CALCULARE

Calculare is an external accountant and tax adviser on Lange Herentalsestraat in Antwerp. It is registered with the ITAA under number 50.225.384. The firm says it looks beyond the figures: it helps businesses keep correct accounts and meet their tax obligations, but also acts as an independent external adviser who supports the business owner at every key moment in the life of the company, thanks to ongoing, specialised training.

It works with businesses of every size, from the sole trader to the SME and the large company. The website stresses the growing responsibility of business owners in the face of increasingly complex legislation. Each client has a fixed contact person who follows the file closely, discreetly and flexibly. Trust and expertise are presented as the centre of the relationship.

Start-ups receive full support: financial plan and feasibility study, general tax advice and choice of company form, support for credit applications with banks, assistance with the notarial deed of incorporation, registration with the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises, joining a social insurance fund, applying for permits and certificates, and mandatory registrations, for example with the Belgian food safety agency or a social secretariat.

Clients can entrust Calculare with all the accounting work on their file, or keep their own books under the firm's supervision. Services include periodic processing, advice on organising administrative and accounting departments, the profit and loss account, the balance sheet and interim figures, financial plans and budgets, annual accounts in the legally required formats, internal and external reporting, review and analysis of the annual accounts, and consolidation work. The firm sums up the spirit of its offer in one sentence: it does not just process data, it interprets it.

Calculare also advises on the valuation and transfer of a company, optimising the existing structure and mergers, acquisitions or spin-offs of activities. These assignments require a close reading of the figures and of the tax position, as an extension of the routine accounting work.

The tax side is not limited to returns, although it covers all of them: corporate income tax, personal income tax, legal entities tax and non-resident income tax. For VAT, the firm files the returns, the intra-community statement and the annual listing. It assists and represents clients during tax audits, bases its support on interim reporting and forecasts, and advises on local, European and international tax. Finally, it handles registration and inheritance duties and optimisation when acquiring property.

The firm maintains close contacts with company auditors, notaries, tax lawyers and insurance brokers to complement its own advice. Clients access their documents through an online portal hosted on Clearfacts.