ePayBL

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ePayBL (ePayment des Bundes und der Länder) is the name for a software product that a developer community of the federal government and various federal states has developed and used in each case. ePayBL - the basic component of a payment platform - enables the processing of revenues for fees, sales, etc. of public institutions, especially with the help of online payment methods.

The developer community was created as a result of the BundOnline 2005 initiative . Today the further development is strategically planned jointly by the federal government and the states of Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Bremen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxony and Thuringia. The developer community finances and organizes the technical infrastructure including the development, provision, maintenance and servicing of the software, with the help of which individual management software (IT-based administrative procedures or IT specialist procedures) is used to collect funds from the respective budget, cash and cash equivalents Accounting of the federal or state or the municipality can be connected.

The ePayBL software is available for use by the public institutions of the federal government and the participating states as well as bodies of local self-government who are participating in the further development. Every public administration and every organization in the countries participating in the developer community may use the software, provided it is at least 50% in public hands. Each member of the developer community guarantees their own operation of the ePayBL.

ePayBL supports the payment methods transfer , SEPA direct debit , credit card (with Mastercard and Visa ), Giropay , PayPal and paydirekt . A public institution can decide within the scope of its possibilities in which context it wants to allow which payment types. For the different areas of application, the ePayBL offers extensive functions such as B. the creation of electronic invoices that can also be paid directly online, the management of SEPA mandates and a web shop system . The open source-based web shop system is used to make administrative services accessible to the public online, clearly and in a familiar manner. Ordering or purchasing, including payment without media discontinuity, guarantees an offer that covers the requirements of e-government

The designation “die ePayBL” has become established and “ePayBL” is protected as a word and figurative mark at the DPMA .

Special features of payments to public institutions

Revenue and expenditure of public administration according to the budgets of the federal and the country divided and governed by the regulations of the respective financial regulations. Public institutions do not have their income directly at their disposal - these are essentially taxes and duties - and therefore do not have an 'own' account . Instead, income from public institutions is transferred directly to the respective budget via the federal , state or municipal coffers . In addition, special conditions apply to data access to and billing with public cash registers. The online payment (internet payment) of amounts of money to federal and state coffers is therefore subject to special requirements, for example in terms of data transmission to the coffers: The ePayBL software as an in-house development of the administration allows the budget systems of the federal and state governments via coordinated interfaces to transmit Address data. The developer community regularly adapts the ePayBL software and the associated modules to other requirements - e.g. B. regarding security, accessibility and data protection and legal changes.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Developer Community | The developer community ePayBL. Accessed December 30, 2018 .