FAQ

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1. From which countries is it allowed to log in on the CBS microdata environment?
2. How to report changes of address place name contact person?
3. How to report changes of address place name contact person?
4. How to report changes of address place name contact person?
5. How to report changes of address place name contact person?
6. How to report changes of address place name contact person?
7. How to report changes of address place name contact person?
8. How can I report changes to address, place name, contact person?
9. Until when can I fill out the questionnaire?
10. How to report changes of address place name contact person?
11. How to report changes of address place name contact person?
12. Is my privacy protected?
13. Is my privacy protected?
14. Is my privacy protected?
15. Is my privacy protected?
16. Is my privacy protected?
17. Is my privacy protected?
18. Is my privacy protected?
19. Is my privacy protected?
20. Is my privacy protected?
21. I receive questionnaires from Statistics Netherlands but the activities of my company have ended (bankruptcy, cancellation, merger, acquisition or sale)
22. I receive questionnaires from Statistics Netherlands but the activities of my company have ended (bankruptcy, cancellation, merger, acquisition or sale)
23. I receive questionnaires from Statistics Netherlands but the activities of my company have ended (bankruptcy, cancellation, merger, acquisition or sale)
24. I receive questionnaires from Statistics Netherlands but the activities of my company have ended (bankruptcy, cancellation, merger, acquisition or sale)
25. I receive questionnaires from Statistics Netherlands but the activities of my company have ended (bankruptcy, cancellation, merger, acquisition or sale)
26. I receive questionnaires from Statistics Netherlands but the activities of my company have ended (bankruptcy, cancellation, merger, acquisition or sale)
27. I receive questionnaires from Statistics Netherlands but the activities of my company have ended (bankruptcy, cancellation, merger, acquisition or sale)
28. I receive questionnaires from Statistics Netherlands but the activities of my company have ended (bankruptcy, cancellation, merger, acquisition or sale)
29. I receive questionnaires from Statistics Netherlands but the activities of my company have ended (bankruptcy, cancellation, merger, acquisition or sale)
30. I completed and sent the questionnaire. Why do I get a reminder letter?
31. I completed and sent the questionnaire. Why do I get a reminder letter?
32. I completed and sent the questionnaire. Why do I get a reminder letter?
33. I completed and sent the questionnaire. Why do I get a reminder letter?
34. I completed and sent the questionnaire. Why do I get a reminder letter?
35. I completed and sent the questionnaire. Why do I get a reminder letter?
36. I completed and sent the questionnaire. Why do I get a reminder letter?
37. I completed and sent the questionnaire. Why do I get a reminder letter?
38. I completed and sent the questionnaire. Why do I get a reminder letter?
39. I don't get to see a screen where I can enter the user number and access code.
40. I don't get to see a screen where I can enter the user number and access code.
41. I don't get to see a screen where I can enter the user number and access code.
42. I don't get to see a screen where I can enter the user number and access code.
43. I don't get to see a screen where I can enter the user number and access code.
44. I don't get to see a screen where I can enter the user number and access code.
45. I don't get to see a screen where I can enter the user number and access code.
46. I don't get to see a screen where I can enter the user number and access code.
47. I don't get to see a screen where I can enter the user number and access code.
48. How to report changes of address place name contact person?
49. How to report changes of address place name contact person?
50. How to report changes of address place name contact person?
51. How can I report changes to address, place name, contact person?
52. I receive questionnaires from Statistics Netherlands but the activities of my company have ended (bankruptcy, cancellation, merger, acquisition or sale)
53. I receive questionnaires from Statistics Netherlands but the activities of my company have ended (bankruptcy, cancellation, merger, acquisition or sale)
