Making the numbers talk.
Notice periods by length of service, the registered letter and its deadlines, the preliminary meeting, severance pay and the small-employer option: the employer's guide to a dismissal with notice done by the book.
Telling the employer on day one, the certificate by day three, who pays the salary and for how long, the protection against dismissal: the employer's guide to an employee's incapacity for work.
The Peppol access point is built into Odoo. How to switch it on, choose the Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 format, test, send and receive, with no third-party software.
Length, the benefit from the Caisse pour l'avenir des enfants, notice periods, deferral and dismissal protection: a guide to parental leave from the employer's side, for a Luxembourg SME.
The sliding scale, the 2.5% tranche, index 992.24 since 1 June 2026 and the next tranche: what an employer needs to know about the mechanism that lifts Luxembourg salaries on its own.
Set up the 26 statutory days, keep public holidays off the balance, route approvals and track balances in real time: the employer's guide to Odoo's Time Off app, and the payroll limit to know.
You handle other people's money: co-ownership funds, works funds, rent collected for landlords. What sets it apart from your own turnover, and why two sets of books beat one.
Run payroll in-house or hand it to a firm? The honest calculation for a Luxembourg SME, what you actually delegate, what you keep, and what it costs.
Which VAT your business reclaims on its purchases, on what conditions, what limits the deduction and how the pro rata applies to mixed activities.
Beyond 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week: a 40% uplift taken as rest or paid at 140%, exempt from income tax and social contributions, plus the ITM authorisation to remember.
26 working days a year, how they accrue month by month, carry-over to 31 March, how leave is paid and the payout on termination: the employer's guide to handling leave without a misstep.
Assessment or annual adjustment, the thresholds that make filing mandatory, form 100 and the deadline: who must declare their income in Luxembourg, and who stands to gain.
Purchasing, multi-warehouse stock, B2B sales, intra-EU VAT and Intrastat: the Odoo app stack that really runs a Luxembourg trading business, and the one you should not switch on too soon.
Business permit, master craftsman's certificate, VAT at several rates, quotes and progress billing: what really changes when you keep the books of a craft business.
Not compulsory unless a contract or agreement provides for it, taxed in full, withheld under a special scale, and to be accrued before the close: what an owner should settle before paying a year-end bonus.
Fleet, fuel and tolls, runs and CMR notes, cross-border VAT and Intrastat: a tour of the Odoo apps that matter to a haulier, and what each one really fixes, truck by truck.
Point of sale and kitchen, stock and recipes, food purchasing, accounting and VAT: a tour of the Odoo apps that matter to a restaurant, and what each one changes in the dining room and the kitchen.
Project and timesheets, purchasing and stock, progress billing, accounting and VAT: a tour of the Odoo apps that matter to a builder, and what each one actually fixes on your sites.
Fees by phase, advances and progress billing, work in progress at year-end, 17% VAT and projects abroad: what really drives an architecture practice's accounts, and how to keep them without losing your evenings.
Treatments and products at 17%, the till, gift vouchers, employed versus self-employed beauticians and the VAT exemption threshold: what really drives a beauty salon's accounts, and how to keep them without losing your evenings.
Two social-security filings, each within 8 days, plus the contract, the tax card and the monthly payroll: the full checklist for a clean first hire in the Grand Duchy.
Employee, self-employed or landlord: who receives an advance payment notice, on which dates, how the amount is set and how to have it reduced when your income changes.
For a founder living in Belgium, France or Germany, the Luxembourg bank account was often the slowest step. Deferred paying-up of capital reshuffles the deck: what it unlocks, and what it does not remove.
Since 2 June 2026, a SARL's capital can be paid up on a deferred basis. No blocked account and no blocking certificate at incorporation: what the reform really changes, and what it does not.
A €30,000 capital, a board of directors, freely transferable shares: what a public limited company really requires, and when to prefer it to a Sàrl.
Funding rounds, capital, R&D, public grants and burn tracking: what a young company really needs from its accountant, beyond day-to-day bookkeeping.
Winbooks runs the books of a large share of SMEs and accounting firms across the Greater Region. Moving to Odoo is not converting one program into another: it is a data migration you re-map onto the PCN 2020, without breaking your VAT or your FAIA. The method, in four steps.
