LEXinform
The facts below are what the maker publishes about LEXinform, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From LEXinform's own pricing page, checked 7 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| DATEV Basis-Angebot Zusatzmodul LEXinform comfort | €14.80 a month | For DATEV Basis-Angebot users · LEXinform classic is included · Monatlich, ab 14,80 € |
| LEXinform Kommentarpaket Steuern Schäffer-Poeschel | €39.14 a month | Requires LEXinform classic or comfort · linked tax-law commentaries · from €39.14 monthly |
| DATEV LEXinform plus | Priced on request | Art.-Nr. 65718 · LEXchat AI search · Verlagsmedien comfort included for licensed users · 50% discount applied automatically for all of 2026; base LEXinform comfort required |
| LEXinform classic | Priced on request | Art.-Nr. 65680 · tax-law database · DATEV Wissensplattform access · Not displayed; order/contact DATEV |
| LEXinform comfort | Priced on request | Art.-Nr. 65690 · tax, HR, business, civil and EU law · business administration · Not displayed; order/contact DATEV |
The facts
Each one read from LEXinform's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- 2026 platform news
- DATEV says the Wissensplattform is planned to gain AI research functions including LEXchat during 2026, with Help Center integration also planned.checked 15 Oct 2026
What it does
- Administrative guidance
- LEXinform contains administrative instructions and guidance from tax authorities.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API governance
- Third-party cloud integrations must pass sandbox and production approval, follow interface rules and provide technical request logging.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API security model
- DATEV's online API guidance specifies OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect and PKCE, with public SDKs and libraries available for implementation.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Audience restriction
- LEXinform plus is not approved for DATEV education partners, and learners cannot use it on the education partnership platforms.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Authentication
- Access to LEXinform's protected document collection requires DATEV SmartLogin or DATEV mIDentity/SmartCard.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Case law
- Its case-law collection spans Germany's constitutional, federal, labor, social, administrative and fiscal courts and lower instances.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Classic coverage
- LEXinform classic covers tax laws, administrative guidance, case law, pending proceedings, EU law, practical tools, and other tax materials.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Classic scope
- LEXinform classic covers current tax-law information and is accessed through the DATEV Wissensplattform.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Comfort coverage
- LEXinform comfort adds knowledge on personnel management, commercial and civil law, EU law, and business administration.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Comfort scope
- LEXinform comfort adds personnel management, commercial, civil and EU law plus business-administration content.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Cross-database search
- The DATEV Wissensplattform can search LEXinform together with linked NWB and Haufe databases in one query.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Developer documentation
- DATEV's free Developer Portal documents desktop APIs, online APIs, DATEV formats and the online XML interface.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- DATEV provides product help documents, installation aids, system guides and a searchable Help Center alongside its developer documentation.checked 15 Oct 2026
- EU and pending matters
- The content includes EU law, pending proceedings, commentaries, literature and pending cases.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent database study
- A Technical University of Munich thesis describes LEXinform as a database covering German and international tax, business and civil law plus business-administration material.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent feature observation
- The same thesis records LEXinform search support including highlighted query terms, match counts and parametric or scoped search.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent professional description
- A 2025 professional training guide describes LEXinform as an online database for tax advisers, auditors and related professionals with laws, judgments, administrative orders, commentary and targeted search.checked 15 Oct 2026
- LEXchat
- LEXinform plus adds an AI dialogue search that answers questions with references to the sources used.checked 15 Oct 2026
- LEXchat coverage
- DATEV says about 300,000 of roughly 600,000 documents are currently available to LEXchat, with the corpus being expanded.checked 15 Oct 2026
- LEXchat document coverage
- The product page says approximately 300,000 of approximately 600,000 documents are currently available for LEXchat research.checked 7 Oct 2026
The company
- Company founding
- DATEV was founded in Nuremberg on 14 February 1966 by 65 tax consultants as a cooperative self-help organization.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company headquarters and size
- DATEV says it is headquartered in Nuremberg, has about 9,000 employees and more than 920,000 customers.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company ownership
- DATEV's cooperative structure means the organization says no investor can buy it.checked 15 Oct 2026
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