As a business leader, how do you determine your ideal remuneration?

As a business leader, how do you determine your ideal remuneration?

April 2023 – As a company director, you are legally allowed to set your own salary. However, from a tax point of view, there are some important points to bear in mind so that you do not colour outside the lines. How do you put together an ideal salary package, including alternative… ➤

No indexation of some tax limit amounts: an invisible tax increase?

No indexation of some tax limit amounts: an invisible tax increase?

April 2023 – All amounts used in personal income tax are indexed annually. Consider, for example, the limit amounts for tax brackets, the marriage quotient, professional expenses, and so on. Yet, not all amounts increase with longevity. And that creates an invisible tax increase. ➤

Finance Minister Vincent Van Peteghem's tax reform: how could it impact your business?

Finance Minister Vincent Van Peteghem's tax reform: how could it impact your business?

April 2023 – In early March 2023, Finance Minister Vincent Van Peteghem presented his long-awaited tax reform note. Specifically, it involves 25 measures - spread over 600 pages of legal texts - that are intended to shift €6 billion in taxes. Which measures… ➤

Dare to ask: what advice can you turn to your accountant for?

Dare to ask: what advice can you turn to your accountant for?

April 2023 – Your accountant does more than your bookkeeping. He or she is also perfectly placed to advise you in various aspects of entrepreneurship. An accountancy firm's knowledge and expertise lie primarily in taxation and finance. Questions about tax optimisation, VAT and financial… ➤

Artificial intelligence in your SME: worth the investment?

Artificial intelligence in your SME: worth the investment?

April 2023 – You couldn't open a newspaper or news site in the past few months without finding an article about ChatGPT, the chatbot running on artificial intelligence. But what exactly is the technology worth in the Belgian SME world? Artificial intelligence has been presented… ➤

Marketing within the GDPR legislation: 6 questions

Marketing within the GDPR legislation: 6 questions

March 2023 – The GDPR legislation forces organisations, including sole proprietorships and SMEs, to handle privacy-sensitive data carefully. Collecting data for marketing purposes is subject to strict rules. What is allowed and what is not? Below we answer six frequently asked questions about GDPR. ➤

As a self-employed person, how do you adjust your rates correctly after a wage indexation?

As a self-employed person, how do you adjust your rates correctly after a wage indexation?

March 2023 – In January 2023, hundreds of thousands of private sector workers received a hefty wage indexation. This mechanism came into effect as a result of rising longevity in recent months. However, this indexation does not apply to the self-employed. ➤

How to deal with defaulters?

How to deal with defaulters?

March 2023 – To avoid cash flow problems, strict follow-up of outgoing invoices is essential. In this article, we provide some tips for dealing decisively but politely with defaulters. The first weapon in your arsenal to avoid late payments is the payment reminder. You can send these the day after the due date of your outgoing invoices. This... ➤

Do yourself and your accountant a favour with this good habit ...

Do yourself and your accountant a favour with this good habit ...

March 2023 – Do you upload your invoices to your accountant only once a month or quarterly? This article will tell you why it is better to be shorter. You will be doing both yourself and your accountant a favour. The days of the shoebox containing the invoices of the past quarter are long gone. ➤

New 2023 tariffs for filing financial statements

New 2023 tariffs for filing financial statements

February 2023 – You will pay slightly more for filing your annual accounts this year. This is due to yearly indexation. Filing the annual accounts is an important annual agenda item for every company. As a manager, you must file the annual accounts within seven months of the end of the financial year and… ➤

Long-term absent employees? Here's how to reintegrate them into your organisation

Long-term absent employees? Here's how to reintegrate them into your organisation

February 2023 – If a long-term sick person does not have it hard enough, another threat lurks: the fade-out. The longer a sick colleague remains absent, the harder it becomes to return to work. The remedy is keeping in touch, embedded in a solid... ➤

Don't be surprised by deadlines: what are the key dates in the fiscal year 2023 calendar?

Don't be surprised by deadlines: what are the key dates in the fiscal year 2023 calendar?

February 2023 – As an entrepreneur or accountant, your calendar quickly fills up with various appointments and deadlines. It is best to mark the dates of the annual tax calendar in fluorescent letters so that you are always in order with pre-payments and returns... ➤

How to beat competitors with thoughtful inventory management

How to beat competitors with thoughtful inventory management

February 2023 – A good inventory strategy is not only necessary to reduce inventory costs, it can also give you a competitive and commercial advantage. Everything starts with finding the balance between service and cost. Driven by e-commerce, delivery times have dropped dramatically over the past decade. ➤

A package of fiscal and social measures in the programme law

A package of fiscal and social measures in the programme law

February 2023 – Every year - at the turn of the year - the federal government submits a programme law to the end-of-year budget. This law contains provisions necessary to realise the budget for the coming year. What tax and social measures can you, as a businessman, expect in 2023? ➤