Central Balance Sheet Office

This site offers information about gathering annual accounts, search of annual accounts and available products based on the annual accounts.
2013-05-08 The statistics on the delivery of annual accounts have been updated
2013-05-02 Key figures of the Central Balance Sheet Office - April 2013
2013-04-23 The activity statistics on the filing and delivery of annual accounts in December 2012 are available
2013-03-25 The statistics for the 2011 accounting year are available
2013-03-11 Infomail of the Central Balance Sheet Office (Dutch  - French)

Consultation of annual accounts: summary
This application enables you to consult information concerning the annual accounts or consolidated annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium since 1992.
Filing annual accounts
You will find information here as to the filing of the annual accounts, such as the time-limits, the sanctions, the language of the annual accounts, the filing costs, the consolidated accounts and the legal background for the submission of annual accounts.
Filing via Internet: summary
All annual accounts and consolidated can be filed using the “Filing annual accounts via the Internet” application
Models of annual accounts
Here you can find both the size criteria for enterprises and for NPI's and foundations, and the models for the annual accounts and for the social balance sheet
Sofista: summary
Products Central Balance Sheet Office
The Central Balance Sheet Office makes the annual accounts data it collects available to various target groups and in different forms.
On the Central Balance Sheet Office
It is the Central Balance Sheet Office's task to collect and handle the annual accounts of nearly all legal entities active in Belgium and to make these accounts available for all interested parties.
International Financial Reporting Standards
Here you will find more information about the IFRS, or International Financial Reporting Standards.
XBRL and XBRL Belgium
XBRL is a rapidly emerging computer language for the electronic exchange and standardisation of financial reporting through the internet. The non-profit-making organisation XBRL Belgium has been set up to encourage its use in Belgium.
Infomail
The Central Balance Sheet Office regularly sends Infomails with information regarding the drawing up and filing of annual accounts and regarding the products of the Central Balance Sheet Office.
Contact
Here you will find the contact details of the Central Balance Sheet Office.
External links
Below is a brief list of Belgian, foreign and international institutions involved in drawing up, submitting and disseminating annual accounts.