ElsterSecure - sicherer Login

ELSTER - Bayerisches Landesamt für Steuern

About this app

ElsterSecure is the new authentication app from ELSTER.

Once set up, all you need to log in is your smartphone. You no longer need a certificate file or a user name after the initial setup.


How to set up ElsterSecure:

Log in to MeinElster as usual.
Go to "My Account".
Under “Add ElsterSecure login option” you can link the app with your MeinElster account.

If you do not yet have a MeinElster account, you can register at www.elster.de and select ElsterSecure as your login option.

Note: Authentication using ElsterSecure is currently only possible for logging into MeinElster. Third-party transmission is not yet supported.


ElsterSecure requires the following permissions:

Access to the device's camera(s): This permission is required to scan the QR code.

Data protection information can be found at https://www.elster.de/eportal/helpGlobal?themaGlobal=datenschutz_public

Ratings and reviews

I spent the whole evening trying to log in. You cannot login with only one device. There is this security loop others describe. You either see a qr code or a scanner for it, but cannot scan.... Nightmare. Tried with the camera too. Just keep getting error message 700001. Yes, I did not finish my registration, because I cannot - please see the text above. My device either offers to scan a code or gives a code, but does not allow to finish my registration.And my password is valid only 1 day more

Terrible design, almost impossible to even log into my account and with weird security loops instead of the normal fingerprint scan. Honestly, the entire process of small business registration in Germany has been a disappointment, especially as a foreigner.

Elster is a disaster. Logging in is a nightmare thanks to a self-referential auth trap: each authentication method depends on another that ultimately points back to the first. If you're locked out of your main method, the alternatives are useless because they refer right back to the one that caused the lockout. It's a vicious circle with no way out. Needlessly overcomplicated. For something as critical as taxes, this level of design failure is unacceptable. absolutely scum!

What’s new

Verbesserung der Usability