Getting your opening balance sheet prepared is faster when you show up with the right documents the first time. Based on what our bookkeeping partner asks DAFT clients for, here’s what to have ready.
The two essentials
- Your KVK extract (uittreksel), showing your business is registered with the Chamber of Commerce.
- A bank statement showing the €4,500 deposit into your business account, dated and clearly identifiable.
Neither one alone is enough. A bank statement without the KVK registration doesn’t prove the money is tied to a registered business. A KVK extract without the deposit doesn’t prove the capital exists.
What is usually not enough on its own
- A screenshot of your account balance. It doesn’t show history, so it can’t prove the deposit happened or that the balance has stayed where it needs to be.
- A personal bank statement. The capital needs to be in the business’s own account, not mixed with personal funds.
- A verbal or written promise to deposit the capital later. See Requirements: the 6-month window is a hard deadline, not a formality.
If you also have business debts
If your business has any liabilities (a loan, an unpaid invoice, anything owed), bring documentation of those too. As covered on Opening balance sheet & the €4,500 capital, several sources describe the IND looking at your net position, assets minus liabilities, so a bookkeeper needs the full picture, not just the asset side.
At renewal time, it’s a longer list
Extension and renewal covers this in detail, but the short version: at renewal you’ll need two years of figures, not a single snapshot. A bank statement alone is explicitly not enough at this stage either.
Next steps
Once you have these ready, Opening balance sheet & the €4,500 capital walks through what the document itself needs to show.