Catch-Up Bookkeeping in the Netherlands
We turn months (or years) of backlog into clean, tax-ready financials. Delivered to Dutch GAAP (Title 9) for Dutch businesses, priced in EUR.
Dutch backlogs run on two clocks. The Belastingdienst wants quarterly BTW; the KvK wants annual accounts within twelve months of year end and within eight days of adoption. Late KvK filing is a directors' liability question, not only a penalty, so we rebuild Exact Online in period order, settle the BTW positions, and get the jaarrekening filed.
Whether you're 3 months or 24 months behind, our catch-up team reconstructs your books period by period, reconciles every account, and hands you statements you can file and raise on. It's the fastest way to go from chaos to clarity — and the most common on-ramp to a monthly retainer.
The deadlines we track against your ledger.
| Obligation | Frequency | Due | Authority |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTW-aangifte (VAT return)VAT-registered businesses filing quarterly | Quarterly | Last day of the month following the quarter | Belastingdienst |
| Annual accounts filed with the Kamer van KoophandelBVs and NVs | Annual | Within 12 months of the financial year end, and within 8 days of adoption | KvK |
| Vennootschapsbelasting (corporate income tax return) | Annual | 5 months after the financial year end — 1 June for a calendar year — with extension available | Belastingdienst |
Last reviewed against the source . These are the standard dates. Extensions through a registered agent, a non-calendar year end, and volume-based filing frequencies all shift them — confirm your own dates with Belastingdienst. This is general information, not tax advice.
Catch-Up Bookkeeping deliverables
- Full historical reconstruction (3 / 6 / 12 / 24 months)
- Back-reconciliation of every bank & card account
- Categorisation of all historical transactions
- Restated P&L and Balance Sheet per period
- Tax-ready handoff package
Exact Online
Exact Online and Twinfield dominate Dutch practice, and EU cross-border sellers usually run One Stop Shop reporting alongside the domestic BTW return.
A worked example, in your currency.
An Amsterdam BV selling across the EU, 1,600 transactions a month, quarterly BTW.
- In-house boekhouder (fully loaded, per month)
- € 4.900
- Salt bookkeeping + BTW and OSS
- € 1.750
- Monthly saving
- € 3.150
Figures in EUR. OSS reporting for EU distance sales is quarterly and separate from the domestic BTW return.
The framework your Netherlands accounts are held to.
We prepare to Dutch GAAP (RJ guidelines) or IFRS. These are the bodies that set that framework and the authorities you file with — linked so you can verify the standard rather than take our word for it.
- Professional bodyNBAKoninklijke Nederlandse Beroepsorganisatie van AccountantsThe Dutch professional body for accountants.
- Standards setterRJRaad voor de JaarverslaggevingIssues the Dutch annual reporting guidelines.
- RegulatorBelastingdienstBTW, vennootschapsbelasting and loonheffingen.
- RegulatorKvKKamer van KoophandelChamber of Commerce — annual accounts filing.
Listed for reference. Salt Accounting Group is not stating membership, registration or affiliation with any of these organisations. Where a filing must be lodged by a registered local agent, it is — your agent keeps the lodgement and the professional sign-off.
Catch-Up Bookkeeping in Netherlands
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Tell us where you trade and what shape the books are in. You get scope, price and a start date in writing within one business day — no obligation.