BVM ACCOUNTANT

BVM Accountant is an accounting office in Leuven, led by Bart Verlinden and Marnix Verfaillie, both accountants and tax consultants. The office and its managers are recognised members of the sector's professional institute, today the ITAA, and the website cites this protected title as a quality label. It works in four areas: bookkeeping, VAT, taxes and financial management. It describes itself as the all-round adviser to the SME and the self-employed entrepreneur, with a remit that goes beyond keeping the books.

The heart of the offer is bookkeeping from A to Z, for sole traders and companies alike. The office prepares interim statements for various purposes, such as a loan application or calculating advance payments. It handles year-end closing, including preparation, filing and the legal documents. It also prepares VAT returns, along with personal income tax and corporate tax returns.

For business projects, the office takes care of the formation and conversion of companies, as well as the launch of sole proprietorships. It provides tax advice and planning. It also gives business advice, for example on selling a company or valuing it, and supports discussions on financing, balance sheet review and subsidy applications. New self-employed people are guided through their social obligations, such as joining a social insurance fund.

Clients are self-employed entrepreneurs and small to medium-sized businesses, and each is treated as a unique file whatever the sector. The office lists manufacturing businesses and small industry, branches and permanent establishments, liberal professions, mainly doctors, lawyers and architects, as well as freelancers and consultants. Hospitality, retail and wholesale, management and holding companies, import and export, construction and gardening, and the car trade complete the list.

The office stresses professional secrecy, which it applies strictly, so that clients can come with any question or plan. It promises honest advice from the client's point of view and puts quality before quantity. For matters outside its field, it calls on independent specialists. It also lists ongoing training, personal contact and nearby parking among its strengths.

Its close cooperation with the firm MBF Accountant in Hulste and North Sea Accountancy in Nieuwpoort gives clients, it says, additional professional experience. It also remains open to sectors it does not list and is willing to extend its specialisms. The goal remains keeping the business finances healthy and helping make the right decisions at crucial moments.