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VAT
Select and review the VAT setup and treatment that match the actual transaction.
VAT is the tax charged on taxable sales and, where permitted, deducted on business purchases. The difference affects the VAT return and is separate from when revenue or costs enter the profit and loss statement.
Why and when is this relevant?
Use these topics for initial setup, Dutch and international transactions, cash-accounting VAT, corrections and situations that Boekhouden does not yet support.
What does Boekhouden support?
Boekhouden retains the selected treatment with the posting and does not silently assume a tax regime, rate or right to deduct.
Guidance in this category
- 1 VAT in Boekhouden Understand how the VAT profile, treatment, document date, payment and correction fit together. Read guidance →
- 2 VAT settings and VAT accounts Set the VAT regime, invoice or cash accounting, rounding and required account mappings. Read guidance →
- 3 VAT treatments Distinguish rates, exemption, reverse charge, EU transactions, imports, margin and an explicit no-VAT choice. Read guidance →
- 4 Withdraw a VAT profile period Withdraw an unintended latest profile change only while it has not been used anywhere. Read guidance →
- 5 Calculate a VAT return Calculate a period from recorded VAT sources and review each return section. Read guidance →
- 6 VAT return period and frequency Record when monthly, quarterly or yearly filing starts and use fixed periods. Read guidance →
- 7 Record a VAT return Retain exactly what was calculated and what you actually submitted externally. Read guidance →
- 8 Supplementation and VAT corrections Distinguish source correction, revision, other VAT correction and supplementation. Read guidance →
- 9 Compare a VAT return See which sources and amounts changed since the latest recorded position. Read guidance →
- 10 Nil VAT return Record a return with no amounts when you still have a filing duty for that period. Read guidance →
- 11 KOR and an incidental VAT return Deliberately confirm an incidental period when filing is still required under KOR. Read guidance →
- 12 Pay or receive a VAT return balance Distinguish the return position from the later payment or refund. Read guidance →
- 13 EU B2C and OSS Learn how Boekhouden assesses EU consumer sales and keeps Dutch, OSS and foreign returns separate. Read guidance →