54. I don't get to see a screen where I can enter the user number and access code.
55. I don't get to see a screen where I can enter the user number and access code.
56. I completed and sent the questionnaire. Why do I get a reminder letter?
57. I completed and sent the questionnaire. Why do I get a reminder letter?
58. Is my privacy protected?
59. Is my privacy protected?
60. Can I view the output of my colleagues?
61. Where can I find my output?
62. My final figures will not be available before the submission deadline.
63. Can I request a deferral for submitting the data?
64. My company is a seasonal business. How should I submit my data?
65. The questionnaire is not applicable to my company's activities. What should I do?
66. Am I obliged to provide data?
67. The list of consolidated companies includes also companies with other activities. Is this correct?
68. Can I have my accountant fill in the questionnaire?
69. How does the CBS microdata portal work?
70. How can I report changes to address, place name, contact person?
71. What costs do I have to pay for the output control?
72. How can I export syntax files?
73. How can I extend a project in its final month?
74. Is there an overview of the questions available?
75. How can I add external datasets to my project?
76. How can I add a researcher, authorized signatory, or onlooker to my project?
77. How can I move a project (to another institution)?
78. I have a new employer and want to continue working on the project. Is that possible?
79. How can I reopen an archived project?
80. How can I bring the project's end date forward?
81. How can I resume a temporarily suspended project?
82. How can I close, extend, or temporarily suspend a project?
83. How can I add a publication to my project?
84. How can I change my personal data address?
85. How can I adjust the role of a team member?
86. Can only the project leader add files and team members?
87. How can I add datasets to my project?
88. What will my project cost?
89. How long does it take for my project application to be approved?
90. How to start a new project?
91. How do I know if my institution is authorized to work with CBS microdata?
92. Can I have more time to complete the survey?
93. What kind of information will I need to provide in the questionnaire?
94. Am I obliged to fill in the questionnaire?
95. What is the deadline for completing the questionnaire?
96. Why is Statistics Netherlands asking for information about my enterprise?
97. Core inflation – Is this term used by CBS?
98. Am I required to provide data?
99. What is the deadline for completing the survey?
100. We are a holding company or management company. How can we submit the data required?
101. How many businesses are receiving this survey?
102. The letter states the submission date, but the final annual figures are not known yet. What should we do?
103. Is it possible to extend the response time for submitting data?
104. Is there an English version available for this survey?
105. How high is inflation at the moment?
106. What guidelines should my output comply with?
107. What are the amounts involved in imports by and exports from the Netherlands?
108. How will the population of the Netherlands develop in the future?
109. What is the population composition of the Netherlands?
110. What is the income distribution in the Netherlands?
111. How do I adjust the wage component in my contracts?
112. Where can I find turnover figures of the various Dutch sectors?
113. What is the inflation rate based on the consumer price index (CPI)?
114. Where can I find district and neighbourhood data?
115. How many people are employed in the Netherlands, and what are their working hours?
116. Where does Statistics Netherlands (CBS) get its data from?
117. Is Statistics Netherlands (CBS) an independent organisation? And what does that mean in practice?
118. Does Statistics Netherlands (CBS) carry out privacy audits?
119. Why did Statistics Netherlands (CBS) contact me, specifically?
120. Who is responsible for ensuring that Statistics Netherlands (CBS) complies with the relevant legislation?
121. Which legislation is Statistics Netherlands (CBS) subject to?
122. Are my personal data identifiable when they are collected by Statistics Netherlands (CBS)?
123. What are ‘new’ data sources?
124. What does Statistics Netherlands do with its source data files?
125. Why does Statistics Netherlands (CBS) need so much data?
126. Who is able to access our data?
127. How does Statistics Netherlands (CBS) keep its data secure?
128. Can other government bodies or organisations ask Statistics Netherlands (CBS) for data?
129. Is it compulsory to take part in Statistics Netherlands (CBS) surveys?
130. What is pseudonymisation? And how does it work?
131. How come I don't have my output yet if the status is “released by controllers”?
132. How do I know if my output has been processed?
133. My output has been withheld, but a similar output was released last time. How can this be?
134. I want to submit an output with a lot of files, is it possible to limit the checking costs?
135. How should I submit files that I want to export (output)?
136. How can I get my results outside the CBS Microdata environment?
137. I have signed up for the KVK Mutation Service / KVK Data Service / KVK API. Does that mean that I will receive notification of all the changed SBI codes at once?
