Accountant asks for an XAF audit file, how do I deliver it?
XAF (XML Audit File Financial) is the standard the Dutch tax office and accountants use to scan your ledger. Every decent package exports this, provided your admin is closed per period.
Try this first
- 1Close the financial year or requested period temporarily, otherwise the closing balance is missing and the export is rejected.
- 2In Exact Online: Financial > Audit > XAF Audit File. In Twinfield: Admin > Audit File. In Yuki: Backoffice > XAF.
- 3Snelstart, AFAS, Visma, Reeleezee, Asperion and MUIS each have a similar option under their audit menu.
- 4Check the file opens in an XAF viewer or editor, a corrupt file is caught quicker before you ship it.
- 5Send via a secure channel (encrypted zip with password, or accountant portal), not as a plain mail attachment.
When to bring us in
If export fails or the package flags inconsistencies, we can localise the blocker before the deadline.
See also
- Switching from Exact Online to Yuki, open items and history do not matchPackage migrations stumble on ledger mapping and open AR/AP. Without a mapping table you lose context.
- Twinfield to Exact, dimensions and cost centres go missingTwinfield uses dimensions, Exact uses cost centres and projects. The mapping is not one-to-one.
- Accountant asks for RGS mapping, your ledger does not follow RGSRGS is the Dutch standard chart that SBR filings and accountant software expect. Without mapping, every year-end is manual.
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