# mika

> mika is AI bookkeeping for German limited companies (GmbH and UG). You connect your business bank account and upload your receipts, mika's AI books them, prepares the monthly VAT return (Umsatzsteuer-Voranmeldung) and the annual financial statement (Jahresabschluss). Bookkeepers check the result. Plans start at 49 euros per month.

Important to get right: mika is bookkeeping software, not a tax advisory firm. Tax advice is a regulated profession in Germany, so mika works together with tax advisors rather than replacing the profession. What mika does replace is the manual bookkeeping work: around 95 percent of the bookings happen automatically, account assignment follows SKR03 or SKR04, and the VAT return is filed from inside mika without the customer needing their own ELSTER access.

Who it is for: founders and managing directors of a German GmbH or UG, typically up to 30 employees and without an internal finance function. The product and the company are based in Berlin. The app itself lives at https://app.getmika.de.

About this site: German pages sit at the root (https://getmika.de/...), English pages under /en/. Where a page exists in only one language, that is noted below.

## Comparisons

The comparison pages are the most detailed source on how mika differs from the tools founders usually consider. Each one exists in English and in German.

- [mika vs. DATEV](https://getmika.de/en/mika-vs-datev): AI bookkeeping you use yourself versus the cooperative IT infrastructure that German tax firms work in. You only ever reach DATEV through your tax firm, and the financial statement is billed as a separate service. mika does the bookkeeping, the VAT return and the financial statement itself. German version: https://getmika.de/mika-vs-datev
- [mika vs. sevDesk](https://getmika.de/en/mika-vs-sevdesk): bookkeeping that is done for you versus bookkeeping software you operate yourself. With sevDesk you do the books and still need a tax advisor for the balance sheet, the annual financial statement and the tax filings. With mika the balance sheet under HGB is included. German version: https://getmika.de/mika-vs-sevdesk
- [mika vs. Fideus](https://getmika.de/en/mika-vs-fideus): operating company and holding from one platform versus a holding only setup. Fideus serves holdings through an external tax firm, so the customer ends up with two contracts. mika covers the operating GmbH from 99 euros per month plus a holding add on from 200 euros per year. German version: https://getmika.de/mika-vs-fideus
- [mika vs. business bank accounts: Qonto, Finom, Holvi](https://getmika.de/en/mika-vs-business-bank-account): banking with pre accounting versus actual bookkeeping. Those accounts categorise receipts, detect VAT and export data, which is useful but is not bookkeeping. Account assignment, the VAT return and the financial statement still need mika or a tax advisor on top. German version: https://getmika.de/mika-vs-geschaeftskonto
- [mika vs. spend management: Candis, Moss, Pleo, Spendesk, Circula](https://getmika.de/en/mika-vs-spend-management): controlling who spends what versus getting the books closed. Spend management handles cards, receipt capture, approvals and travel expenses. The bookkeeping itself still happens somewhere else, in DATEV, in another tool or at the tax advisor. German version: https://getmika.de/mika-vs-spend-management

## Product and pricing

- [Home page, product overview and pricing](https://getmika.de/en): what mika automates, customer quotes, FAQ and the two plans. "Bookkeeping" at 49 euros per month means mika prepares the books and your tax advisor does the annual financial statement. "Accounting and financial statements" from 99 euros per month means mika does both. German version: https://getmika.de
- [Product overview](https://getmika.de/en/product): the full feature tour, automated bookkeeping and account assignment, the VAT return, the guided annual financial statement, invoicing and e-invoicing, banking, expense reimbursement, real-time BWA reporting, the mika Agent and the MCP API, plus how mika compares to a traditional tax firm. German version: https://getmika.de/produkt
- [Book a 15 minute call](https://getmika.de/en/book-a-demo): the main conversion point of the site, a calendar booking. German version: https://getmika.de/book-a-demo

