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Budget day and Accounting day

When we refer to public finances we usually think of the Budget Memorandum and the national budget. The National Financial Annual Report also forms an intrinsic part of the public finances. This file contains all information on the public finances: which receipts and expenditure does Central Government have? Is there a deficit? How great is the debt? How do the money flows work? What does the budget policy look like? What happens on the Budget Day and Accounting Day? Read all about it.

What exactly happens on Budget day and why does it happen on the third Tuesday of September? What is in the briefcase? How old is the briefcase tradition? And what happens on the third Wednesday in May? This section of the site contains the answers to these questions and more.

Budget day

Every third Tuesday of September is Budget day. The Queen arrives at the Binnenhof of The Hague in her golden carriage to deliver the Speech from the Throne. Later that day the Minister of Finance goes to the House of Representatives with the briefcase. On behalf of the government, he presents the national budget and the Budget Memorandum during the first meeting in the new parliamentary year.

Accounting day

The third Wednesday in May is the fixed, traditional day on which the Minister of Finance presents the National Financial Annual Report [FJR] and the ministerial annual reports to the House of Representatives.