138. When will CBS and the Chamber of Commerce switch to SBI 2025?
139. How do CBS and the Dutch Chamber of Commerce plan to cooperate during the revision?
140. Do I have to use RGS when I complete this questionnaire?
141. My company was not active during the period covered by the questionnaire.
142. Can I have my accountant complete the questionnaire?
143. Why aren’t all of the items completed automatically?
144. What does CBS do with the data in my accounts?
145. I no longer want to provide this information / I no longer want to be approached.
146. I am not presented with a screen where I can enter my user number and access code.
147. My company was not active – temporarily or otherwise – during the period covered by the questionnaire (due to bankruptcy, liquidation, acquisition, merger, sale, illness, etc.).
148. The questionnaire is not applicable to my company’s activities. What should I do?
149. How can I make an import template in IDEP+?
150. Can my accounting package automatically enter data into the questionnaire? (cbs.nl)
151. How can I ensure that the data from my accounts are automatically entered into the questionnaire? (cbs.nl)
152. Are there any changes to my declaration for International Trade in Goods due to Brexit?
153. The online questionnaire is slow to respond. What can I do about this?
154. My final figures are not ready before the deferment date. What should I do?
155. I have trouble understanding the questionnaire.
156. I am a franchisee. Why don’t you contact the head office to obtain the figures?
157. The questionnaire is not applicable to my company’s activities. What should I do?
158. I am only a small company/sole proprietor, so why am I being sent this questionnaire?
159. Tax Administration asks this also, why do I have to complete this questionnaire?
160. Is my privacy protected?
161. Am I required to provide data?
162. How should I report changes in the enterprise structure?
163. May I change the pre-filled opening balance-sheet amount?
164. I do not see a window to enter the user number and access code.
165. I receive questionnaires from Statistics Netherlands, but the activities of my company have ended. (bankruptcy, cancellation, merger, acquisition, or sale).
166. I have filled out the questionnaire and sent it. Why do I get a reminder by letter?
167. We do not compile the consolidation required by Statistics Netherlands for our own purposes. Are we obliged to compile this consolidation especially for Statistics Netherlands?
168. I have filled out the questionnaire and sent it. Why do I get a reminder by letter?
169. Can I request a deferral for submitting the data?
170. My company is a seasonal business. How should I submit my data?
171. Is it possible that the consolidated companies includes companies with other activities?
172. Am I required to provide data?
173. What is RGS?
174. What does R&D mean?
175. Can I request a deferral for submitting the data?
176. How can I submit changes in address, place name or contact person?
177. I have imported the data, but I cannot submit the declaration.
178. Under what code should I book trade in services with Kosovo?
179. How can I notify CBS of a change of address or a change in my contact details?
180. Importing data is aborted because too many records are wrong.
181. Is my privacy protected?
182. I receive questionnaires from CBS, but my company's activities have ceased.
183. I do not see a window to enter the user number and access code.
184. I no longer have the login details
185. Can I get permission to postpone my submission?
186. How can I submit changes of address, contacts?
187. The activities of my company have ended (bankruptcy, closed down, merger, take over or sale), what do I have to do for CBS?
188. Which data from your business accounts can you use for the survey International Trade in Services?
189. I have not sold or purchased any international services. Why is my company selected for the survey?
190. Where can I find the country codes list?
191. Where can I find the service codes?
192. Where can I find a detailed manual on the International Trade in Services?
193. Where can I find a detailed user manual on IDEP?
194. Where can I find a deninition of merchanting and trade via Dutch custom warehouses?
195. What is an RGS Bridge Statement?
196. Why does Statistics Netherlands only requires the consolidated statement which relates solely to group companies established in the Netherlands?
197. My business is a holding company or management company. How should I submit my data?
198. What do you do with my data?
199. I have completed and submitted the questionnaire. Why have I been sent a reminder?
200. I receive questionnaires from CBS but my company’s activities have ceased (due to bankruptcy, liquidation, merger, takeover or sale).
