Ad Alta Accountants

Ad Alta Accountants is a firm in Mariakerke, Ghent, led by Christophe Du Chau. It is now part of the Alaska Group, a Belgian association of independent accounting and advisory organisations, which broadens its range of services. Its motto, "your career, our unique expertise", announces its positioning: bookkeeping for liberal professions is its core business. The firm also serves the self-employed and SME owners who want, in its words, a partner who looks beyond figures and commas, in the short and long term.

The medical sector is its favourite niche. The firm supports doctors setting up as general practitioners, the creation of a group practice or doctors' association, full medical bookkeeping and even RIZIV billing. It handles the third-party payment scheme, fee timing differences and deferred payments, with monitoring and forecasts. For lawyers, architects and notaries, it takes on internal and external bookkeeping, fee notes, third-party account bookkeeping and related legal formalities. Other topics specific to these professions are mentioned: expanding or transferring a practice, cooperation agreements, management companies and liability.

The accountancy assignment includes processing purchase and sales invoices and financial transactions, preparing and filing periodic returns and listings for VAT or RIZIV, and preparing interim reports, the balance sheet and the income statement. Tax advice covers optimisation and planning, disputes and audits, restructuring, internationalisation and the choice of company form.

Legal advice deals with company law, contracts and cooperation agreements, family charters, social and legal advice and intellectual property. Strategic advice helps new self-employed people, writes business plans and SWOT analyses, supports takeovers, transfers and sales, values businesses, advises family firms and handles mergers and demergers.

Two further areas complete the offer. Reporting includes company-specific reports, investment analysis, budgets and setting up analytical accounting, with training on KPIs and reading a balance sheet. Wealth planning covers property investments, holding companies, matrimonial regimes, pension building, succession and estate returns.

The firm sums up its strengths. It announces a proactive approach, with forecasts adjusted to the client's ambitions. Its certified ITAA accountants and tax consultants train regularly and turn news into understandable emails. A fixed file manager is the point of contact, under the manager's supervision. Billing relies on comparable files, so that an identical situation costs the same annual budget. The firm is a recognised provider under the KMO-Portefeuille for advice, which allows part of the costs to be subsidised, and documents are exchanged through a digital platform.