the Aeneis BPM & GRC software, which we developed in collaboration with GoBD Direkt , you can supplement your busniess-critical processes with GoBD-relevant information. This offers you the following advantages:

  • Efficient process management: In Aeneis, one of the leading BPM tools, you have all your mission-critical business processes digitally and visually mapped in a central platform, allowing you to work on optimizing your processes in an ideal way.
  • Targeted distribution of information: Make sure that your employees receive exactly the GoBD-relevant information they need — directly in the process diagram, at just the right time.
  • Transparent process documentation: The process-based GoBD procedural documentation provides auditors and accountants with a quick and comprehensive overview of your GoBD measures, which significantly simplifies audits.
  • Clear responsibilities: With clearly defined roles, responsibilities and a fully automated internal control system (ICS), you ensure seamless GoBD compliance in your company.
  • Easy risk management: Carry out simple checks and efficiently assess risks to continuously improve your processes.
  • Basis for TaxCMS: Use GoBD in Aeneis as a solid basis for your TAX Compliance Management System (CMS) and secure your tax obligations.
  • Comprehensive IT documentation: Document IT systems, interfaces and ancillary systems comprehensively and in compliance with GoBD — supported by functions such as document versioning, historization and practical interfaces, such as to SharePoint.

Make Aeneis your central tool for GoBD compliance and benefit from efficient, transparent and secure process design.

GoBD-compliant process landscape with Aeneis

With Aeneis, you get a completely GoBD-compliant process landscape that clearly and structurally depicts your commercial processes. In the process map shown, all relevant GoBD processes are clearly presented and divided into performance-related, service-providing and comprehensive processes. Existing processes are specifically enhanced with GoBD-relevant information and, if necessary, adapted to legal requirements.

The essential GoBD processes that should be included in your procedural documentation include, for example, the processing of inboxes, deletion workflows, reminder procedures and scan processes. By using checklists, protocols and targeted documentation directly in the relevant process stages, you ensure that your employees consistently comply with the GoBD guidelines and that your organization is audit-proof at all times.

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GoBD information in the process

GoBD information directly in the process diagram

  • In your modeled commercial processes in Aeneis, an additional “GoBD” swim lane displays relevant information.
  • In every process step, employees receive all important information that must be taken into account as part of process-oriented GoBD-compliant process documentation.

Risk Management and ICS

  • Employees see transparently and comprehensibly which GoBD risks and controls are relevant and must be considered in a process.
  • In this way, legal requirements are met and at the same time potential risks are identified and managed at an early stage. Ensure holistic compliance!
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Audit-proof version history

Audit-proof documentation & archiving

  • Archive your documents digitally and in an audit-proof manner in Aeneis. Benefit from a comprehensive document management system including versioning and traceable history.
  • Integrate your documents into Aeneis via interfaces from third-party systems, such as SharePoint, and thus seamlessly connect your process management with your document management.

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Questions and answers

What does the GoBD module in Aeneis include?

GoBD is a content module in Aeneis, i.e. both process maps and GoBD procedural documentation texts are included. In addition, direct process diagram extensions, including additional swimlanes with GoBD content, are provided. Furthermore, a separate GoBD area is integrated into the Risk Management app, where all GoBD-relevant risks, controls and documents can be viewed and monitored.

Is the GoBD module in Aeneis recognized by auditors?

Yes. The module is based on cooperation between experienced tax consultants and intellior GmbH. The content provided as well as the expertise/experience has been tried and tested and easily withstands operational and financial audits.

Does the GoBD module in Aeneis completely replace the classic “Word documentation”?

Yes, the module completely replaces the classic GoBD word documentation. This also applies to all process documentation, such as ISO9001, which you map with the Aeneis modules.

Is the complete procedural documentation provided as a report in Aeneis?

Yes. The procedural documentation can be created as a printed report in Aeneis. However, since all GoBD processes and the associated GoBD measures are in digital form in Aeneis, a print report is generally not necessary.

