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# Netherlands

> Netherlands local functionality in Business Central (NL version): VAT and ICP declarations via Digipoort, audit files, telebanking, payment and collection proposals, SEPA payments, G/L entry handling, purchase amount checks, CMR notes and Dutch post codes. It answers setup and how-to questions for Dutch-specific features.

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

## Overview

The Netherlands hub collects the Dutch local features of Business Central. It starts with a reference guide, "Netherlands Local Functionality [NL]", which lists the areas: VAT declarations, electronic banking, telebanking, payment scenarios, SEPA payments and postal code management. Subtopics then go into each area.

Banking and payments is the largest subtopic (15 pages). It covers telebanking, payment and collection proposals, payment history export, cash, bank and giro journals, bank statement import and SEPA ISO 20022. VAT (4 pages) covers electronic VAT and ICP declarations through Digipoort, VAT categories and the audit file for the Dutch tax authority.

Smaller subtopics cover core finance (applying and unapplying G/L entries, required descriptions), purchasing (document amount checks on invoices and credit memos) and general topics (CMR notes and post code import). Start with the reference guide, then open the subtopic that matches your task.

## Key points

- The reference guide lists all Dutch local functionality: VAT declarations, electronic banking, telebanking, payment scenarios, SEPA payments and postal codes.
- VAT: set up and submit electronic VAT and ICP declarations through Digipoort, including certificate setup.
- VAT: configure VAT categories and create an audit file for the Dutch tax authority.
- Banking and payments: telebanking, payment and collection proposals, payment history export, and cash, bank and giro journals.
- Banking and payments: bank statement import and SEPA ISO 20022 payments for domestic and foreign flows.
- Core finance: apply and unapply G/L entries, and require descriptions on G/L entries to support audit trails.
- Purchasing: check document amounts on purchase invoices and credit memos, and edit the document amount including VAT and the VAT amount.
- General: print CMR notes under the UN CMR Convention, and subscribe to and import Dutch post code data and monthly updates.

## Subtopics

- [VAT](netherlands/vat.md) (4 pages)
- [Banking & payments](netherlands/banking-and-payments.md) (15 pages)
- [Core finance](netherlands/core-finance.md) (2 pages)
- [Purchasing](netherlands/purchasing.md) (2 pages)
- [General](netherlands/general.md) (4 pages)

## More Learn pages

- [Netherlands Local Functionality [NL]](https://learn.microsoft.com/dynamics365/business-central/LocalFunctionality/Netherlands/netherlands-local-functionality): The following articles describe the various local functionality in the Dutch version of Business Central.

Source: Microsoft Learn (CC BY 4.0). Descriptions are Learn's own.