COGEFI N.B.

Cogefi N.B. is an accounting office on rue des Petits Sarts in Viesville, in the municipality of Pont-à-Celles, north of Charleroi. The company is registered with the ITAA under number 50.251.757. The office was founded in 1999. In 2017, two staff members trained at Cogefi or elsewhere bought it: Céline Deliener, an accredited tax accountant, and Carole Geyer-Lambert, a trainee tax accountant. They present the takeover as a guarantee of continuity for existing clients and stress how their profiles complement each other.

The office emphasises a family atmosphere and a close-knit team. It takes care of each client's entire file, which gives it an overall view of their situation at any time and lets it tailor its advice. It puts weight on plain language, without accounting jargon, so that clients understand why they receive a given piece of advice and take an active part in their own accounts. The office likes to quote the compliment it most enjoys hearing: "we finally understand".

For client files, Cogefi N.B. works with Winbooks accounting software and its online platform, Winbooks Connect. Clients receive login details to upload, view and pay their invoices and pass them on to the office, instead of sending them by e-mail. The platform centralises documents, lets clients scan receipts with a phone, offers messaging linked to specific documents and sends reminders of accounting deadlines, on top of the reminders the office sends itself.

The office supported its clients through the switch to mandatory business-to-business e-invoicing on 1 January 2026. It registers their file on the Peppol network via Winbooks, so that purchase invoices arrive directly in Winbooks Connect. For sales invoicing, it refers clients to an IT partner, ABS Solutions, which links their software to the office's or suggests a suitable tool. The website sets out the steps depending on whether the client already has software, works B2B or only invoices private customers.

The website publishes tax news articles for self-employed people, company directors and SMEs: measures from the federal budget agreement of late 2025 on indexation, VAT, VVPRbis withholding tax and the minimum director's salary, changes to the benefit in kind for company cars, and e-invoicing obligations. A useful information page explains how to make advance tax payments and pay periodic VAT. A monthly newsletter collects this information.

For the transfer, sale or acquisition of a business, Cogefi N.B. works with Happinext, a firm specialising in these transactions, which guides the seller or buyer through the process.