- Short answer
- Shopify's Data Exporter app exports six GoBD files, including orders, products and users, from January 2019 on; TSE data comes from a separate app.
- Years covered
- January 1, 2019 onward; for earlier years Shopify points to the admin's order and product exports.
- How it arrives
- A ZIP link emailed to the account owner; it expires after 7 days.
- TSE data
- Shopify's TSE app exports TSE certificates, POS device transaction data and DSFinV-K, by date range.
What does the Data Exporter app give you for GoBD?
For tax-authority requests, Shopify's help page lists six GoBD files:
- gobd.dtd
- index.xml
- order_lines.csv
- orders.csv
- products.csv
- users.csv
The App Store listing says it "includes all transactions made through the Shopify Point of Sale app".
Data starts January 1, 2019; for earlier years, Shopify points to your admin's order and product exports, which provide "similar data".
The account owner or anyone with access to Apps picks an Export type and a Year. The ZIP download link is emailed to the account owner and expires after 7 days. Save the ZIP before then; how long you must keep those records is a separate question: how long to keep Shopify store records in Germany.
Is the export enough to be GoBD-compliant?
The app gives you files to submit, in the way your tax authority sets, and the help page adds:
It's important to consult with local legal professionals to determine if you comply with all local laws and regulations.
Shopify does say Audicon certified that the app complies with GoBD standards. Audicon's page describes its certification as proof that data delivered through the GoBD interface meets the description standard the tax administration recommends.
Beyond the file names, the help page, the listing and Shopify's Germany tax-compliance page, which we read on October 3, 2026, don't say what the files' columns hold, such as payouts or fees, or name Z3 or DSFinV-K for this app.
How is it different from Shopify's TSE app?
The TSE app covers KassenSichV, which applies to merchants in Germany who sell in-person with a digital cash register that accepts cash. It emails TSE certificates, POS device transaction data and the complete DSFinV-K export for a date range you pick; see how long to keep that data.
The Data Exporter, by contrast, builds GoBD files for a Year you pick. None of the three Shopify pages we read on October 3, 2026 — the Data Exporter and TSE help pages and the Germany tax-compliance page — says one export replaces the other.
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