The 2026 social minimum wage in Luxembourg: qualified and unqualified monthly and hourly rates, young workers, part-time and how indexation moves the floor.
Every employer pays into it, few know what it gives back. The Mutualité refunds the pay you keep giving a sick employee. Here is how it works, its classes, and what it changes for your cash flow.
Odoo does not "close off" your income and expense accounts: it computes the result on its own. The real closing work is elsewhere. Here is the step-by-step, framed for the Luxembourg rules.
Face value up to €15, €2.80 charged to the employee, €12.20 exempt from tax and contributions: how the Luxembourg meal voucher works, and why it costs the employer less than an equivalent pay rise.
Since 2025 a simplified regime exempts 50% of gross annual pay from income tax, capped at €400,000, for a professional recruited abroad earning at least €75,000. The conditions, the 8-year window and how it lands on the payslip.
The third way to pay a company director, and the least understood. A 20% withholding at source, a form 510bis due within 8 days, and a cost the company cannot deduct: what sets tantièmes apart from salary and dividends.
Sage BOB 50 runs a large share of Luxembourg's SMEs and accounting firms. Moving to Odoo is not converting one package into another: it is a data migration project, remapped onto the PCN 2020 chart of accounts without breaking your VAT history or your FAIA. Here is the method, in four steps.
The auto-entrepreneur, or micro-enterprise, regime does not exist in the Grand Duchy. Here is what actually exists to go self-employed, how it differs from France, and the VAT threshold that changes everything.
How to pay an employee a bonus that is 50% income-tax free, within the raised 2025 caps (7.5% of profit, 30% of gross pay), without forgetting social contributions or the filing with the tax office: the employer's guide.
Business permit, VAT at 8% or 17%, a mandatory sector agreement and a cost that sits almost entirely in payroll: what an owner needs to know to avoid working at a loss.
Depositing the share capital, the blocked account and the bank's certificate, established bank or neobank, timelines and documents to provide: the real path to giving your company an account, without stalling your incorporation.
Social contributions, income tax withheld at source and tax credits: what each line of your payslip means, and how gross becomes net, with a worked 2026 example.
Format LU plus 8 digits, matricule versus VAT number, registering with the AED and checking a number on VIES: everything a director needs to know about their VAT number.
Since 2024, the State cuts your tax by 12% of your investment, and up to 18% for a digital or green transformation project. What that changes for an Odoo project.
What the law locks away before any dividend, and how the fate of the profit is decided at the close of a SARL or an SA.
Two revenue streams to split, a stock to value, a separate VAT scheme for used cars: what a garage must keep straight, and where it goes wrong.
Hiring a salaried accountant or handing your books to a firm: the real cost of both options, employer charges included, and the point where an in-house hire truly pays off.
No law forces you to hire an accountant or a firm. What the law does require: keeping proper books, filing your annual accounts, reporting your VAT. A clear answer, whether you run a company or work independently, plus the one case where a professional is compulsory.
Hairdressing at 8%, beauty treatments and retail products at 17%, the till, the VAT exemption threshold and apprentice payroll: what really shapes a salon's books, and how to keep them without losing your Sundays.
Under €100,000 in turnover, a sole trader can keep a simple receipts-and-payments record instead of the standard chart of accounts. A capital company never can, whatever its turnover.
Form 100, the 31 December deadline, taxation on the progressive scale, what is deductible and the cross-border case: the guide to a self-employed person's tax return.
Business permit, commission subject to 17% VAT, client money to ring-fence, one-off sales and recurring letting management: what sets the accounting of a Luxembourg estate agency apart.
Dissolve, liquidate, strike off: the order to follow, the liquidator's job, the closing accounts and what happens to your VAT. The real sequence, from the dissolution vote to removal from the register.
Centralise, sort and turn your source documents into entries without double entry, while keeping archiving compliant with the ten-year rule and FAIA: what a document management system wired into your books really changes.
Rebilled media buying, freelance subcontracting, margin per client and VAT on advertising: what separates a flattering turnover from an agency that actually makes money.
VAT on digital services, SaaS revenue recognition, the intellectual property regime and profitability per product: what really changes when your product is software.
