ADVICE ME

Advice Me is an accounting firm on avenue des Dessus de Lives in Loyers, close to Jambes, in the Namur area. The firm is registered with the ITAA under number 53.282.100. It was founded by three former colleagues with a passion for supporting entrepreneurs, and puts personalised accounting and tax advice at the centre of its offer, from the start of a business and throughout its development. The team sees clients by appointment.

The partners describe their backgrounds on the website. Nicolas Rutte, with a bachelor's in accounting from Haute École Albert Jacquart, has been a certified tax accountant since 2015. Marie, with a bachelor's in accounting and tax from Hénallux, has been certified since 2017. Mélanie, an EPHEC graduate, is a trainee tax accountant. Each also works through their own company. An administrative and marketing assistant completes the team. Client reviews highlight responsiveness, availability and being followed by the same adviser over several years.

The firm describes itself as 100% digital. This choice aims at a smooth, responsive service with no travel needed, and lets the team focus on supporting accounting, tax and strategic decisions. It serves self-employed people, whether full-time or as a side activity, SMEs, liberal professions, associations and private individuals looking for advice.

In bookkeeping, Advice Me accurately records invoices, financial statements and other documents, or checks entries made in-house by the client. It regularly prepares interim statements and the annual accounts, both internal and for the National Bank. It sets up management and budget controls, designs dashboards and decision tools, with profitability analysis, financial forecasts and cash management, and carries out internal and external audits.

For business creation, the firm handles formalities with the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises and helps draft the financial plan and business plan. For VAT, it handles registration, changes and deregistration, periodic returns and listings, and represents clients during audits. It calculates directors' payroll withholding tax and files the periodic returns, prepares the 281.20 and 281.50 tax forms and manages withholding tax on investment income.

The firm also handles personal income tax: drafting and filing returns, calculating advance payments, personalised analyses, optimisation and defence during audits and information requests. It takes care of corporate income tax and legal entities tax in the same way. Finally, it writes business valuation reports, account certificates for non-profits, reports assisting shareholders in their individual investigation rights, and special assignment reports for dissolutions, liquidations, mergers or conversions.