Payroll & DATEV

From clock-in to DATEV — without media breaks

Surcharges are calculated automatically, exports are DATEV-Lodas compatible and ready for payroll accounting.

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Surcharges

Night, Sunday and holiday surcharges calculated automatically

Configurable surcharge rules compute surcharges from your time bookings. No manual spreadsheet maintenance, no Excel macros, less double-entry at month-end.

  • Night surcharge calculable based on a defined rule set
  • Sunday surcharge automatic from 00:00
  • Holiday surcharge varies by German state
  • Overtime thresholds configurable per pay agreement
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Payroll models

Supported payroll models

Whether fixed salary, hourly rate or individual hourly rates: lumen.hr supports common payroll models and calculates based on the configured rules.

  • Fixed salary

    Monthly fixed salary with pro-rata calculation for mid-year joiners and leavers.

  • Hourly rate

    Hour-accurate payroll based on captured time bookings, including configured surcharges.

  • Individual hourly rates

    Different hourly rates per person, role or location possible.

DATEV export

LODAS CSV, directly importable

DATEV payroll journal as CSV (UTF-8 with BOM for Excel), directly importable into DATEV LODAS. The export file can be reviewed before export. Archived in Hetzner Object Storage for the defined retention period.

  • UTF-8 with BOM, Excel-compatible without manual conversion
  • Preview before export to review the data
  • Archived in Hetzner Object Storage
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Compatibility

Ready for your payroll

  • DATEV-compatible

    DATEV-Lodas CSV (UTF-8 with BOM), ready for payroll accounting.

  • UTF-8 with BOM

    Excel-compatible, no encoding issues on re-import.

  • Archiving

    Exports can be archived in Hetzner Object Storage for the defined retention period.

Demo

From clock-in to payroll

We walk you through the entire workflow from time tracking to DATEV export in a personal demo.