FOROZ ACCOUNTANTS

Foroz Accountants is a firm of tax accountants organised as a company and registered with the ITAA under number 50.592.974. It has two offices in the Ghent area: on Poelstraat in Merelbeke-Melle and on Lieskensakker in Lochristi. The firm provides digital accounting and tax services to self-employed people, liberal professions and SMEs across Flanders. It works with businesses of different sizes and sectors and stresses a personal approach, with accountants who are available for their clients' questions and proactive follow-up of financial and tax developments.

Digital bookkeeping is at the heart of the offer. The firm collects and processes its clients' financial data through several platforms: Billtobox for accounting documents, eStox for the share register, tools for VAT and personal income tax, AMLCare for anti-money-laundering obligations and OK!Sign for electronic signatures. Automating processes is meant to free up time for personal contact and give clients real-time insight into their financial position.

Recurring work covers bookkeeping and preparing the annual accounts in line with legal requirements, and filing VAT returns, corporate income tax and personal income tax returns on time. The firm advises on tax optimisation, converting a sole proprietorship into a company, financing applications, investment projects, payroll administration and social security status. For payroll, it mentions working with the payroll bureau Acerta.

The legal side includes statutory formalities, the acquisition and transfer of shares, support with notarial deeds, company law and the UBO register. For business acquisitions, Foroz carries out due diligence and sets up digital data rooms on the Virtual Vaults platform, so that documents stay secure and accessible to all parties.

The firm has more than twenty-five years of experience in supporting start-ups. It helps write the business plan, find suitable financing and thinks with the entrepreneur about how to reach their target market. For company formation, it draws up the business plan, helps choose the legal form and handles the permits and administrative steps involved in setting up.

As for fees, every client signs a service agreement. A flat fee covers standard services, such as annual accounts and tax returns, based on the expected workload. Work outside that scope is charged at an hourly rate agreed in advance and set out in the same agreement, which also defines each party's responsibilities.

The testimonials on the website come from a statutory auditor who works with the firm on joint assignments, from architecture and furniture practices, a freelance translator and company directors. Several clients say they have worked with Foroz for more than ten or twenty years.