FIDUCIAIRE Fabien BRUYERE

Fiduciaire Fabien Bruyère is a family fiduciary firm in Malmedy, approved by the ITAA. Its story begins on 1 January 2006, on the initiative of Fabien Bruyère, who had been working in accounting and tax since the early 1990s. The firm serves small and medium-sized businesses, the self-employed and private individuals, and promises to manage files with the care of a prudent head of family.

The team brings together complementary backgrounds. The founder and manager has been a tax adviser since 1999 and handles company formation, corporate income tax and balance sheet analysis. Christine Siquet, a law graduate of the University of Liège with a diploma in tax law, covers company law, personal income tax and publications in the Belgian Official Gazette. Gaëtan Schimpfessel, an approved accountant, manages company files and prepares annual accounts and corporate income tax returns. Martin Bruyère looks after companies, the self-employed and VAT returns, and Amaria Lomry manages permanent personal income tax files.

In bookkeeping, the assignment can run from periodic data entry to the year-end close: preparing the balance sheet, the operating account and the notes, checking and preparing accounts in the National Bank format, keeping statutory books and monitoring interim statements. The firm can also work in a supervisory role, checking entries in in-house books and training the company's accounting department. Finally, it supports the drafting and monitoring of budgets and the preparation of financing, subsidy or survey files.

The tax and VAT side includes returns for individuals, companies, legal entities and non-residents, withholding tax for company directors and withholding tax on income from movable property. VAT formalities include monthly or quarterly returns, annual client listings and intra-community listings. The firm also supports and defends clients during tax and VAT audits.

For organisation and management advice, it works on company conversions, liquidations, mergers and demergers, financial analysis and the purchase or sale of businesses. It advises on accounting law, tax law and company law, and handles statutory publications when an address or director changes.

Starting a business receives dedicated support, because formalities vary with the activity and legal form: bank account, registration with the BCE and for VAT, publication in the Official Gazette, membership of a social insurance fund and a payroll office, and permits specific to certain activities. The firm also draws up the launch financial plan and follows grant applications with the Walloon Region.

Three commitments recur on the website. Pricing is meant to be transparent: an engagement letter sets the fees and the scope of work before any collaboration. Availability is presented as one of the firm's main strengths. Finally, the team undergoes continuous training in order to answer its clients' tax and accounting questions.