201. I no longer want to provide this information / I no longer want to be approached.
202. I receive questionnaires from Statistics Netherlands but the activities of my company have ended (bankruptcy, cancellation, merger, acquisition or sale).
203. Can I get a postponement for sending in the report?
204. How do I report changes that may pertain to my obligation to provide an Intrastat declaration?
205. I cannot see a screen where I can enter the user number and the access code.
206. How can I report changes to address, place name, contact person?
207. I completed and sent the questionnaire. Why do I get a reminder letter?
208. I have lost my login codes.
209. There are no weights on the invoices. How should I determine the weights?
210. How can I pass on changes in address contact?
211. My final figures will not be available before the submission deadline.
212. I have completed and sent in the questionnaire. Why am I receiving a reminder letter?
213. Can I have my accountant complete the questionnaire?
214. Is my privacy protected?
215. Is an explanation for IDEP+ available?
216. Can someone else do the statistical reporting for me?
217. My business does not conduct R&D. Should I fill in the questionnaire?
218. Will a third party declarant also receive login codes for IDEP+?
219. I have lost the login details
220. Our business does not perform innovations. Should I fill in the questionnaire?
221. What is the deadline for submitting the completed questionnaire?
222. Can I change the language of the questionnaire?
223. For what purpose does Statistic Netherlands request data from my company?
224. How can I change my contact details, such as address, city or contact person?
225. The questionnaire I received this year is different from last year’s questionnaire. Why has it changed?
226. Are there more frequently asked questions?
227. My business is a holding company / management company. How should I submit data?
228. I no longer want to provide this information / I no longer want to be approached.
229. What do you do with my data?
230. I have lost my password.
231. I keep getting an error message when logging on.
232. What do you do with my data?
233. The Tax and Customs Administration asks me for the same information, so why do I still have to complete this questionnaire?
234. The questionnaire is not applicable to my company’s activities. What should I do?
235. What is the deadline for completing and returning the survey?
236. Am I required to provide data?
237. What happens to the data collected by Statistics Netherlands?
238. Where can I find out more about taking part in a CBS survey?
239. How should I submit the survey when my business is a holding or management company.
240. Why do I receive a questionnaire?
241. NOT included in R&D:
242. Will the same companies be surveyed in the coming years?
243. I have lost my login codes.
244. I cannot enter 0 in my input fields.
245. I do not see any screen where I can enter the user name and password.
246. Where exactly does it say that I am obliged to provide data to CBS?
247. The company no longer exists, has been taken over or is bankrupt. Am I still obliged to provide data to CBS?
248. I have received a questionnaire from CBS, but it does not apply to me. What should I do?
249. My personal details are confidential. Can I invoke my duty of confidentiality (e.g. as a civil-law notary)?
250. I would like to submit data to CBS, but only if I am reimbursed for the expenses. Is that possible?
251. What is enforcement exactly?
252. How long do I have to comply with the response obligation?
253. What should I do if I do not agree with the fine or the order subject to a penalty? The legal procedure.
254. In IDEP+, do I also get a confirmation of receipt after sending?
255. Can I create a ICP listing for the tax authorities in IDEP+?
256. How many companies receive the survey?
257. Detailed explanation and definitions of terms used in the questionnaire
258. Can I get an English-language questionnaire?
259. When do I have to complete the questionnaire?
260. Where will the results be published?
261. I cannot open the website, what should I do?
262. Why do I receive a questionnaire?
263. How can I notify CBS of a change of address or a change in my contact details?
264. Is my privacy protected?
265. Can I have my accountant fill in the questionnaire?
266. I am now using "Standard Record Layout" (SRL). What changes for me?
267. Can I have my accountant complete the questionnaire?
268. The online questionnaire is slow to respond. What can I do about this?
269. Is my privacy protected?
270. My business is a holding company or management company. How should I submit my data?
271. My final annual figures are still not ready and the final deferment date has passed. What is my best course of action?
