Start with your processes.
Many salons use appointment booking, card terminals and product sales side by side. For cash-register rules, the connections between functions and who earns the income matter. The label “salon software” does not answer these questions.
The current cash-register rules apply independently of the proposed law. The Cash-register obligation from 2028 is treated as a government draft at our current editorial reference date. Your sector selection alone does not establish an obligation or an exemption.
Four situations you may recognise.
Appointment planner without register functions
You book appointments digitally but keep your cash register separate.
Your next step: Document whether the software only manages appointments or also handles billing and records payments. An electronic appointment list alone does not establish the requirements for your register.
Salon with an integrated register
Services are billed from the appointment. Customers pay in cash or by card.
Your next step: Ask to see the register function, TSE and receipt process. Clarify who handles the required register notification and where the technical documents are kept.
Beauty studio that also sells products
Alongside treatments, you sell care products or vouchers.
Your next step: Describe the different transactions and how they are recorded. For the proposed turnover threshold, do not simply use revenue from treatments or an extract from your appointment planner.
Self-employed people sharing a salon
Several self-employed people work in the same premises and share some equipment.
Your next step: Clarify with your tax adviser how services, income and systems are allocated. Shared premises alone are not enough to determine how future rules would apply to individual people.
Your preparation checklist.
You do not need to make a purchase decision yet. These documents and questions will help when speaking to your provider and tax adviser.
- Review your appointment and salon software's functions with its provider.
- Record how treatments, product sales and vouchers are entered.
- Document the payment methods you use and how they connect to the register.
- Gather TSE documents, serial numbers and existing notifications to the tax office.
- If several self-employed people work together, obtain professional advice on allocating services and income.
Two questions for the right people.
For your tax adviser
How should services and income in our salon be allocated to the individual businesses, and which records do we need?
For your register provider
Which parts of our salon software have a register function, and how are TSE, receipts and data export set up in this process?
The legal basis behind the assessment.
For existing records, the main starting points are § 146 AO, for electronic cash-register systems within the scope of the rules § 146a AO and § 1 KassenSichV are the starting points. The precise scope must match the system being used.
For the proposed law, we link to the official BMF legislative procedure page. The examples on this page do not create special exemptions for these sectors.
Clearer payment processes in your salon.
If you would like to improve your register and payment processes, discuss with moaby about the equipment that suits your salon or studio.
Talk to moabyThis page covers selected cash-register topics. It does not replace individual legal or tax advice. View sources and the editorial reference date.