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Payment reports

Residents,  i.e. individuals and legal persons whose normal place of abode, place of residence or domicile is in the Federal Republic of Germany, have to report generally incoming and outgoing payments (transactions) of more than €12,500 or the equivalent to the External sector of the Deutsche Bundesbank. Reports of payments by Annex Z 8, Z 11, Z 12 or Z 13 are excluded from the reporting limit.

External sector statistics - Reports Z 1, Z 4 and Z 10

  • Z 1 - All outgoing payments through resident financial institutions (read-only format)
  • Z 4 - All incoming and outgoing payments, which are not to be reported on forms Z 1 or Z 10

  • Z 10 - All incoming and outgoing payments for sales or purchases of securities or financial derivatives as well as payments in connection with redemption of securities

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Reporting form Z 8

  • Z 8 - All incoming and outgoing payments in connection with maritime shipping
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Reports Z 10 to Z 15

  • Z 10 to Z 15 - Forms for financial institutions
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Stock reports

Residents have to report their level of external assets and liabilities on a monthly basis, should this asset liability level exceed €5 million. Furthermore, residents are required to report detailed data on their cross-border equity investment (direct investments) should the investment enterprises’ balance sheet total exceed €3 million or its equivalent.

Reporting forms Z 5, Z 5a and Z 5b

  • Z 5 - Claims and liabilities arising from financial operations with non-resident banks
  • Z 5a Sheet 1 - Claims and liabilities arising from financial operations with non-resident non-banks
  • Z 5a Sheet 2 - Claims and liabilities to non-resident non-banks arising from transactions in goods and services
  • Z 5b - Claims and liabilities vis-à-vis non-residents arising from derivative financial instruments
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Reports K 3 and K 4

  • K 3 - Residents' assets in foreign economic territories
  • K 4 - Non-residents' assets in Germany
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Notes on how to complete the reporting forms for payment reports

To ascertain the code that corresponds to your underlying transaction (payment purpose), enter a keyword into the “Explanatory notes on the coding list for the balance of payments statistics” code list.

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