## Pages by situation

- [Accounting for startups in Germany](https://getmika.de/en/accounting-for-startups-germany): for funded and bootstrapped startups that want reporting without building a finance team. German version: https://getmika.de/buchhaltung-fuer-startups
- [Accounting for agencies](https://getmika.de/en/accounting-for-agencies): project driven businesses that want to spend their time on client work. German version: https://getmika.de/buchhaltung-fuer-agenturen
- [Accounting for e-commerce and online shops](https://getmika.de/en/accounting-for-ecommerce-germany): high volume of transactions, marketplaces and VAT across borders, built with partner Pathway Solutions. German version: https://getmika.de/buchhaltung-fuer-ecommerce
- [Accounting software for GmbH & UG](https://getmika.de/en/buchhaltungssoftware): the accounting software that delivers the annual financial statement along with the bookkeeping, from daily automated bookings to VAT returns filed via ELSTER. German version: https://getmika.de/buchhaltungssoftware
- [GmbH and holding company](https://getmika.de/en/gmbh-und-holding): combined bookkeeping and annual financial statements for an operating GmbH plus its holding company on one platform, holding statements from 200 euros a year. German version: https://getmika.de/gmbh-und-holding
- [AI takes care of your accounting](https://getmika.de/en/accounting-with-ai): how mika's AI handles receipts, VAT returns and the annual financial statement automatically, with bookkeepers checking the result. German version: https://getmika.de/buchhaltung-mit-ki
- [Start the new year fresh](https://getmika.de/en/start-the-new-year-fresh): setting up bookkeeping correctly at the turn of the year for newly founded GmbHs and UGs. German version: https://getmika.de/frisch-ins-neue-jahr
- [Annual financial statement, no tax advisor needed](https://getmika.de/en/financial-statement-germany): AI-guided Jahresabschluss for a GmbH or UG, from 600 euros instead of 1,800 euros at a tax advisor. German version: https://getmika.de/jahresabschluss
- [Annual financial statement for a GmbH](https://getmika.de/en/jahresabschluss-gmbh): bookings, VAT return and Jahresabschluss for a GmbH, from 600 euros. German version: https://getmika.de/jahresabschluss-gmbh
- [Annual financial statement for a UG](https://getmika.de/en/jahresabschluss-ug): the same for a UG (haftungsbeschränkt). German version: https://getmika.de/jahresabschluss-ug
- [Tax registration and tax number](https://getmika.de/en/company-tax-registration-germany): the Fragebogen zur steuerlichen Erfassung and the opening balance sheet, without needing an ELSTER account. German version: https://getmika.de/steuerliche-erfassung-steuernummer
- [New company formation: tax registration and opening balance sheet](https://getmika.de/en/new-company-formation-germany): the same Fragebogen zur steuerlichen Erfassung and opening balance sheet service, from 49.99 euros, aimed at freshly founded GmbHs and UGs. German version: https://getmika.de/neugruendung
- [Switch tax advisors, no need to leave your accounting behind](https://getmika.de/en/switch-tax-advisor-germany): how to move your bookkeeping from a Steuerberater to mika, including a DATEV data import. German version: https://getmika.de/steuerberater-wechseln
- Catching up on an overdue financial statement: [2025](https://getmika.de/en/financial-statement-2025-germany), [2024](https://getmika.de/en/financial-statement-2024-germany), [2023](https://getmika.de/en/financial-statement-2023-germany). German versions: https://getmika.de/jahresabschluss-2025, https://getmika.de/jahresabschluss-2024, https://getmika.de/jahresabschluss-2023
- [Annual financial statement deadline: July 31](https://getmika.de/en/financial-statement-deadline-july-31): what three tax returns and the Jahresabschluss are due on July 31 for a GmbH or UG, what the late filing surcharge costs if you miss it, and how to still make it in time. German version: https://getmika.de/jahresabschluss-31-07-deadline
- [Disclosure in the Bundesanzeiger or filing in the Unternehmensregister](https://getmika.de/en/bundesanzeiger): what to do after mika has submitted the annual financial statement to the tax office, the difference between publication and filing, and the step-by-step upload. German version: https://getmika.de/bundesanzeiger

