News item | 18-12-2025 | 15:17
The Municipal Executive must submit the Implementation Image (BvdU) for 2025 to the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment before March 1, 2026. This concerns financial information about the Participation Act (including wage cost subsidy), the IOAW, the IOAZ, the Bbz 2004, the WWIK (benefits only) and the Tozo. The requested financial information concerns the provisional state of affairs for 2025 and does not require an audit report from the municipal accountant.
When submitting the BvdU 2025, the procedure is comparable to submitting the BvdU 2024. You can form submit via the Formdesk internet application. You can access the form with a login code. A letter was sent to the municipal council of each municipality (in November) containing a unique login code, which must be used when completing the BvdU 2025 form. An authorized official (mayor, municipal secretary or another authorized signatory) of your municipality (or a joint arrangement on behalf of your municipality) can sign the form. The undersigned declares that the information included in the BvdU 2025 has been faithfully reproduced.
Compared to 2024, the BvdU 2025 contains no substantive changes. A number of specific benefits from SZW are not included in the BvdU 2025:
- Cancellation of debts of victims of the childcare allowance affair;
- Civic Integration Act 2021;
- Education route.
The data on these specific benefits are not necessary for SZW’s estimate, which is why it has been decided not to include them in the BvdU 2025. These specific benefits are included in the final accountability (SiSa 2025).
From June 2025, responsibility for integration will lie with the State Secretary for Participation and Integration. In consultation with the Ministry of J&V, it has been decided that the specific benefits of the Civic Integration Act 2021 and the Education Route in SiSa 2025 will be accounted for under G10 and G13 of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment.
If the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment has not received the BvdU 2025 before March 1, 2026, the payment of the monthly advances under the Participation Act to the municipality will in principle be suspended. This can only be deviated from if a postponement of submission has been granted, if there is force majeure, or if SZW has still received the BvdU 2025 correctly and in full at the time of the decision on suspension of payment.