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Recommended by DATEV: The premium solution for expense management
Circula is the official successor to DATEV Reisekosten classic – used and recommended by DATEV themselves. Featuring seamless integration with financial accounting, payroll, and DATEV Eigenorganisation comfort.

Compliance audit
Document is legible
Document is a compliant receipt
Document contains correct company details
Document is not compliant with § 14 UStG
It looks like the following information is missing:
Name and address of the issuer
VAT ID of the issuer
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Add trip
Total daily allowance
Show calculation
44.80
€
Trip name
Berlin Workshop
Start
Arrival date
06/17/2024
Time
8:30 AM
Destination
Berlin, Germany
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End
Departure date
06/19/2024
Time
7:00 PM
Expenses are reimbursable
Per diem deductions
Select the items to be excluded from your per diem. For example, hotel breakfasts as well as separately paid business meals and accommodation.
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Accommodation
Monday, 06/17/2024
Tuesday, 06/18/2024
Wednesday, 06/19/2024
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3,000+ companies automate their expense management with ● Circula
The expense management platform that DATEV also uses
Pre-validated data via interface
Receive complete booking suggestions directly in Circula – with no additional data entry required.
Automatic data transfer to Datev
All data is transferred to your tax consultancy in real time.
Fully audit-proof process and GoBD-compliant
A seamless, paperless process from capture to archiving.
Official successor solution for DATEV Reisekosten classic.
Premium partnership with DATEV eG extended until 2029.
For seamlessexpense management
The connection to DATEV works in two ways – for financial accounting and payroll accounting. Both processes are automated, pre-validated, and seamless.

Quick and easy setup
Circula connects your travel expense reporting with DATEV financial accounting and payroll. Booking, receipt, and travel expense data can be transferred automatically and pre-validated to the appropriate DATEV applications.
Mobile recording of all expenses
Expenses, travel costs, credit card transactions, or incoming invoices – employees record everything directly and in real-time via the app.

The recommended solution
Following an intensive evaluation process, DATEV named Circula a recommended solution for travel expenses and employee reimbursements in 2020.
Connect withaccounting and payroll
Circula offers two ways to connect to DATEV: for financial accounting and for payroll accounting. Both can be used automatically or manually.
Financial accounting
01 Automated (Invoice Data Service 1.0)
02 Manual (XML file upload, without invoice data service)
Payroll accounting
01 Automated (Payroll Data Import Service)
02 Manual (Import for DATEV Lohn & Gehalt and DATEV LODAS)
DATEV Unternehmen Online
DATEV LODAS
DATEV Payroll
DATEV Accounting
How the interface works
In our Help Center, we explain in detail how the interface to DATEV Unternehmen Online via DATEV Cloud Services works and the steps you need to take to transfer your data via the interface.
Visit the Help CenterInterface partner on the DATEV Marketplace
Circula is not just a software partner, but also an interface partner, and can therefore be found on the DATEV Marketplace.
To the DATEV MarketplaceWhy companies automate their travel expenseswith Circula and DATEV
„Circula helps us to offer attractive and tax-optimised benefits that really resonate with our employees - and with minimal administrative effort. The fact that our clients can use the solution as efficiently and intuitively as we do confirms its added value in daily practice."


„With Circula, we can help our clients restructure their expense management in a way that is smart, efficient, and—above all—sustainable. Together, we create clear structures that provide lasting relief in their day-to-day work“

Everything you need to know.
Circula charges a fixed fee per active user per month. After your trial period ends, we will start charging you based on your total number of active users.
A user will be counted as active on an invoice, if over the last 30 days he has completed at least once one of the following actions:
- Submitted an expense
- Approved or rejected an expense
- Controlled an expense
- Created an expense report
Circula enables the calculation of per diems according to the rules of the BRKG. Please book your free consultation here.
Yes, Circula's expense management product (Reisekosten-Erfassungs-Software) is compliant to GoBD and certified as compliant software by Eger, Färber & Kollegen Wirtschaftsprüfungs und Beratungs GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft according to IDW PS 880.
You can view our certificate here.
