Lexware
This article coincides in timing and pattern with contributions by the same user which have been determined to be AI-generated, and has no significant contributions by other editors. It is presumed to have also been AI-generated, and may be assumed to violate Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If no editor takes responsibility for it within a five-day grace period, this article may be deleted. To object to proposed deletion, an editor may take responsibility for the content and assume the onus to achieve consensus for its inclusion. Assuming responsibility requires that all content and its sources be closely reviewed and reworked as needed to ensure that they comply with policies and guidelines. This may involve checking that the cited sources support the content and are reliable, determining whether the content is due for inclusion, and rewriting the content to revise any tone issues and resolve possible copyright violations. Once this has been done, this template may be removed. The nominator also gave the following reason for this proposed deletion:
Find sources: "Lexware" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR Reviewer tools: guideline project (talk • log) The article may be deleted if this message remains in place for five days, i.e., after 00:17, 16 November 2026 (UTC). |
 | |
| Product type | Business and tax software |
|---|---|
| Current owner | Haufe Group |
| Country | Germany |
| Introduced | 1989 |
| Website | www |
Lexware is a German software brand owned by the Haufe Group. Based in Freiburg im Breisgau, it offers accounting, invoicing, payroll and tax software for the self-employed and small businesses. Its products include desktop software and the online accounting suite Lexware Office.[1][2]
Axel Wessendorf founded the business in 1989, and it became part of the Haufe Group in 1993.[3][4]
History
[edit]Wessendorf founded the business in Freiburg in 1989. Its first product, Voyage, was a program for calculating travel expenses. The Rudolf Haufe Verlag acquired a majority stake in 1993, and Wessendorf sold his remaining interest to the publisher in 1997.[3][5]
An agreement with the American software company Intuit in 1999 gave Lexware responsibility for marketing, distribution and customer service for Intuit's products in Germany.[6]
By 2005, Lexware sold programs for accounting, payroll, inventory management and travel expenses, both separately and as software suites. Its business focused on ready-made software for small businesses, distributed online and through retailers.[4]
Lexware expanded into cloud-based accounting in 2012 with the launch of lexoffice, an online service for self-employed people and small businesses.[1] Lexoffice was renamed Lexware Office in 2024.[2]
Software
[edit]Lexware offers desktop programs for bookkeeping, payroll, invoicing, inventory management and travel expenses.[4][5]
Lexware Office
[edit]Lexware Office is a cloud-based accounting service. Users can create invoices, record income and expenses, manage receipts and connect bank accounts. Payroll is available as an additional service. A mobile app allows users to photograph receipts, and tax advisers can be given access to the accounting records.[1][7]
Accounting data can also be transferred to smartsteuer, an online service for preparing German tax returns.[8]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Santo, Daniela (January 2024). "Kompliziertes einfach". Wirtschaft im Südwesten (in German).
- 1 2 "lexoffice heißt jetzt Lexware Office". Lexware (in German). Retrieved 2026-09-22.
- 1 2 Scheich, Anna (2001-12-10). "Lexware: Den Gründerschuhen entwachsen". Computerwoche (in German).
- 1 2 3 Lixenfeld, Christoph (2005-10-28). "Unternehmensporträt Lexware: Für jeden das Passende". Computerwoche (in German).
- 1 2 "Historie". Lexware (in German). Retrieved 2026-09-22.
- ↑ "Haufe-Tochter Lexware übernimmt deutsche Geschäfte von Intuit Inc". BuchMarkt (in German). 1999-09-02.
- ↑ Lorenz, Björn (2025-02-05). "Lexware Office XL im Test". connect (in German).
- ↑ "Wie übertrage ich meine Daten aus Lexware Office an smartsteuer?". Lexware Office Help Center (in German). Retrieved 2026-09-22.