FISCALITY CONSULT

Fiscality Consult is an accounting and tax firm at number 388 chaussée de Bruxelles in Enghien, Hainaut, easy to reach from Brussels. Since 2007 it has worked with self-employed people, liberal professions and companies. It describes itself as a human-sized ITAA firm that takes time to explain, and sums up its aim this way: not just to file the figures but to make them speak, telling clients what they really earn, where their money goes and what they can do with it. The first meeting is free, at the office or by video call.

The firm was founded by Sébastien, an accountant for more than twenty-five years who holds a master's in tax management from the Solvay Brussels School. The team includes two partners, Aurélie and Laetitia, the main contacts for many clients and guardians of the deadlines, and Laura, an accounting manager in charge of posting and day-to-day follow-up. Each client has a dedicated contact. The firm can be reached by phone, email and WhatsApp, and says it replies within twenty-four working hours. It does not aim to sign everyone and refers prospects to another profile when that is a better fit.

Bookkeeping is meant to be a decision tool: spotting the items eating into the margin, costs that are no longer useful and deviations from the previous year. The firm handles VAT, corporate income tax, personal income tax and withholding taxes, so that clients know in advance what they will pay and why. In the event of a tax audit, it handles the file from start to finish with the Federal Public Service Finance. Payroll stays with the client's payroll office, with the firm coordinating.

Optimising directors' pay is reviewed at an annual meeting. The firm combines the available levers according to age, plans and the health of the business: the VVPR-bis regime to cut withholding tax on dividends, the individual pension commitment for company directors, the supplementary pension for self-employed sole traders, benefits in kind for vehicles, copyright income and directors' fees. It also acts as a sounding board for everyday decisions, such as hiring, buying premises, raising prices or reinvesting, with dashboards, projections and business plans.

For business creation, the firm draws up the financial plan required by the Code of Companies and Associations, helps choose between a private limited company, a public limited company and a cooperative, handles registration with the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises and coordinates with the notary. It starts with a preliminary question: is a company the right decision now, or is it better to stay a sole trader for a while. It also handles strategic transactions: incorporation of a sole trader's business, goodwill, sale of shares to a management company, restructuring of private assets and integration of activities, always case by case.

Pricing is based on a monthly fixed fee set after the first meeting, according to profile, volume of documents and returns handled, with no long commitment. It covers bookkeeping, VAT returns, basic advice and the dedicated contact. Optimisation, financial plan and restructuring assignments are covered by a separate engagement letter. For clients changing accountant, the firm retrieves the file from the previous one within two to four weeks, following the ITAA procedure. It runs a blog on e-invoicing, the VAT chain reform and the capital gains tax.