272. My final figures will not be available before the submission deadline.
273. My business activities are entirely different to those stated in the questionnaire.
274. My company was not active – temporarily or otherwise – during the period covered by the questionnaire (due to bankruptcy, liquidation, acquisition, merger, sale, illness, etc.).
275. I receive questionnaires from CBS but my company’s activities have ceased (due to bankruptcy, liquidation, merger, takeover or sale).
276. I have trouble understanding this questionnaire / I find this questionnaire difficult to complete.
277. I am not presented with a screen where I can enter my user number and access code.
278. I am only a small company/sole proprietor, so why am I being sent this questionnaire?
279. I am a franchisee. Why don’t you contact the franchise operation’s head office to obtain the national figures?
280. I have received a letter with a reminder that I have not sent in the statistics for a certain period.
281. I have completed and submitted the questionnaire. Why have I been sent a reminder?
282. I would like to report on a quarterly basis, is that possible?
283. I also have to report Extra trade. Is this also possible in IDEP+?
284. What can I do if I have received an Intra Trade in goods obligation while trading mainly services?
285. I submit a statistical declaration every month. Can I also report on a yearly basis?
286. Do I get new login codes every period?
287. Can I print my declaration?
288. Do I have to install IDEP+?
289. Where can I go with questions about the statistical declaration?
290. The online questionnaire is slow to respond. What can I do about this?
291. When do I receive a reporting obligation for international trade in goods?
292. My final figures will not be available before the submission deadline.
293. My final annual figures are still not ready and the final deferment date has passed. What is my best course of action?
294. I have trouble understanding this questionnaire / I find this questionnaire difficult to complete.
295. My business activities are entirely different to those stated in the questionnaire.
296. I am a franchisee. Why don’t you contact the franchise operation’s head office to obtain the national figures?
297. I am only a small company/sole proprietor, so why am I being sent this questionnaire?
298. The Tax and Customs Administration asks me for the same information, so why do I still have to complete this questionnaire?
299. How did CBS get my address?
300. How can I change my contact details, e.g. address, place or contact person?
301. Who is the best person in your business to complete this survey?
302. What should I do when the activities of my company have ended (e.g. bankruptcy, merger)?
303. Can I change the language of the questionnaire?
304. Where do I find the code lists?
305. Is my privacy protected?
306. Can I apply for a deferment?
307. I have lost the log-in codes.
308. How can I change my contact details, e.g. address, place or contact person?
309. The questionnaire is not applicable to my company's activities. What should I do?
310. Am I obliged to provide data?
311. I cannot complete the questionnaire digitally. Can I receive a paper questionnaire?
312. Can I submit a declaration in IDEP+ using an Apple device?
313. Why do I get a warning that the browser may not be able to handle the CSV download?
314. Which OData 4 commands are available?
315. How can I find datasets in the data portal?
316. Why do I get a warning that the browser may not be able to handle the CSV download?
317. Which OData 4 commands are available?
318. Does CBS have a helpdesk for questions about open data?
319. How many deaths are registered per week?
320. How many people are key workers in the Netherlands?
321. I receive questionnaires from Statistics Netherlands but the activities of my company have ended (bankruptcy, cancellation, merger, acquisition or sale).
322. How to report changes of address place name contact person?
323. How to report changes of address place name contact person?
324. I don't get to see a screen where I can enter the user number and access code.
325. I don't get to see a screen where I can enter the user number and access code.
326. I completed and sent the questionnaire. Why do I get a reminder letter?
327. I completed and sent the questionnaire. Why do I get a reminder letter?
328. StatLine's too complicated for me. Does the CBS have a helpdesk?
329. It takes me too long to select data in StatLine. Are there any ready-made StatLine tables?
330. Where can I find the list for purchaser category?
331. Where can I find the list for price unit used?
332. Where can I find the list for currency?
333. Where can I find the list for countries to which a product is exported or from which a product is imported?
334. Am I required to provide data?
335. My output has been withheld, what should I do now?
336. My output contains encrypted codes such as postcode-6 or BRIN codes, how does this work?
337. How long does it take for my output to be checked?
338. Why is there a limit to the number of data shown on screen and the number of data you can download?
339. Where can I find an explanation of how StatLine works?
340. How can I change the data presented on screen?
341. How do hyperlinks to a StatLine table work?
342. If I select a wrong table when browsing through the themes, I have to go right back to the beginning of the themes. Is there a quicker way?
