2. Registration and subscription

There are two ways in. The free E-invoice receiving tier is immediate: you sign up, receive an email, set your password and start working. For every paid tier you choose a plan, you pay, and only then is your account created. That sounds strict, but it has a good reason — there are no half-finished accounts, no trials that quietly lapse, and no company without a valid subscription.

The free tier

Being able to receive an e-invoice has been obligatory for every German business since 1 January 2025 — issuing one only from 2027 and 2028. Small businesses under § 19 UStG are in fact permanently exempt from issuing them (§ 34a UStDV), but not from receiving them.

That is exactly what E-invoice receiving is for: free forever, no card, no commitment. With it you can

• receive e-invoices — as XRechnung, ZUGFeRD, a PDF or a photograph,
• have them checked against the official rule set and read the report,
• be warned when a supplier suddenly gives different bank details, and
• archive everything for the statutory eight years.

Issuing invoices is not included. If you bill anybody yourself you need Starter from €9. You can switch at any time, and the invoices you have received stay where they are.

Step 1 — Choose a plan

Open https://invoice.tatwelletech.com/pricing. At the top you can switch between monthly and yearly payment. Yearly means you pay for ten months and get twelve — two months free.

Plan	Monthly	Yearly	Modules included	Users
E-invoice receiving	€0	€0	incoming invoices and validation only	1
Starter	€9	€90	E-Invoice, Incoming invoices, Scan	1
Professional	€39	€390	plus Quotations/Delivery notes	3
Business	€79	€790	plus Designer and Banking	10
Enterprise	on request	on request	everything, plus individual arrangements	unlimited

Included in every plan and not plan-dependent: Invoices, Customers, the product and service Catalog, Numbering, Tax Categories (SKR03/SKR04), Templates, Bookkeeping with the VAT return and DATEV export, the payment page with Girocode, automatic reminders, User Management, Audit Logs and the Dashboard.

Note

Two chargeable extras are not switched on by default, because every single item they send costs real money: letter dispatch (printing and delivery through Deutsche Post) and PEPPOL dispatch. We enable both for your company on request. See the Dispatch routes chapter.

All prices are exclusive of VAT.

Step 2 — Fill in the form

The button on a plan leads to /signup. The form is deliberately short:

1. Plan and billing interval (pre-selected, changeable here)
2. Company name — as it should appear on your invoices
3. First and last name of the person who runs the account
4. E-mail address — this becomes your user name and the address for all system messages
5. Acceptance of the terms and the privacy policy

Step 3 — Pay

After submitting you land on Stripe Checkout, the payment provider. Your card details never reach our servers; we learn only that the payment succeeded.

Payment is by card. The reason: it must confirm immediately, so your account can be created straight afterwards. Delayed methods such as SEPA direct debit would only confirm days later.

Important

If you abandon the payment, nothing happens — no account is created and nothing is charged. You return to the form and can try again.

Step 4 — Your account is created

The moment Stripe confirms the payment, the platform sets everything up automatically:

• Your company is created.
• You are recorded as its owner — the highest access level.
• A number range for invoices is prepared (format 2026-0001).
• A standard template for invoices in the German layout is installed.
• The modules of your plan are unlocked, the rest stay closed.
• Your billing relationship is stored (plan, status, next renewal date).

The waiting page shows the progress. It usually takes a few seconds.

Step 5 — Set a password and sign in

You receive an e-mail titled "Activate your account". The link inside is valid for seven days and leads to a page where you set your own password (at least eight characters). Only this step unlocks your access — nobody but you knows the password, not even us.

Then sign in at /login with your e-mail and password, and you land on the Dashboard.

Tip

No e-mail? Check the spam folder. If it is not there either, write to support — we can send the activation link again, and you do not pay a second time.

Changing the subscription later

Everything else happens under Billing in the sidebar:

• Change plan. Pick monthly or yearly, then the new plan. Stripe takes you through again; the modules of the new plan unlock immediately after payment.
• Buy a single module. If you only miss one module from a higher plan, you can book it separately as an add-on without changing plan.
• Payment method and receipts. The Manage subscription button opens Stripe's customer portal, where you change the card, download your receipts and cancel.
• Cancellation. When the paid period ends, the modules the plan granted switch off. Your data stays; a new subscription unlocks them again.

Note

If a payment fails, Stripe retries for several days. During that time your modules stay active and you receive an e-mail asking you to check the payment method. Only a subscription that has genuinely ended switches the modules off.

Card payment for your own invoices

Not to be confused with the subscription: if your customers should be able to pay your invoices by card, connect your own Stripe account under Billing → Card payments. The money then flows directly to you and never through the platform. Without that connection, your payment page still offers the Girocode for a free SEPA transfer.