It is now possible to collect payments from your clients by direct debit with DATEV and check their status like any other transaction. Collect payments directly from your clients with DATEV, regardless of the beneficiary's bank. This is only available for CORE direct debits, collections can only be made on signed and valid mandates.
First, the setup of Qonto with DATEV RZ-Bankinfo is necessary. You can find detailed instructions here: How to setup Qonto & DATEV with RZ-Bankinfo?
Important! Please note that sending the participation confirmation with DATEV to Qonto is not necessary. If you need further documents from Qonto for DATEV, please contact our service via chat in the Qonto app or at support@qonto.com.
Who can set up the collection with DATEV?
- All account holders and admins can approve a direct debit collection on Qonto.
- However, you will first need to set it up directly on DATEV. A tax advisor can help you setup the account. They will need to enable direct debits via Service-Rechenzentrumsverfahren (DATEV-Sammelverfahren).
- This is available for our Business and Enterprise packages.
- Web app only.
How do I create Direct Debits in DATEV?
When creating direct debits in DATEV for the first time, you will need to make sure the mandate information “Mandatsdaten” are setup and saved correctly.
You will only need to do this once, but it must be done for each debtor and will be valid as long as the validity of the associated mandate.
⚠️ Qonto only supports Basislastschriften as Mandatstyp, it is recommended to select Erstlastschrift as Ausführungsvariante.
In DATEV Unternehmen Online you can create direct debits via multiple entry points. The most common are:
- From Anwendungen → Belege you create Direct Debit requests directly from the list of invoices, by selecting at least one invoice from the list and click on “Einziehen”.
- From Anwendungen → Bank → Zahlungen you can create Direct Debits without an invoice, review the requests you created from the Belege section or set up Direct Debits using an .xml import.
For more information see the steps outlined in the DATEV help document.
When creating Direct Debits, always make sure all information is correct first before sending it to Qonto an avoid declined SDD requests. Please make sure that all mandatory information (e.g. IBAN, mandate reference and signature date) are correct.
The payment date “Fälligkeitsdatum” must be at least three working days in the future.
After confirming the direct debit collection in DATEV, your request is sent to Qonto. From the tasks section or the incoming direct debits section of your Qonto interface, you will need to approve it in order to collect the money from your clients. 👇
I am currently using PIN/TAN with DATEV, can I create direct debits with this too?
Unfortunately, Qonto does not support the collection of direct debits via this method for now. However, you can change the connection from PIN/TAN to use DATEV Service- Rechenzentrumsverfahren by following the steps outlined in the DATEV help document.