Report Filing Service
| POST | /async/elma/reports/submit |
|---|
| Name | Parameter | Data Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | form | Report | Yes | The report to submit. |
| Credential | form | ElmaCredential | Yes | The credential to gain access on the ELMA server. |
| ValidationEnabled | form | bool | Yes | Should the report data be validated before sending it to the ELMA server? true: report data is validated before it is sent to the ELMA server. false: report data sent without validation to the ELMA server. |
| StagingEnabled | form | bool? | No | Should operations be staged on the ELMA server? true: operations are executed on the Test ELMA server. false: operations are executed on the Live (Production) ELMA server. |
| Name | Parameter | Data Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Id | form | string | Yes | The conventional ELMA file name of the report. The format of the ELMA formula is as follows: m5_<pb>_<BZSt-Nr>_<AccountID>_<DateiId>.xml where: m5 is a constant for all reporting types. pb is a constant that represents the ELMA product designation e.g. CC, DC, FC etc. BZSt-Nr is the 11-character BZSt (Bundeszentralamt für Steuern) - tax number of the ELMA user e.g. bz123456789 AccountID is the 10-digit account identifier of the BZSt-Online Portal (BOP) user e.g. 1234567890 DateiId is the 1 - 12 character internal short name for the data file. |
| Data | form | string | Yes | The XML-content of the report. |
| Name | Parameter | Data Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Id | form | string | Yes | The unique identifier of this instance. This identifer is only relevant in the context of data storage and retrieval. |
| Certificate | form | PemCertificate | Yes | The security certificate to authenticate the user and grant access to the ELMA server. This certificate is generated from the BZSt-issued *.pfx BOP certificate. More details on BOP (BZSt-Online Portal - https://www.elster.de/bportal/start) |
| AuthSteuernummer | form | string | Yes | The BZSt (Bundeszentralamt für Steuern) - tax number of the user. 11-character text field that may only consist of two capital letters and 9 digits (0-9). The fiscal authority BZSt provides this number during registration at the BOP (BZSt-Online Portal - https://www.elster.de/bportal/start). The number is available in the private area of the BOP user account under "My BOP" under the "Registration Information" |
| AccountId | form | string | Yes | The account identifier of a BZSt-Online Portal (BOP) user. 10-character text field that may only contain numbers (0-9). |
| Password | form | string | Yes | The password to protect the certificate from unauthorized access. |
| Name | Parameter | Data Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Id | form | string | Yes | The unique identifier (e.g. the file name) of the certificate. |
| Content | form | string | Yes | The PEM-encoded content of the certificate. |
| Description | form | string | No | The description of the certificate. |
| Tags | form | List<string> | No | Tags to label or identify the certificate. |
| Name | Parameter | Data Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Id | form | string | No | The unique identifier of the report that was processed. |
| Xml | form | string | No | The submitted XML-based report content. |
| ValidationErrors | form | List<ValidationError> | No | The errors encountered during the validation phase of the report submission operation. |
| ResponseStatus | form | ResponseStatus | No | The status of the report submission operation. |
| Name | Parameter | Data Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Id | form | string | No | The unique identifier of the validation faílure. This is equivalent to the file name of the validated report. |
| Message | form | string | No | The message of the validation failure. |
| Severity | form | XmlSeverityType | No | The severity of the validation faílure. |
| LineNumber | form | int | No | The line number indicating where the error occurred. |
| LinePosition | form | int | No | The line position indicating where the error occurred. |
To override the Content-type in your clients, use the HTTP Accept Header, append the .other suffix or ?format=other
The following are sample HTTP requests and responses. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.
POST /async/elma/reports/submit HTTP/1.1
Host: reportfiling.pwc.de
Accept: text/jsonl
Content-Type: text/jsonl
Content-Length: length
{"report":{"id":"String","data":"String"},"credential":{"id":"String_String","certificate":{"id":"String","content":"String","description":"String","tags":["String"]},"authSteuernummer":"String","accountId":"String","password":"String"},"validationEnabled":false,"stagingEnabled":false}
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/jsonl
Content-Length: length
{"id":"String","xml":"String","validationErrors":[{"id":"String","message":"String","severity":"Error","lineNumber":0,"linePosition":0}],"responseStatus":{"errorCode":"String","message":"String","stackTrace":"String","errors":[{"errorCode":"String","fieldName":"String","message":"String","meta":{"String":"String"}}],"meta":{"String":"String"}}}