Accounting
Past-due DATEV receivables from your German entity, sent to collections
DATEV is accounting software widely used by German companies and their tax advisors. If your German entity's books run on DATEV, you refer its past-due open items to Fortis for collections in the Fortis portal: as an OPOS file or through the Fortis DATEV connector.
Markets: Germany
Available in the Fortis portal
The DATEV connection is built into the portal and switched on for every creditor account. After signing in, you find it under Integrations.
How Fortis works with DATEV
The portal lists past-due items with debtor, invoice number, amount and dunning level. Your team selects accounts, checks the preview and confirms the referral; no collection account opens before that. A referral rule sets from which dunning level, and how many days after the last notice, an item qualifies. While the connector runs, it keeps reporting payments: a partial payment lowers the balance, and a paid invoice puts the account on hold until a collector has reviewed it.
Typical data from DATEV
- Open A/R items (OPOS)
- Invoice number, date and due date
- Balance, payments and dunning level
- Debtor account records with address
The connector reads only open items and the records of those debtors: no other postings, no payroll, no documents. It opens only outbound, encrypted connections, so no firewall changes are needed.
How to connect DATEV
- 1
Open a portal account
Register free in the Fortis portal, then open Integrations and choose Connect DATEV.
- 2
Load the open items
Upload the OPOS list exported from DATEV Rechnungswesen as an Excel or CSV file, or install the Fortis DATEV connector on the machine that runs DATEV. Our support team sends the installer.
- 3
Set the referral rule
Choose from which dunning level, and how many days after the last notice, an item can be referred. Only past-due items that meet the rule are stored.
- 4
Select and confirm
Select the accounts, check the preview and confirm the referral. Fortis then handles collections, and you track every step in the portal.
Questions about the DATEV connection
Do we need DATEVconnect?
No. Without installing anything, you upload the OPOS list as a file. The Fortis DATEV connector reads open items either through DATEVconnect or from the export file DATEV's KRExport writes on a schedule.
Are accounts referred without our approval?
No. A sync only fills the table in the portal. A collection account opens only after you select items, check the preview and confirm the referral.
What if the customer pays after referral?
The connector keeps reporting payments. A partial payment lowers the balance, with a record; once the invoice is paid, the account is put on hold until a collector has reviewed it.
Which data does Fortis read from DATEV?
Only the open items of your debtors (invoice number, dates, amounts, payments, dunning level) and the records of those debtors. No other postings, no payroll, no documents.
Our German tax advisor runs DATEV. Does it still work?
Yes. Your advisor exports the OPOS list from DATEV, and your team uploads it in the portal.
Prefer to connect through the Fortis API?
After review, you can link your own systems to Fortis through an individual API integration.
DATEV is a trademark of its respective owner. Fortis Inkasso is not a partner of the vendor; the connection uses the interfaces DATEV provides to its customers.