Looking for an "Odoo accountant" means looking for a firm that keeps your books inside your ERP, not beside it. Here is what that coupling changes, who owns your data, and who it does not suit.
Capital from a single euro, set up without a notary, but accounting obligations identical to a classic SARL: what the SARL-S really simplifies, and what it does not.
Who needs one, on what conditions, how to apply on MyGuichet.lu and for how much: the full picture on the document that gates every business start-up.
Several VAT rates on one shop floor, a stock to value, takings to reconcile to the cent: what sets a retailer's books apart, and how to keep them to track your margin, not just to stay compliant.
VAT on often cross-border work, a flat-rate scheme that can backfire, the salary-versus-dividend call, margin per engagement: what really sets a consultant's books apart, and how to keep them to steer.
Who pays, on what base, how much, and the trap of provisional contributions recalculated after your tax assessment: a guide for the self-employed and company directors.
Every entity registered with the RCS must declare its beneficial owners. Here is who is concerned, what to file, the one-month deadline and the penalties, now actually enforced.
Renting out premises is exempt from VAT in principle. Here are the cases that stay taxed, how the option works, its real conditions and what it changes for your input VAT recovery.
RFQ, purchase order, receipt, three-way match: how Odoo's Purchase module controls your spend and feeds your Luxembourg accounting with no double entry.
A fleet that weighs on the balance sheet, thin margins, cross-border drivers, VAT that shifts at every border: what a haulier's books must hold to stay readable.
A holding doesn't escape bookkeeping: PCN 2020, annual accounts, filing at the RCS. What actually sits in its books, and what it costs to keep them.
"Net turnover", "subscribed capital": the standard layouts do not fit a non-commercial activity. What you can change, how, and how far, in light of the CNC's July 2026 clarification.
The medium-sized enterprise regime, exemption from the PCN chart and eCDF, layouts you can adapt to a non-commercial activity, and the statutory auditor: what the CNC has just clarified for large associations, public-interest ASBLs and foundations.
Doctor, lawyer, architect, consulting engineer: a liberal profession's accounting is not kept like a shop's. VAT, sole trader or company, social contributions and deductible expenses, made clear.
The €10,000 OSS threshold, the customer's country VAT, marketplaces that collect on your behalf, reconciling payouts: what makes online-shop accounting different, and how to get it right.
Job-level tracking, progress billing, retention, the 3% VAT rate and work in progress: what makes construction accounting different, and how to keep the books without losing your margin.
Transparent SCI or capital company: how you hold your walls decides the accounting you keep, your tax and your liability. The essentials for a Luxembourg investor.
Two VAT rates on one bill, cash handling, food cost, daily till close-out: what really sets a restaurant's books apart, and how to keep them without losing your evenings.
The tax office asks for quarterly advances on your company's tax before the year's result is even known. Here are the three calendars, how the amount is set, and how to have it adjusted.
The profit and loss account shows how your company made, or lost, money over the year. Here is its structure under the PCN 2020, the five lines to read first, and what the firm watches.
The social security status of an owner-manager, salary versus dividends compared, and the practical trade-off for an SME owner.
The operating-expense rule, the official list of non-deductible items (article 168 LIR) and the grey areas where deductibility is up for debate.
Reading a balance sheet is not just for accountants. Here is how it is built under the PCN 2020, what a director should watch, and the legal threshold too many managers discover too late.
A portal where you drop PDFs is not online accounting. Here is what real-time changes, what Luxembourg still requires, and who this model suits.
Living in Belgium or France, running a Luxembourg company: the accounting stays fully Luxembourgish, and distance is no longer an obstacle.
Keep the books, publish them, declare them, retain them: what the law actually expects from a Luxembourg company, obligation by obligation.
One form for three taxes, a mandatory online filing and a set submission window: what to know for the 2026 campaign.
Dolibarr is free, Odoo is a subscription: the comparison does not stop at price. Scope, scaling and above all Luxembourg accounting compliance, here is how to decide for your SME.
VAT, annual accounts, corporate tax, Intrastat: every recurring deadline for a Luxembourg SME in one calendar, with the timing and the surcharges to watch.