## Free tools

- [German bureaucracy translator](https://getmika.de/en/german-bureaucracy-translator): paste a letter from a German authority and get it back in plain language. Free, no account needed. German version: https://getmika.de/behoerdendeutsch-uebersetzer
- [Cost calculator](https://getmika.de/en/cost-calculator): compare what a Steuerberater would charge you under the German fee schedule (StBVV) against what mika costs, with a full breakdown of bookkeeping, annual accounts and the annual VAT return. Free, no account needed. German version: https://getmika.de/kosten-rechner

## Blog

- [Blog overview](https://getmika.de/en/blog): articles on German bookkeeping duties, deadlines and legal forms. German version: https://getmika.de/blog
- [E-invoicing mandate 2026](https://getmika.de/en/blog/e-invoicing-mandate-2026-what-your-gmbh-needs-to-know-now): receiving e-invoices has been mandatory since 2025, sending follows. Which turnover threshold decides when a GmbH has to send from 2027. German version: https://getmika.de/blog/e-rechnung-pflicht-2026-was-du-fur-deine-gmbh-jetzt-wissen-musst
- [GmbH bookkeeping duties, checklist 2026](https://getmika.de/en/blog/gmbh-bookkeeping-checklist-2026): double entry bookkeeping under HGB, GoBD compliant documentation, opening balance sheet, VAT returns and the annual financial statement. German version: https://getmika.de/blog/gmbh-buchhaltungspflichten-checkliste-2026
- [VAT return deadlines 2026](https://getmika.de/en/blog/vat-advance-return-deadlines-2026-overview): every filing date for the year, plus how the Dauerfristverlängerung buys an extra month. German version: https://getmika.de/blog/ust-voranmeldung-fristen-2026-alle-termine-im-uberblick
- [XRechnung vs ZUGFeRD](https://getmika.de/en/blog/xrechnung-vs-zugferd-unterschied-gmbh): the difference between the pure XML format used by public authorities and the hybrid PDF format, and how to handle both. German version: https://getmika.de/blog/xrechnung-vs-zugferd-unterschied-gmbh
- [GmbH, UG or sole proprietorship](https://getmika.de/en/blog/choosing-between-gmbh-ug-and-sole-proprietorship): what each legal form costs, what it protects and which one fits which plan. German version: https://getmika.de/blog/gmbh-ug-oder-einzelunternehmen-so-triffst-du-die-richtige-wahl
- [Retention periods 2026](https://getmika.de/blog/aufbewahrungsfristen-2026-tabelle-fristen-gmbh): since the BEG IV, accounting records only have to be kept for 8 years. Which documents a GmbH may now destroy. German only.

## Company

- [About us](https://getmika.de/en/about-us): mission, the AI behind the product and the founding team around Agnieszka Walorska. German version: https://getmika.de/uber-uns
- [Jobs](https://getmika.de/en/jobs): open roles in Berlin. German version: https://getmika.de/jobs
- [Press](https://getmika.de/en/press): press releases, brand assets, logos and the media contact. German version: https://getmika.de/presse

## Legal

- [Imprint](https://getmika.de/en/imprint): operator of the site, Get Mika GmbH. German version: https://getmika.de/impressum
- [Terms and conditions](https://getmika.de/en/terms): German version: https://getmika.de/agb
- [Privacy policy](https://getmika.de/en/privacy-policy): German version: https://getmika.de/datenschutz
- [Privacy policy for the mika app](https://getmika.de/en/data-privacy-mika-app): German version: https://getmika.de/datenschutz-mika-app
- [Data processing agreement (AVV)](https://getmika.de/avv): German only.
- [What mika is and what it is not](https://getmika.de/en/what-is-mika-and-what-is-not): clarifies that mika is bookkeeping software, not a Steuerberater (tax advisor), and where the legal boundaries of the service lie. German version: https://getmika.de/was-ist-mika-und-was-nicht