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# General

> Belgium general local functionality in Business Central: posting period limits, work date as posting date, mandatory journal templates, deferrals in Sales and Purchase ledger reports, and Belgian enterprise and branch numbers. It answers setup questions for Belgian bookkeeping and reporting.

Path: [Business functionality](../../../business-functionality.md) > [Local functionality](../../local-functionality.md) > [Belgium](../belgium.md) > General · tier official · system localization · narrative reviewed (checked by Opus)

## Overview

This section collects five short pages on Belgium-specific setup and behavior. Most of them describe fields in General Ledger Setup or related setup pages that control how and when transactions are posted.

Three pages deal with posting control: limiting the posting period at company, user, or journal template level (useful for Belgian monthly journal closure), using the work date as the posting date when applying or unapplying entries, and making journal templates mandatory with defaults for sales and purchase documents. A fourth page explains how to exclude deferral entries from the Sales ledger and Purchase ledger reports. The last page covers enterprise numbers and branch numbers from the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises.

Start with the posting period and journal template pages if you are setting up a new Belgian company. Use the deferral page when ledger reports show deferral entries you want to hide. The enterprise number page is a reference for identification on documents.

## Key points

- Posting periods can be limited with Allow Posting From and Allow Posting To at company, user, or journal template level.
- Enabling Use Workdate for Appl./Unappl. in General Ledger Setup makes the work date the posting date when applying customer or vendor entries.
- Journal Template Name Mandatory in General Ledger Setup makes journal templates required in the Belgian version.
- Default journal templates for sales and purchase documents are set on the Journal Templates FastTab.
- Deferral entries can be excluded from Sales and Purchase ledger reports by setting source codes for deferrals and using the Exclude Deferral Entries option.
- Source Code Setup covers General, Sales, and Purchase deferral source codes.
- Enterprise numbers and branch numbers come from the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises and are used on business documents and correspondence, alongside the VAT registration number.

## Learn pages

- [Deferrals in Sales ledger and Purchase ledger reports](https://learn.microsoft.com/dynamics365/business-central/LocalFunctionality/Belgium/how-to-use-deferrals): Learn how to set up and use deferrals in Sales ledger and Purchase ledger reports in the Belgian version of Business Central.
- [Enterprise Numbers and Branch Numbers [BE]](https://learn.microsoft.com/dynamics365/business-central/LocalFunctionality/Belgium/enterprise-numbers-and-branch-numbers): Companies receive a unique enterprise number and branch numbers by the Belgian Crossroad Bank of Enterprises.
- [How to Limit the Posting Period [BE]](https://learn.microsoft.com/dynamics365/business-central/LocalFunctionality/Belgium/how-to-limit-the-posting-period): Understand the methods to limit the posting period at three distinct levels - company-wide, user-specific, and template-based.
- [How to Set the Work Date as the Posting Date [BE]](https://learn.microsoft.com/dynamics365/business-central/LocalFunctionality/Belgium/how-to-set-the-work-date-as-the-posting-date): Set the general ledger to use the work date as the posting date for customer or vendor open entries on invoices, payments, or credit memos.
- [Make Journal Templates Mandatory [BE]](https://learn.microsoft.com/dynamics365/business-central/LocalFunctionality/Belgium/specify-journal-template-mandatory): Learn how to make the use of journal templates required in the Belgian version.

## Business Central pages and reports

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- [Page 279 "Source Code Setup"](../../../../../objects/page/279.md) · on [Table 242 "Source Code Setup"](../../../../../objects/table/242.md)
- [Page 1700 "Deferral Template Card"](../../../../../objects/page/1700.md) · on [Table 1700 "Deferral Template"](../../../../../objects/table/1700.md)
- [Page 1701 "Deferral Template List"](../../../../../objects/page/1701.md) · captioned "Deferral Templates" · on [Table 1700 "Deferral Template"](../../../../../objects/table/1700.md)

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