DIVA

German: Digitaler Verwaltungsakt

Data type: ElsterDIVADaten

Legally-binding PDF administrative acts (German: Verwaltungsakt nach § 122a AO). Currently mostly used for tax assessment notes (German: Steuerbescheid). In near future (starting 2026) tax administration plans to deliver most of writings in a digital form.

Endpoints

List

/v2/diva/list

By default max. 1.000 entries are being returned, through all requested provision data types. If paginierungLetzteBestId is returned in Element PostfachAnfrageAntwort, there are more than requested max entries available for listing.

Retrieve (single)

/v2/diva/retrieve/single

Confirm (single)

/v2/diva/confirm/single

Examples in Postman (Retrieval > DIVA).

Available provisionDataTypes for List endpoint

(German: Bereitstellungsdatenarten)

Official description of each provision data type can be found in table 9-7 of EHB for ERiC 41.

KMVProtokoll has a lot of dummy data, and can be used for testing pagination.

Some data types do not have any test data. As of 2025-04-23: ANAuskunft, DivaAdvVA, DivaAdvZinsVA, DivaBescheidErbSt, DivaBescheidFEIN, DivaBescheidSchenkSt, DivaBescheidUSt, DIVABuchmachersteuer, DivaEinwilligungRM, DivaErlassMitteilung, DIVAInvStG51Feststellung, DIVALotteriesteuerEinmal, DIVALotteriesteuerMehr, DIVAOnlinePokerStB, DIVASpielbankabgabe, DIVASportwettensteuer, DivaStundungMitteilung, DivaStundungVA, DivaStundungZinsVA, DIVATotalisator, DIVAVirtuelleAutomatenStB, EPAntwort, EPKurzmitteilung, GEWAbmeldung, GlueckspielF, LStHVVMRM, OZGBescheid, OZGMitteilung, Strafakteneinsicht, VerbindlicheAuskunft, VerbindlicheAuskunftInfoF, VerbindlicheZusage

Document types

A detailed type of DIVA document returned in key MetadatenAnhang of List endpoint.

It is planned to extend this catalog up to 1.000 document types in the near future.

Version 19.0.0 as of 2025-09-16
Version 19.0.0 as of 2025-09-16

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