CALCULE

Calcule is an accounting and tax office on Torhoutsesteenweg in Ostend. The company is registered with the ITAA under number 50.225.586. It presents itself as a long-established name in the Ostend area and cites twenty years of experience as an office. Its team of ten, with more than one hundred and fifty years of combined experience, works for clients in Ostend and the neighbouring municipalities: Bredene, Middelkerke, Oudenburg and Gistel. The office receives visitors by appointment only, Monday to Thursday.

Bookkeeping is handled from start to finish, with a clear aim: clear, structured accounts with evidential value that support a good relationship with the tax authorities. The office keeps complete accounts for companies as well as for sole traders, liberal professions and businesses on the flat-rate scheme, prepares annual accounts to National Bank standards and files VAT returns. It also carries out cost price calculations. Each client has a file manager involved in the whole file.

On tax, Calcule prepares, optimises and files corporate and personal income tax returns, using the options the law provides. Drawing on its experience as tax specialists and tax accountants, the office assists clients during tax audits and with filing objections, and helps draw up tax planning, including at household level. Explanations are given in plain language so that clients can make informed choices.

The office adjusts its support to the stage of the business. Every start-up gets help choosing between a company, a sole proprietorship or a side activity, drafting the financial plan, obtaining a business number and joining a social insurance fund. Growing businesses get support with optimising their financial structure, hiring their first staff or new investments, and established entrepreneurs with raising credit. It offers tailored support to non-profits, professional associations and informal associations, and schedules interim reviews.

Calcule also takes on administrative tasks, from its office or at the client's premises: preparing invoices and quotes, sending reminders, tracking incoming and outgoing payments, answering correspondence, managing diaries and applying for permits. As for tools, clients use Winbooks to scan, send and view their accounting documents, while the office uses Silverfin as its online accounting platform. Appointments can be booked online for a first meeting, a review of results, a tax call or IT help with software.

The office works on a monthly flat fee, on the principle that the quote is the invoice. It is involved in local life in Ostend and supports, among others, the Paulusfeesten, the anti-poverty organisation Medios, sports clubs, a sea scouts group, the Astropolis space science centre and the Ostend Night Run.