Lexoffice
Lexware Office, formerly lexoffice, is Haufe Group's cloud accounting solution: invoicing, banking, payroll, and taxes for small businesses.
Lexware Office is the Haufe Group's cloud accounting solution and has carried this name since 2024; before that, it was known as lexoffice, but the renaming has not changed the product itself. It is aimed at freelancers and small businesses who manage their own accounting.
You create invoices, categorize bank transactions based on suggestions, submit your VAT return to the tax office, and give your tax firm direct access or provide the DATEV export. Its strength is the integrated payroll function, which hardly any competitor offers in this price range.
sevDesk is cheaper to start with and generally similarly comprehensive; DATEV remains the standard if your tax firm dictates the process. Its weakness: Lexware Office reaches its limits with custom evaluations and more complex company structures, and a later system change can be a headache.
Ideal for founders and businesses with up to about ten employees, especially if you want integrated payroll. If you work closely with your tax firm, consider DATEV first.
Functions
- In 2024, lexoffice became Lexware Office: same product, new name
- Integrated payroll, a feature many competitors lack
- E-invoicing: send and receive included
- Backed by the established Haufe Group
- Tax advisor access for collaboration with the firm
Core Functions
- Create GoBD-compliant invoices, quotes, and reminders
- Document capture with automatic posting suggestions
- Integrated online banking with payment reconciliation
- Payroll as an add-on module
- VAT advance return via ELSTER and DATEV integration
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