Why a backlog snowballs, what you actually risk, and the order in which to rebuild the books, regularise VAT and file overdue annual accounts. Catching up without the panic.
CCSS affiliation, the electronic tax card, withholding at source and the two remote-work thresholds you must never confuse. The employer's guide for 2026.
The four Luxembourg rates, what each one applies to, and why you still find "16%" figures that no longer hold.
Taking cash out of your company without surprises: the full mechanism, the worked numbers and the hidden-distribution trap.
What the law requires above and below €100, the complementary wordings everyone forgets, and the accepted-invoice trap.
Approval, thresholds, works covered and excluded: how to apply the super-reduced rate without facing a reassessment.
Balance sheet total, turnover, headcount: the thresholds went up by around 25% in late 2024. What you gain by qualifying as a small company, and how to tell whether you already do.
The flat 5% rate is gone. What circular LIR no. 164/1 of 29 January 2025 says, how to justify your rate, and how to avoid a reclassification as a hidden profit distribution.
VAT registration within 15 days, the length of your first financial year, your first accounts filing: the real accounting calendar for a Luxembourg company's first twelve months.
PCN 2020, eCDF filing, FAIA export, archiving: the four Luxembourg compliance tests that rule out most general-purpose accounting software, and how to put them to a vendor.
A national threshold raised to €50,000, a 10% tolerance and a cross-border scheme capped at €100,000: what the small business VAT exemption really changes for a Luxembourg company, and what it costs.
Moving to a subscription model changes your invoicing, but above all your year-end close. How Odoo Subscriptions automates the schedule, and how to book every euro to the right period under the PCN 2020.
Since 2025 a small Luxembourg business can invoice without VAT in another member state. Here are the thresholds, the EX number, the quarterly filings and the calculation that decides whether the scheme pays.
Minimum wage, employer contributions, mutual insurance class and the contribution ceiling: the full employer-cost calculation for a hire in the Grand Duchy, with the rates in force.
The words sound alike, the roles do not. Who does what, which title is regulated, and which one you actually need to run a Luxembourg SME.
Your real obligations, the 50,000 € VAT exemption, when an accountant becomes worth it and what it costs, whether you work in your own name or through a company.
What the PCN 2020 requires, how it structures your accounts, who has to apply it, and how to set it up once and for all in your management tool.
Hire an accountant or outsource? The real calculation for a Luxembourg SME, and how to delegate without losing sight of your figures.
There is no objective ranking of the "best" firm. There are criteria that separate a firm that saves you time from one that costs you.
What an accounting firm does, your bookkeeping obligations, how to choose one and what it really costs: the reference point for an SME director.
Corporate income tax, municipal business tax and net wealth tax: the three taxes a company pays, the real combined rate, and where the bill is actually decided.
When to do it, what your old firm has to give back, and how to carry over the balances without a gap. A guide to a bookkeeping handover that breaks nothing.
Almost nobody publishes their rates. Here are the three billing models on the market, what they hide, and ours: 325 € a month, everything included.
Ten years from the year end, records kept in Luxembourg, and a scan that does not always replace the original.
Invoicing a Belgian or German client without VAT is not automatic: valid number, correct wording, statement filed before the 25th.
2% for petrol and diesel, 0.5% for electric until 31 December 2026: what your car policy has to settle now.
An overdue invoice in Luxembourg does not work like elsewhere: interest runs without any formal notice, and €40 in recovery costs is owed automatically. Here is how to turn those rules into follow-up levels in Odoo.
Bills of materials, manufacturing orders, subcontracting: Odoo covers what a small workshop needs. What decides the outcome is how your stock lands in the PCN 2020 accounts.
The Ministry of the Economy reimburses 70% of the eligible costs of an ERP project quoted between €3,000 and €25,000 excl. VAT. File before you sign the quote, or the grant is gone.
Simple, advanced or qualified: what Luxembourg law recognises, when a LuxTrust qualified electronic signature is required, and what you can sign straight from Odoo.
Directory registration, four new invoice mentions, SIREN clean-up, a pilot phase: the seven tasks to tick off to get compliant now that reception is mandatory.
The per-user price tag tells you little about the final budget. Licences, hosting, implementation and hidden costs: the figures in euros to decide with your eyes open.
