Goeminne Accountancy

Goeminne Accountancy is an accounting firm on Beerstraat in Kruisem, a rural municipality in the south of East Flanders. The company is accredited by the ITAA under number 50.488.496. It was founded by Charlotte Goeminne, who studied accountancy and tax and then passed the entrance exams of the Institute of Accountants, obtaining the title of accountant and tax adviser in early 2016. The daughter of self-employed parents, she cites fifteen years of experience and a personal approach. The firm describes itself as young and dynamic and works for small and larger businesses alike.

Start-up support applies to sole traders and companies: preparing the deed of incorporation and the financial plan, registering with a business one-stop shop, activating VAT and joining a social insurance fund. The firm also supports businesses through expansion, restructuring, liquidation or transfer.

In bookkeeping, Goeminne Accountancy keeps its clients' books or supervises those who do their own data entry, and files tax returns after checking the entries. Several times a year it prepares interim results and discusses them with the client so that adjustments can be made in time and optimisations identified. Each year it prepares the profit calculation or the annual accounts, the personal or corporate income tax return, and a balance sheet analysis based on financial ratios. Documents flow through Billtobox and clients have an online portal.

The SME management service covers budgets, financial plans for loan applications, negotiations with banks, and grant research and applications. The firm handles personal income tax for its self-employed clients and also for private individuals. It acts as an intermediary in business acquisitions: advice, financial plan, bank negotiations and examination of the books.

In tax advice, it aims to keep the tax burden as low as possible within the law. It assists clients during audits, drafts and defends objections, advises on VAT, carries out due diligence, optimises property acquisitions and prepares estate planning. It also advises on family planning from the angles of private law, company law and tax.

As an accountant, the firm carries out the statutory assignments reserved for the profession: reports on assets and liabilities when a company is dissolved or changes legal form, assisting a partner exercising their individual right of investigation and control, and assessing the exchange ratio in a merger or demerger. Its website publishes practical notes on VAT, income tax, company car taxation, Flemish registration duties and the new withholding obligation on construction and cleaning invoices.