BOEKY

Boeky is a practice of accountants and tax advisers on Bareldreef in Bornem, in the province of Antwerp. The firm places its own location between Antwerp and Brussels, which describes the Klein-Brabant area fairly precisely: within reach of both cities without belonging to either.

The firm is led by Franky Boeykens, and its site publishes something almost no other does: the exact dates of his accreditations. He has been an accountant since 16 May 1994 and a tax adviser since 5 March 2001, with the company itself accredited in both capacities since 4 July 2005. That detail is verifiable and places more than thirty years of experience.

The dual qualification matters in practice. The ITAA distinguishes the accountant's title from the tax adviser's, and the two do not cover the same scope: the first opens the reserved accounting engagements, the second advice and representation in tax matters. Holding both in one practitioner spares the client from choosing between two contacts on the same question.

The firm's promise fits in three words it states without flourish: reliable, of quality and adding value, noting that it need promise no more. That restraint is consistent with the phrase it puts at the top of its site, that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

The stated aim is a tailored solution where quality and strategic insight hold the central place, in accounting as in tax. Mentioning strategic insight alongside technical quality describes an advisory position rather than pure production: preparing correct accounts is an obligation, drawing a useful reading from them for the owner is a choice.

Publishing accreditation dates has a practical consequence few readers use: it makes verification possible. The ITAA public register allows a check that a professional is genuinely registered, in what capacity and since when. That is the only way to be sure a practice is authorised for the work it advertises, and the check takes under a minute. A firm that displays its dates rather than staying vague implicitly invites that check, which is itself information about how it works.

The published dates point back to a professional landscape that no longer exists in that form. Until 2019 two separate institutes ran side by side, the IEC and the IPCF, since merged into the ITAA. An accreditation granted in 1994 was therefore issued under the old regime before being carried over into the new one, which explains why the titles were renamed without the seniority being lost.

Services cover bookkeeping, VAT and tax returns, preparation of the annual accounts and advice. The client base brings together self-employed people and small companies in Klein-Brabant and along the Antwerp to Brussels axis. For a business in that area, combining a long-standing dual accreditation with a local structure is a rare profile.