tax database LexInform provides comprehensive information on the German tax law tax for consultants and business information. In addition, it offers to business management consulting services for organization and data processing. Platforms DATEV assumes that customers are using Microsoft operating systems and application programs, or Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer and Microsoft Office. Data storage has historically mostly been based on Microsoft SQL Server, and exclusively so since early 2006. DATEV has recently begun to provide partial program interfaces to OpenOffice.org and StarOffice but is not the first manufacturer in the industry to do so. E-mail encryption to date has been limited to passing within Microsoft programs only. In 2017, OpenOffice support was discontinued due to insufficient demand. The DATEV programs for payroll accounting also have approved interfaces to the ERP systems SAP Business One, SAP Business ByDesign and Microsoft Dynamics NAV. Sponsorship DATEV is a sponsor of the Challenge Roth. The contract was extended, DATEV will be the title sponsor for another 3 years from 2022. Subsidiaries DATEV.at GmbH / Vienna, Austria DATEV.cz sro / Brno, Czech Republic DATEV.pl sp. z o.o. / Warsaw, Poland DATEV koinos. Sr.l. / Milan, Italy DATEV.it S.p.A. / Assago, Italy Key data Turnover 2017: €978 million Members: 40.264 (June 30, 2018) Employees: 7.387 (June 30, 2018) References External links DATEV DATEV International Site Sinfopac Internacional, S.L.U - DATEV Partner for Solutions Information technology companies of Germany Cooperatives in Germany