What mika is and what it is not

This document is a translation of our German page “Was ist mika und was nicht”. While we have made every effort to ensure the accuracy of this translation, please note that only the German version is legally binding. In case of any discrepancies or contradictions between the German original and this English translation, the German version shall prevail.

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This page explains how mika works, which services mika provides as software, and where the legal boundaries lie.

These notes are addressed to companies that use mika or are considering doing so.

1. mika is software

mika is an automated software application by Get Mika GmbH. The software processes bookkeeping relevant data, structures it, and transfers it into prescribed formats. This is technical data processing, not a service performed by natural persons.

The term “mika” refers exclusively to this software, not to a team of employees who take over tasks for companies.

2. What mika does

The software supports companies with the following tasks:

• Automated processing and categorization of booking data
• Ongoing bookkeeping: automated capture, categorization, and posting of receipts and transactions
• Annual financial statement (Jahresabschluss, the German year end close): based on the booking data, the software prepares the annual financial statement, the corporate income tax return, the trade tax return, and the annual VAT return in the prescribed formats. The managing director reviews the contents, adopts the annual financial statement on their own responsibility, and releases the prepared tax returns.
• Opening balance sheet: based on the data entered by the entrepreneur, the software transfers it into the formal structure of the opening balance sheet. Responsibility for the content and the release remain with the entrepreneur.
• Advance VAT return (Umsatzsteuervoranmeldung, short UStVA): based on the ongoing booking data, the software automatically prepares the advance VAT return. The entrepreneur submits it directly to the tax office (Finanzamt) through the mika software.
• Provision of financial overviews and analyses (for example a BWA, the German short term profit and loss statement) based on entered data

In a defined share of cases, qualified specialists (Steuerfachangestellte, trained tax clerks) check the ongoing bookings. This applies exclusively to the correctness of the booking data, not to tax assessments or tasks reserved for tax advisors.

3. What mika does not do

mika expressly does not provide tax advice within the meaning of Section 33 of the German Tax Advisory Act (Steuerberatungsgesetz, short StBerG). In particular, mika does not provide the following services:

• Tax advice or assessment of matters
• Tax review or approval of annual financial statements, balance sheets, or tax returns
• Tax representation before tax authorities
• Other tasks reserved exclusively for licensed tax advisors, lawyers, or auditors

mika automates formal processes based on company data. Responsibility for the content and the legal release always remain with the company.

4. Relationship to tax advisory professions

mika does not replace a tax advisor and is not designed as a substitute for tax related professional advice. Only licensed tax advisors, lawyers, or auditors are authorized to carry out activities under Section 33 StBerG, such as preparing tax returns or reviewing annual financial statements. Entrepreneurs can alternatively carry out these tasks themselves.

mika can be used as a supporting tool for data preparation within an existing collaboration with a tax advisor.

5. Pricing

All prices stated on getmika.de are net prices plus statutory VAT. For companies that are not entitled, or only partially entitled, to deduct input tax (for example certain holding companies), VAT represents a non refundable cost factor.

6. Note on communication

In all marketing materials, on websites, landing pages, and in advertising materials, “mika” always refers to the software, not a team of people acting on its behalf. Phrases such as “mika does” or “mika handles” refer to automated software processes.

Where reference is made to mika employees, for example in the context of customer success or manual quality assurance, this is explicitly identified as a separate activity of the mika team.