Fiduciaire Bufiscom

Fiduciaire Bufiscom is an independent chartered accounting and tax advisory firm, active since 1983 and accredited by the ITAA under number 50.380.887. Since 1999 it has received clients at its offices on avenue des Gerfauts in Watermael-Boitsfort, in south-east Brussels, and in 2017 it opened a second office on rue du Presbytère in Limal, near the station, between Wavre and Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, with parking reserved for clients. The firm acts as a court-appointed expert at the Nivelles court and, through the former IEC "Quality Review" committee, helped draft the standards recommended to accounting firms.

The firm, which keeps a human scale, is led by Nadine Defrene, whom several clients mention in their testimonials. It works in French and English with a varied clientele: Belgian and foreign SMEs, businesses in trade, industry and the audiovisual sector, liberal professions and management companies, holding companies, non-profits, international non-profits and foundations, economic interest groupings, and expatriate executives based in Belgium. Testimonials include a law firm that has been a client for more than thirty years and a European retail group that has been a client for fifteen years. Every engagement is set out in an engagement letter.

Bookkeeping covers administrative support and filing, data entry, supervision, VAT returns, cost accounting, the balance sheet, financial analysis and annual accounts. The firm offers an online document exchange platform, digitised files with personal access, and cloud accounting. Its motto sums up the approach: the right figures in the right box, as the basis for sound tax advice.

Tax advice covers VAT, corporate income tax filing and optimisation, personal income tax, legal entities tax and non-resident tax, the taxation of foreigners in Belgium, inheritance tax and estate planning, gifts, the asset tax on non-profits, registration duties and requests to the Advance Decisions Service. The firm prepares for and assists with tax audits and offers insurance covering fees in the event of an audit. The payroll and HR side ranges from coordination with the payroll bureau to directors' status, employment contracts and end-of-career advice.

For business formation, Bufiscom prepares the business plan, helps draft the articles of association, liaises with the notary, draws up the financial plan and looks for funding: fundraising, tax shelter, grants and business vouchers. It advises on company law, statutory publications and incorporation. Management support includes forecasts, dashboards, budgets, profitability monitoring, internal control and attendance at board meetings and general meetings.

Finally, the firm carries out special assignments: statutory reports, liquidations, mergers and demergers, risk management, responses to surveys from the FSMA, the National Bank or the statistics office, and assistance in judicial reorganisation. It supports business transfers, from valuation to the sale agreement and due diligence, and helps business owners as their family and wealth situation evolves.