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VAT settings and VAT accounts
Set the VAT regime, invoice or cash accounting, rounding and required account mappings.
When an administration is created, Boekhouden assigns a standard VAT profile, quarterly returns and the required VAT accounts. The profile tells Boekhouden how to calculate VAT from a selected date; account mappings determine where VAT payable, input VAT and deferred amounts enter the ledger.
Step by step
- 1Open Settings, choose VAT profile and return frequency, and review whether the standard setup matches your actual situation.
- 2Select the ordinary Dutch regime or an available special situation. Choose Invoice accounting or Cash accounting only according to what applies to your business.
- 3Record the rounding method and, only when actually granted, an Article 23 import-VAT permit.
- 4Map each VAT function to a suitable ledger account. An account code or name has no tax meaning by itself.
- 5Review and save the profile. A later change starts from a new date and leaves the earlier period intact.
What is on the screen?
- Effective date and VAT regime
- Invoice accounting or cash accounting
- Rounding method and Article 23 permit
- Accounts for VAT, input VAT and deferral
What happens next?
New postings use the profile applicable on their relevant date. Earlier postings retain their existing treatment. Dutch cash accounting applies only to designated businesses or approved situations; do not select it merely because customers pay late.
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VAT in Boekhouden
Understand how the VAT profile, treatment, document date, payment and correction fit together.
Read guidance →VAT treatments
Distinguish rates, exemption, reverse charge, EU transactions, imports, margin and an explicit no-VAT choice.
Read guidance →Chart of accounts and ledger accounts
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