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Profit & Loss Statement (BE)

  • Render-verified
  • Informational
  • Version 1.0.0

Belgian Profit & Loss Statement per PCMN (AR 21.10.2018) and CSA (Loi 23.3.2019)

JSON Schema

Fields in this template

Data sent to the API is validated against the template’s JSON Schema before anything is rendered. This template defines 47 fields:

Field Required Type Description
letter Required object Document metadata
letter.place Required string
letter.date Required date Date of preparation
letter.language Required enum
letter.document_reference Optional string
entity Required object Company identification
entity.name Required string
entity.legal_form Optional string
entity.address Optional string
entity.bce_number Required string
entity.vat_number Required string
entity.scheme Optional enum PCMN filing scheme — abbreviated (petites/micro) or full (grandes sociétés)
entity.auditor Optional string Statutory auditor name (required for large companies)
period Required object Accounting period
period.start Required date
period.end Required date
period.label Required string Human-readable period label
period.comparative Optional boolean If true, prior-year amounts must be present on all lines
period.comparative_label Optional string Label for the comparative year column
income Required object Income — rubrics 70–76 PCMN
income.operating_lines Required array of object Operating income lines (rubrics 70–74)
income.total_operating_income Required number Total operating income (EUR)
income.prior_total_operating_income Optional number Prior year total operating income
income.financial_income Optional number Financial income total (rubrics 75–76, EUR)
income.prior_financial_income Optional number
income.extraordinary_income Optional number Extraordinary income (rubric 76 — full scheme only, pre-2020 for SMEs)
income.prior_extraordinary_income Optional number
expenses Required object Expenses — rubrics 60–67 PCMN
expenses.operating_lines Required array of object Operating expense lines (rubrics 60–64)
expenses.total_operating_expenses Required number Total operating expenses (EUR)

+17 more fields — the full JSON Schema is available in the dashboard and via the API.

POST /render

Generate it

One POST /render call: send your JSON, get the finished PDF back. Or skip the JSON entirely and describe the document in plain language on chut.app.

curl
curl -X POST https://api.papii.eu/render \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "template": "be.accounting.pnl_statement",
    "data": { ... },
    "options": {"language": "en"}
  }' -o pnl-statement.pdf

Frequently asked questions

What is “Profit & Loss Statement (BE)”?

Belgian Profit & Loss Statement per PCMN (AR 21.10.2018) and CSA (Loi 23.3.2019) On papii this document is available as template be.accounting.pnl_statement: a JSON Schema plus a deterministic PDF renderer, so the same data always produces the same document.

Can I generate a Profit & Loss Statement (BE) with AI?

Yes. chut.app — the AI back office papii powers — fills this template from a plain-language description: you describe the document in one sentence, the AI structures the data, papii validates it against the schema and renders the PDF. Developers can also call the papii API directly with structured JSON.

Is the Profit & Loss Statement (BE) template legally compliant?

This template is render-verified: its schema, sample data and PDF output are automatically tested on every release. It is published with status “ready”, meaning it has not yet been through papii’s final legal review. Where it references specific legislation, that is stated in the template description — always have a professional check documents with legal effect before relying on them.