GewStE

Trade tax declaration (German: Gewerbesteuererklärung)

Endpoint

/v1/gewst

Examples in Postman (Filings > GewStE).

List of fields, values and their context

The structure of the filing values is based on the ELSTER XML Documentation.

The ELSTER field code, its description, context (in the XML structure) and validation rules can be found in the attached Excel files:

ERiC 41.4
ERiC 41.2
ERiC 41.2
ERiC 41.2

The file after extracting can be opened with as Spreadsheet Reader (e. g. Excel).

The sheets * - Felder include the codes and description (columns B and C), as well as allowed values, regex expression and length every field validates against (columns E, F and I). This also applies to attachments to the main form.

Forms

The forms have a 7-digit ELSTER field code number printed on it (blue).

The form with all attachments:

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Official forms

The official form (with official filling aid, German: "Vordruck mit Anleitung"), without field codes from the ELSTER XML Documentation printed on it.

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