LANGBEEN – ACCOUNTANCY & TAX ADVISORS

Langbeen Accountancy & Tax Advisors is an accounting and tax firm on Jan Baptist Courtmansstraat in Berlare, East Flanders. The company is listed on the roll of accredited legal entities of the ITAA under number 50.577.820 and brings together tax accountants. The office was founded in 1969 as a sole proprietorship by Jeanine Vanhoesen, honorary accountant and tax adviser, and Eddie Langbeen, a lecturer in marketing, accounting and tax. Located at its current address since 1998, it now has a team of about six and sits on the boards of two professional associations in the sector.

The firm serves small and medium-sized businesses and liberal professions and follows a "local heroes" philosophy: helping local shopkeepers and entrepreneurs hold their own against large chains and e-commerce giants. It aims to act as its clients' finance director, sharing responsibility for the figures and supporting them from start-up through growth to family succession. The first meeting is free and without obligation for new businesses.

Digital bookkeeping can be organised in different ways: the client enters data, the firm does it in-house with the help of artificial intelligence, or the work is shared, with checking and advice staying with the office. The firm works with several packages as needed: Yuki, Exact Online, Octopus, Odoo or Expert+ for accounting and invoicing, Adsolut for personal income tax and annual accounts, Silverfin for the permanent file and viewing figures online, and Basecone or AdminPulse for collecting documents and the client portal.

It also helps connect medical and non-medical software, webshops and tills to the accounting and invoicing systems, up to stock management and e-commerce, so that an online or in-store sale automatically becomes an accounting entry, including VAT and the digital daily takings book. This work fits within the mandatory e-invoicing obligation via Peppol.

On tax, the firm offers a full service: personal and corporate income tax through to tax audits, periodic VAT returns and any VAT audits. It prepares annual accounts and balance sheet analyses, proposes tax optimisations and follows files over the long term. It handles start-up formalities for sole traders and companies, supports payroll administration and advises on the social security status of the self-employed, usually in cooperation with Acerta.

For questions outside its field, it works independently with lawyers, statutory auditors, lenders and notaries. Face-to-face contact, in person or by video call, remains a priority. The website publishes detailed newsletters on tax news, such as the personal income tax reform, the capital gains tax and filing deadlines.