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Practical accounting and compliance insights for European businesses

Real-world guidance on invoicing, VAT, bookkeeping operations, and finance workflows for teams that need to stay compliant without losing speed.

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Drop a Factur-X PDF, Skip the OCR

Factur-X and ZUGFeRD PDFs carry the invoice as structured XML embedded inside the PDF. Financica now reads that XML directly, so the numbers are exact and OCR doesn't enter the picture.

05/17/20263 min readProduct Update
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Belgium Replaces the VAT Current Account on May 1, 2026

On May 1, 2026, Belgium retires the VAT current account and replaces it with the new provision account. New bank numbers, new refund workflow, and a practical checklist for finance teams and accountants.

04/17/20267 min readBelgian Compliance

Spot Matching Amounts at a Glance

Select a transaction or invoice, and other rows with the same amount light up. A small visual cue to make payout and receipt pairs obvious.

04/17/20262 min readProduct Update

Preview Email Files Inline

You can now preview .eml email files directly in the document panel, alongside PDFs and images.

04/11/20261 min readProduct Update

How to Handle Retainer Drawdowns on Invoices

A practical walkthrough of what happens in your books when a customer pays a retainer, then you invoice them and apply the retainer against the final bill.

04/05/20264 min readFinancial Management

Weekly Cash Report

A new opt-in email report that lands in your inbox every Monday morning with your cash position, biggest transactions from the past week, and outstanding invoices.

04/01/20263 min readProduct Update

Accounting for Founders: The Basics You Actually Need to Know

A practical introduction to accounting for founders who want to understand their own numbers. Covers double entry, the accounting equation, financial statements, and a worked example that ties it all together.

03/29/202611 min readFinancial Management

Invoice Email Delivery

Two new features make invoice delivery easier: send outbound invoices directly to your customer's email, and receive Peppol invoices forwarded to your billing inbox.

03/25/20262 min readProduct Update

Chart of Accounts: The Numbering System Behind Your Books

Account codes look like arbitrary numbers until you understand the hierarchy. A practical breakdown of how charts of accounts work, why they exist, and what founders should know before their first audit.

03/20/20268 min readFinancial Management

Credit Notes, Explained for Founders: What They Are and How Reconciliation Works

A founder-friendly guide to credit notes: what they are, when to use them, and how Financica reconciles full reversals, partial reversals, and carry-over supplier/customer credits.

03/20/20265 min readFinancial Management

Burn Rate, Without the Jargon: A Practical Guide for Founders

Understand gross burn, net burn, and runway with practical examples and a simple monthly process you can run in Financica.

03/19/20266 min readFinancial Management

Can You Void or Delete an Invoice in Belgium? A Practical 2026 Guide

A practical Belgian compliance guide to handling mistaken invoices without breaking audit trail requirements: when to delete drafts, when to void, when to issue a credit note, and how to fix VAT reporting.

03/02/20266 min readBelgian Compliance

Financica Is Live in Belgium

Financica is officially available in Belgium with full Peppol e-invoicing, VAT current account tracking, Intervat-ready filings, and Belgian bank connections via Exthand.

03/01/20263 min readCompany News