Your benefits with the GoBD module in the Aeneis BPM software

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Audit security

All tax-relevant information is archived completely, unalterably and comprehensibly at all times and ready to hand for tax audits.

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GoBD compliance

All GoBD-relevant processes comply with legal requirements, which minimizes the risk of violations and penalties.

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Increased efficiency

By standardizing GoBD-relevant processes.

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Reduction of errors

Fewer errors in data collection,
processing and archiving through predefined workflows and processes.

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Transparency & traceability

Through comprehensive logging and reporting functions, which are particularly useful in audits.

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Cost savings

By reducing the need for manual controls and administrative tasks, resulting in a leaner and cost-effective audit.

Customer stories about the impact of Aeneis on their day-to-day operations

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“We design our process management from functional documentation to an instrument for overall process control. In doing so, we transform our document management system into a lively, always up-to-date process management system and implement the regulatory requirements in Aeneis in a legally secure and digital manner. A core element of this is, for example, the connection of the policy structure with a customer and value-added oriented process structure. ”

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“It is particularly valuable for us that Aeneis optimally supports TRILUX's Simplify philosophy: Our employees have easy access to all relevant processes, which results in significantly improved collaboration.
In addition, we can effectively map all touchpoints with our customers and their dependencies in order to align our processes even better with customer needs. ”

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“Before implementing Aeneids, there was no uniform process model in our company. Our goal was to create a central port for all business areas and management systems, supported by a uniform process model. By using Aeneis as BPM and GRC software, we can digitize our processes in a validated environment and integrate them into a central platform. This enables us to consolidate our global business processes and management systems and laid the foundation for merging the process-supporting application structure. ”

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In the past, data maintenance was cumbersome and paper-based. With Aeneis, we have significantly reduced effort, simplified complexity and can now fully concentrate on our actual profession again. Aeneis combines all the important functions we need: process descriptions, risk management, audits, error reporting systems, and much more. The big advantage is that we can adapt it exactly to our structures and needs, which is often not possible with other solutions.

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“Until 12 years ago, we had not documented any processes, just a few work instructions and a few organizational guidelines. Then we got to know Aeneis through an external consultant. With Aeneis as BPM software, we have now mapped our key business processes and organizational structure and integrated everything into a central quality management system down to employee level. This is fully accessible to all our employees and integrated into our existing intranet. The GoToMarket process, which is very important to us, forms the core of documenting our process organization and the organizational chart, which is very conveniently structured in Aeneis, provides guidance about our organizational structure. ”

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“We didn't have any process documentation before, just a few instructions and forms. But then, as part of further training, we got to know another company that had already successfully used the system. With Aeneis as BPM and GRC software, we have now documented our processes and integrated them together with our documents, instructions and forms into a central management system. This led to improved knowledge of processes and cooperation and thus to fewer frictional losses and extra work. ”

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“In the Infraserv Höchst Group, I worked for over 15 years as a responsible coordinator for process management and as a management representative responsible for the PRISMA integrated management system (software Aeneis) and the associated certifications. Aeneis has given us the flexibility to successfully implement the many requirements with an integrated management system and to be 'compliant'. The modules offered or our own customizing provided us with very good support.”

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Bernd Hientzsch von Infraserv Höchst

“Since 1990, SHD has developed into one of the market-leading companies in the areas of IT infrastructure and process digitization.
Among other things, we recommend ISMS @Aeneis to our customers so that they can master ISO 27001 and NIS2, take their risk management to a new level and to protect them in emergencies (business continuity management). The innovative power is unwavering, so with Aeneis we are looking forward to implementing our clients' great ideas.”

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“As an official service partner of intellior, we offer you a first-class solution for GoBD-compliant process documentation with GoBD@aeneis. This platform not only serves as a basis for tax compliance, but also enables precise monitoring and management of tax risks. By comprehensively documenting IT systems and interfaces, Aeneis maximizes application acceptance and effectively supports you in optimizing your tax processes and preparing for tax audits — everything is fully integrated and automated. With Aeneis, you can rely on efficiency, compliance and future security for your business processes. ”

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