Every month

You file and pay the wage taxes every month. See the payroll cycle. If you close the bookkeeping every month, you have less work at every later deadline.

Every quarter

You file the VAT return by the last day of the month after each quarter. See the VAT calendar for the dates. If you sell to businesses in other EU countries, you also file the ICP declaration, a list of these sales. If you sell to consumers in other EU countries, you file the EU return for these sales (OSS).

Every year

  • By 31 May: accounts of the previous year prepared (extension possible to 31 October).
  • Within 6 months: the AVA with adoption and discharge.
  • Within 8 days of adoption, at the latest 31 December: filing at the Dutch Chamber of Commerce (KVK), see the deadlines.
  • Corporate tax return: after the year-end, when the Belastingdienst invites you to file. If your adviser uses the extension scheme for tax advisers, the deadline is later in the year.
  • Q4 VAT return: you include the year-end corrections for staff benefits (BUA), the pro rata deduction and private use.

If you already have a Dutch company and want help with the paperwork, see corporate services in the Netherlands. One English-speaking team can do the bookkeeping, the VAT, the payroll, the annual accounts and the KVK filings for you.

Which return is due when, and what happens if you miss a date? See running a Dutch BV: taxes, filings and deadlines.

The registers, when something changes

You update the KVK, the UBO register and the shareholder register each time something changes, whatever the date. The procedure is in KVK changes. Make one person responsible for the calendar and review it once a quarter.