AECE Accountancy

AECE Accountancy is an accounting and tax practice on Chaussée de La Hulpe in Watermael-Boitsfort, registered under enterprise number 0767.950.879. The office announces two locations and describes itself as fully digital, working with the self-employed, SMEs and company directors across Brussels.

A detailed medical specialisation

Of the sectors the firm puts forward, only one is broken down to the profession: the medical field, split into pharmacists, doctors, dentists, physiotherapists and paramedical professions. That level of detail stands out, because those professions do not raise the same questions. Since 1 January 2022, the VAT exemption under article 44 follows the purpose of the act rather than the status of the provider: only care with a therapeutic purpose stays exempt, so a practitioner who also does aesthetic work has become a mixed taxable person, with a partial deduction to maintain.

The other fields announced

The firm also names construction, the liberal professions, consultants and IT, property, hospitality and start-ups. That list is broad, and a careful reader will take it as general coverage rather than seven specialisations. The distinction matters when choosing: real sector knowledge shows in precise questions, about the applicable VAT regime, about the cost lines typical of the trade, about what an audit looks at first.

What "fully digital" covers

The phrase has become common and deserves translating. It usually means documents arriving by photo or email rather than in a folder, bank movements flowing in automatically, and shared access to the file. It gained a further meaning on 1 January 2026: structured electronic invoicing became mandatory between VAT-registered businesses established in Belgium, which requires being able to send and receive in the Peppol format.

Fees, tackled head on

The firm devotes a passage to its fees, explaining that it offers fixed packages calculated on the size of the business, its sector and its needs, and noting that the general information published on the site is not enough to give an individual price. That caution is correct: Belgium has no official fee scale, fees are negotiated, and quoting a firm price without having seen the file is more of a warning sign.

The document that fixes the scope

It is the engagement letter, mandatory since 2020 between an ITAA member and their client, that settles what the fixed fee covers, what will be billed on top and where each party's responsibility ends. It is the document an owner should read most closely, and the only place where the question "what happens if I leave?" gets a written answer.

Setting up a company

The firm finally announces support with company formation. In Belgium that step requires a financial plan handed to the notary, registration with the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises and a VAT identification. The financial plan is no formality: if the company fails within three years it is examined to determine whether the starting means were manifestly insufficient, which can engage the founders' liability.