{"id":5843,"date":"2025-12-29T11:01:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T11:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.founders.nl\/klaar-voor-2026-start-het-nieuwe-boekjaar-fris-met-deze-checklist\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T15:37:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T15:37:14","slug":"ready-for-2026-start-the-new-financial-year-fresh-with-this-checklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.founders.nl\/en\/ready-for-2026-start-the-new-financial-year-fresh-with-this-checklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Ready for 2026? \u2013 Start the new financial year fresh with this checklist"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5843\" class=\"elementor elementor-5843 elementor-5822\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e8d4b8a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e8d4b8a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-848d295\" data-id=\"848d295\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b702d7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b702d7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"text-widget widget\">\n                    <div class=\"container\">\n                        <div class=\"row\">\n                            <div class=\"offset-md-1 col-md-10 offset-lg-2 col-lg-8 offset-xl-2 col-xl-8\">\t\t\t\t<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">The end of the year is near \u2013 the perfect time to get everything in order and step into 2026 well-prepared. This checklist will help you finalize your administration, so it\u2019s ready to hand over to your bookkeeper.<\/p><ol><li data-path-to-node=\"4\">Are you a DGA and employed by your BV? Last year, your minimum annual gross salary was \u20ac56,000. In 2026, the minimum will be increased to \u20ac58,000.<\/li><li><p data-path-to-node=\"5,0,0\">Collect all invoices you\u2019ve sent out and make sure they are uploaded to your administration. Also, check immediately if your invoices have been paid, or update the payment date.<\/p><\/li><li><p data-path-to-node=\"5,1,0\">Upload all your business expenses to your online administration and add all receipts and invoices to justify them. You\u2019re not allowed to reclaim VAT if you do not have a receipt or invoice with a VAT specification, so always include them.<\/p><\/li><li><p data-path-to-node=\"5,2,0\">Don\u2019t forget to link all bank transactions in the bank connection to your booked administration. This way, you won\u2019t miss any expenses and your bookkeeper can easily check your transactions later.<\/p><\/li><li><p data-path-to-node=\"5,3,0\">Always double check all major business expenses, such as the purchase of a computer, camera or telephone. In addition, the end of the year is the perfect time to check if it pays off to make other investments. If you invest more than \u20ac2.901 excluding VAT in 2025, you can make use of an additional investment deduction: the KIA. So, if you\u2019re just below that threshold at the moment, it might be attractive to make an extra business investment before the end of the year.<\/p><\/li><li><p data-path-to-node=\"5,4,0\">If this is the first time we\u2019re filing your annual accounts and another bookkeeper has handled the previous financial year, please add the annual accounts of 2024 to the questions regarding your business data.<\/p><\/li><li><p data-path-to-node=\"5,5,0\">On January 1st, you can submit the data for compiling the annual accounts under \u2018business data\u2019. Download the transactions of all business accounts and savings accounts and add them. Please double-check carefully that you don\u2019t overlook any account.<\/p><\/li><li><p data-path-to-node=\"5,6,0\">Do you have a business account with ABN Amro? Put a reminder in your calendar to download your transactions in a CSV or XLS file on January 1st and add them to your business data. This is only possible going back 1.5 years and is necessary to compile your annual accounts.<\/p><\/li><li><p data-path-to-node=\"5,7,0\">If you have an extended financial year (2025-2026), you don\u2019t need to submit data yet, because we will not compile the annual accounts until next year. However, please note that if you have a business account with ABN Amro, you do need to download those transactions now!<\/p><\/li><li><p data-path-to-node=\"5,8,0\">Did you switch from a sole proprietorship (eenmanszaak) to a BV in 2025? It will be new to you that we check the bank transactions. If we handled the conversion, we will retrieve the previously booked administration from the system. No worries, the bookkeeper can explain everything about this.<\/p><\/li><\/ol><p data-path-to-node=\"6\">If you have any further questions or if you\u2019re uncertain about something, you can always contact your bookkeeper. 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