Registered in spring 2026, Odoo sends and receives French electronic invoices at no cost per document. Supported versions, directory registration and the traps to avoid, for SMEs in the Grand Est.
The AED's electronic audit file should be prepared before the request arrives, not after. What the FAIA contains, who must be able to produce it, and how Odoo exports it cleanly.
Mandatory reception from 1 September 2026, accredited platforms, e-reporting, penalties: what businesses in Metz, Nancy, Thionville or Strasbourg need to sort out this year, and in what order.
Small, medium or large ASBL: size thresholds, double-entry bookkeeping, RCS filing and statutory audit. What the law of 7 August 2023 actually requires.
OCR and AI digitization of vendor bills, email alias, Peppol reception: how Odoo removes data entry without giving up accounting control.
SEPA credit transfers, direct debit mandates, pain.001 and pain.008 files: the full payment workflow from Odoo, tuned for Luxembourg banks.
Once your goods trade with the EU crosses certain thresholds, STATEC expects an Intrastat declaration every month. The 2026 thresholds, the deadlines, the codes to prepare, and how a well-kept Odoo system saves you from rebuilding the figures by hand.
Everyone has a till that takes payments. A till that updates inventory, applies the right Luxembourg VAT rate and writes the accounting entry on its own is what Odoo's Point of Sale module does. A practical tour for a shop or restaurant established in Luxembourg.
Your P&L tells you how much you earn. It doesn't tell you where. Odoo's analytic plans break your figures down by project, department or service line, without touching the PCN 2020. Here is how to set them up, and the traps that drain the exercise of its value.
Placing your registered office with a domiciliation agent is legal, regulated and sometimes the right call. But domiciliation does not replace real premises for the business permit, nor the substance tax authorities expect. Here is the framework, the prices and the limits.
A result you discover three months after year-end helps nobody decide. Here is how Odoo turns books kept under the PCN 2020 into a living financial dashboard, and the five indicators a Luxembourg SME should watch every week.
Adding a field, automating a follow-up, rebuilding a PDF report without a developer: Odoo Studio promises no-code customization. Here is what it actually delivers, the licence it requires, and where its limits are.
What version 19 brings to a Luxembourg SME and how to plan the upgrade, from the test database to the FAIA export.
Catalogue, online payments, cross-border VAT and accounting: what to configure to sell online cleanly from Luxembourg.
Snap the receipt, approve, reimburse and book the entry under the PCN 2020: the full expense workflow in Odoo for a Luxembourg SME.
Odoo's CRM is free as a standalone app and connects natively to quotes, invoices and accounting. For a Luxembourg SME, it is a smart entry point into the ERP, provided you roll it out in the right order.
A part-time finance director gives an SME the steering of a large group without the salary that goes with it. The real questions: when the model makes sense, what it actually covers, and what it costs in euros.
Odoo automates depreciation for your fixed assets, provided the asset categories are mapped to class 2 of the PCN 2020 and to the useful lives accepted in Luxembourg. Here is the setup that holds up all the way to the annual accounts.
Receipts, deliveries, replenishment: Odoo inventory management covers the warehouse, but also what the Commercial Code and the PCN 2020 expect from your stock at year-end. The two belong together.
A holding company, an operating subsidiary, sometimes a third entity: Odoo's multi-company setup keeps everything in one database without mixing the books, as long as each entity keeps its own PCN 2020, VAT status and eCDF filings.
Consulting, engineering, agencies, IT: when you sell hours, your margin lives between the time worked and the time invoiced. Here is how Odoo links project management, timesheets and invoicing in a single flow.
Approval within 6 months, RCS filing within 7 months, automatic surcharges beyond that: the annual accounts calendar leaves no room for improvisation. Here are the exact deadlines and how to prepare the filing from Odoo.
Bank reconciliation is where your accounting meets reality. Here is how to link your Luxembourg bank accounts to Odoo: automated bank synchronization, CAMT.053 imports, reconciliation models and SEPA payments.
Odoo Online, Odoo.sh or local hosting? The choice is not about price but about one precise question: where should your data live, and who should be able to access it. Here is how to decide in Luxembourg, where data sovereignty is no detail.
