COLLECTIEVE TAX ACCOUNTANTS

Collectieve Tax Accountants, often shortened to CT Accountants, is a firm with its head office in Ardooie and two hubs in Kortemark and Pittem. Jelle Verstraete and Olivier Debrauwer are its directors, and the team also includes Ward Vanpoucke, Kathy Nowak and Justin Deforche. The firm describes itself as a young and flexible team that thinks along with the entrepreneur. The abbreviation C.T.A. plays on several meanings: Collectieve Tax Accountants, Call To Action, Certified Tax Accountants and Cloud Technology Administration. Its motto encourages constantly questioning one's way of working and simplifying where possible.

The bookkeeping and accountancy assignment covers bookkeeping, audit, tax and all legal formalities. A fixed file manager handles digital processing of purchase and sales invoices and financial transactions, periodic VAT returns and annual listings, the balance sheet, income statement and filing of annual accounts. The firm adds proactive advice on the business, an annual report discussed with the client, the profit calculation and interim reporting. Because everything is kept digitally up to date, entrepreneurs can obtain an accurate picture of their business at any time.

In tax, advisers guide clients through the rules on personal income tax, corporate income tax, VAT, inheritance tax and registration duties. The starting point remains the entrepreneur's needs, with optimisation at the centre. The firm offers tax advice and planning, preparation of returns, assistance during audits and the development of a tax strategy. It also works on the balance between director, shareholder, company and family.

One service stands out: the tax review. The firm provides a second opinion or a simulated tax audit by going through the client's file, to prepare the company for a possible audit.

Legal and business advice supports important decisions. The firm regularly provides figures and ratios explained in plain language, which show the health of the business. Wealth and succession planning brings legal and tax advice to organise the assets of the company or the entrepreneur, respecting their wishes and protecting their life's work.

The firm also follows entrepreneurs throughout the start-up and takeover journey, helping them make strategic choices. The website devotes a section to the KMO-Portefeuille and offers a client portal based on Clearfacts for digital bookkeeping. Registered with the ITAA, the firm offers a no-obligation appointment and highlights a listening ear from the file manager, with tailored advice in understandable language.