343. How can I find figures in StatLine?
344. Detailed explanation and definitions of terms used in the questionnaire
345. How can I report changes to address, place name, contact person?
346. How do I report changes that may pertain to my obligation to provide an Intrastat declaration?
347. What happens to the data collected by Statistics Netherlands?
348. When will the results be published?
349. Why is there also a monthly version (the former business cycle test)?
350. Where can I go for questions or to file a complaint?
351. How are the requested variables determined?
352. The login code does not work
353. Once I have logged in to the questionnaire, I cannot return to the COEN site?
354. Is my privacy protected?
355. Is my privacy protected?
356. How many Ukrainians immigrated to the Netherlands in the year before the war?
357. How many companies exported goods to Russia?
358. How many Ukrainians were living in the Netherlands when the war broke out?
359. How much did the Netherlands import from and export to Russia?
360. How many people from Ukraine have arrived in the Netherlands since the war broke out?
361. How much did the Netherlands import from and export to Ukraine?
362. How many Russians were living in the Netherlands when the war broke out?
363. How many Russians immigrated to the Netherlands in the year before the war?
364. How much of Dutch energy consumption is renewable energy?
365. What is renewable energy?
366. What is sustainability?
367. What is the Balassa index?
368. How much do foreign owned enterprises contribute to the Dutch economy?
369. How can the annual house price index for existing dwellings be higher than the four quarterly indices?
370. What does Statistics Netherlands mean by globalisation?
371. Why does the series 'average selling price' sometimes differ from the house prices index for existing houses?
372. Where are the consequences of globalisation for the Netherlands described?
373. Where can I find more information about the base shift for the producer prices?
374. Where can I find information about energy consumption?
375. Where can I find information about electricity consumption?
376. How much does the Netherlands earn from exports?
377. How is inflation measured?
378. How many enterprises in the Netherlands are foreign owned?
379. How do I know when new figures become available?
380. How complete is the available information on orders received in the manufacturing industry?
381. Where can I go for more information or to ask questions about the SBI revision?
382. I cannot find my business activity in SBI 2025. What should I do?
383. The SBI code assigned to my business is incorrect. What should I do?
384. Why have I been assigned a different SBI code when my activities have not changed?
385. When will the various CBS surveys switch to SBI 2025?
386. What does the SBI revision mean for enterprises that receive data from CBS?
387. What does the SBI revision mean for companies that supply data to CBS?
388. How will the SBI revision affect the registration of companies with the Chamber of Commerce?
389. Until when will SBI 2008 remain in use?
390. Why is SBI mandatory and why does CBS participate in European standards?
391. Is the SBI revision mandatory?
392. SBI 2025: what are the main changes?
393. Why is SBI being revised?
394. What is SBI?
395. What is an administrative fine?
396. How are the levels of the sanctions determined?
397. I completed and sent the questionnaire. Why do I get a reminder letter?
398. I cannot see a screen where I can enter the user number and the access code.
399. Is my privacy protected?
400. Will DNB safeguard the confidentiality of my report?
401. What kind of reporting requirement can I expect from DNB?
402. What is an order subject to a penalty?
403. Where can I find instructions for filling in the new questionnaire?
404. Can I change the language of the questionnaire?
405. How can I change my contact details, e.g. address, place or contact person?
406. Am I required to provide data?
407. I no longer have the login details
408. Can I apply for a deferment?
409. Which index should I use to index building costs of dwellings?
410. What information does the energy balance sheet contain?
411. How can I use the production indices for buildings?
412. Where can I find the rest of the figures/statistics?
413. Rental Indexation Module: How do I adjust my rental price?