Know what the tax office takes, and when
VAT and income taxes run off your own forecast: what builds up month by month, and what actually leaves the account on which day.
Every date
with its amount
Monthly
what builds up
In cash
before it is paid
Expense planning
VAT & Taxes
Next payment
€12,57010 Sep 2026
Due over 12 months
€37,000every filing
VAT building up
€27,600filed quarterly
Income taxes
€9,400prepaid quarterly
Status quo
Why tax always arrives too early
VAT is never yours — you only collect it. It still sits in the account looking like money for months, until the return falls due.
Today
- VAT sits in the account and feels like revenue
- Prepayment dates occur to you when the statement does
- A strong month gets expensive a quarter later
- Your accountant computes backwards
With Foreqast
- It stands in the plan as a liability from the day it arises
- Every date is in the calendar with its amount
- The stronger month shows the higher tax immediately
- The forecast computes forwards, from the same numbers
How it works
From tax profile to payment date
Four steps, and only the first is data entry.
Answer your tax profile once
Legal form, VAT registration and filing interval, municipal multiplier. That decides which taxes your company owes at all — a limited company and a small-business exemption get different lines.
Settings
Tax profile
Watch what builds up, month by month
Tax is charged on trade, so the basis is your own forecast: revenue for VAT's output side, costs for the input side, operating profit for the income taxes. Move the forecast and the tax moves with it.
Expense planning
Building up per month
| Month | Revenue | Costs | VAT | Income tax |
| Sep 2026 | €61,200 | €44,100 | €3,250 | €1,380 |
| Oct 2026 | €63,400 | €45,300 | €3,430 | €1,450 |
| Nov 2026 | €71,800 | €49,600 | €4,210 | €1,740 |
| Dec 2026 | €88,500 | €57,200 | €5,940 | €2,380 |
Rates, filing interval and prepayment dates come from your tax profile — € figures follow the forecast, so they move when it does.
Every filing date with its amount
An accrual is a month, a payment is a day — two different shapes, so two views. The calendar shows every date, what it covers, and what each tax contributes to it.
Expense planning
VAT & Taxes
Next payment
€12,57010 Sep 2026
Due over 12 months
€37,000every filing
VAT building up
€27,600filed quarterly
Income taxes
€9,400prepaid quarterly
And all of it in the cash plan
The payment lands on its exact day in the cash forecast, not smeared across the month. That is how you see the dip a quarterly return really makes — before it makes it.
Liquidity & runway
Cash flow
| 3 Aug | 10 Aug | 17 Aug | 24 Aug | 31 Aug | 7 Sep |
| Operating expenses | ||||||
Contracts & subscriptions | −€715−€715 | −€715−€715 | −€715€0 | −€715€0 | −€715€0 | −€715€0 |
Owner's draw | −€3,200−€3,200 | −€3,200−€3,200 | −€3,200€0 | −€3,200€0 | −€3,200€0 | −€3,200€0 |
Taxes | €0€0 | €0€0 | €0€0 | €0€0 | −€4,600€0 | €0€0 |
| 3800 · VAT payable | €0 | €0 | €0 | €0 | −€4,600 | €0 |
| Total operating expenses | −€3,915 | −€3,915 | −€3,915 | −€3,915 | −€8,515 | −€3,915 |
| Change in cash | €3,485 | €3,485 | €5,335 | €5,335 | €735 | €5,335 |
| Cumulative cash | €21,885 | €25,370 | €30,705 | €36,040 | €36,775 | €42,110 |
What you get
Taxes that stop surprising anyone
Every date with its amount, every month with what it owes — and both move with your forecast.
Every date
with its amount
Monthly
what builds up
In cash
before it is paid
Expense planning
Building up per month
| Month | Revenue | Costs | VAT | Income tax |
| Sep 2026 | €61,200 | €44,100 | €3,250 | €1,380 |
| Oct 2026 | €63,400 | €45,300 | €3,430 | €1,450 |
| Nov 2026 | €71,800 | €49,600 | €4,210 | €1,740 |
| Dec 2026 | €88,500 | €57,200 | €5,940 | €2,380 |
Rates, filing interval and prepayment dates come from your tax profile — € figures follow the forecast, so they move when it does.
What you need
Your accounting, and four answers
The basis comes from your booked numbers and your forecast. The tax profile you answer once.
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FAQ
Taxes, answered
Does this replace my accountant?
No. Foreqast forecasts what is coming — it files nothing and closes no books. Your accountant's figures stay authoritative.
Which taxes are modelled?
VAT, trade tax and corporation tax including the solidarity surcharge — which of them you get is decided by your legal form.
What about a small-business exemption?
Then no tax lines arise at all. The page says so, instead of showing rows of zeros.
Do you handle a permanent filing extension?
Yes — it moves the payment date on by a month, and the calendar follows.
Why isn't VAT in my profit?
Because it is never your income. It only passes through your account, so it moves cash and not the P&L.
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