The Luxembourg holding company has a precise name: SOPARFI. It is not a legal form of its own, but an ordinary company that holds participations and, under conditions, benefits from a sought-after tax regime. Here is what it really allows, what it demands, and the mistakes that cost dearly.
Odoo Studio, a specific module, or staying on the standard? The right call is not about what Odoo can do, but about what actually needs tailoring, and what every line of custom code will cost you at the next migration.
An Odoo project doesn't succeed on go-live day, but on the day your teams actually use it. Here is who to train, on what, when, and how to turn training into return on investment.
An accounting firm doesn't run one set of books, but dozens. Here is how Odoo holds a portfolio of client files in Luxembourg, what it automates on the PCN, VAT and FAIA, and where its scope ends.
Before you issue your first invoice, you need this administrative green light. Here is who needs it, the three conditions to meet, the real procedure on MyGuichet.lu, the cost and timelines, and the pitfalls that stall a file.
Before signing, you want to know when your Odoo will be live. Here are the real timelines by profile, the step-by-step sequence, and what actually makes a project's schedule slip in Luxembourg.
Comparing Odoo, SAP and Sage only makes sense against your own reality: your size, your budget, and above all your Luxembourg accounting compliance. Here is how to decide without paying for an oversized system.
Cross-border worker from Belgium, France or Germany, or resident outside the EU: yes, you can set up and run a Luxembourg company. The incorporation is the same as for a resident. What changes is three things, the business permit, substance and taxation, and that's where the right decisions are made.
Many business owners assume Odoo produces Luxembourg payslips the way it handles VAT. The reality is more nuanced, and knowing it keeps a project from stalling halfway. Here is what Odoo does, what it doesn't, and how to run Luxembourg payroll without picking the wrong approach.
Your Luxembourg VAT return follows a precise calendar, tied to your turnover, and must go through an eCDF file. Here is how Odoo prepares it, on which deadlines, and where the errors that end in a correction slip in.
Odoo's free edition is tempting, but it stops where your Luxembourg accounting obligations begin. What the Community vs Enterprise choice really changes for an SME, beyond the licence price.
The simplified SARL was designed for one thing: letting an entrepreneur launch an activity without locking up 12,000 € or visiting a notary. Here is what it really allows, what it forbids, and who it suits as a starting point rather than a trap.
The SARL is the most common company form in Luxembourg, for good reasons: limited liability, accessible capital, flexible governance. Here is the real formation path, step by step, with the amounts, the timelines and the bottleneck that slows almost every file.
Moving to Odoo rarely means starting from scratch. It means shifting a living accounting history (customers, invoices, entries, VAT) from an old system into a new one. Here is how to run a migration in Luxembourg, whether you are upgrading a version or leaving Sage, EBP or Dolibarr, without breaking your PCN 2020 chart or your audit trail.
The "Odoo partner" badge does not tell the whole story. For a Luxembourg SME, the real criterion is elsewhere: who masters both the tool and your local accounting, and with what pricing model. Here is how to decide without getting it wrong.
In Luxembourg, e-invoicing is already mandatory towards the public sector via Peppol, and a draft bill of July 2026 extends the obligation to businesses (B2B) in 2028-2029. The real state of the obligations, and how to set Odoo up without doing it twice.
Odoo can keep compliant Luxembourg books, but only once it is configured for the standard chart of accounts, the FAIA export, eCDF filing and local VAT. Here is what to set, and where the costly mistakes hide at closing.
You run a shop, you take payments every day, you maybe manage one or two employees. And yet, at the end of the month, you don't know which product makes you money, which one sits idle on the shelf. Here's how Odoo connects these pieces — and what a retailer gains by connecting them.
When a business owner looks up the price of an Odoo project, they mostly find vague "it depends" answers with no figures. This article gives real ranges, observed on SME projects in Luxembourg, and explains how the integrator's billing model changes the final amount.
You're looking for management software for your business, and Odoo's name keeps coming up. The real question isn't "Is Odoo a good ERP?" — it's one of the most widely deployed in the world. The useful question is: is it the right ERP for an SME like yours, in Luxembourg, with your accounting and tax constraints?
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