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What you need, and whether we are allowed to do it.
Brussels · Businesses operating in Belgium
Bookkeeping needs
Bookkeeping needs
an ITAA licence.
We do not have one, so we will not keep your books or advise on your tax. Plenty of consultancies in Belgium blur that line. Knowing where it sits is the most useful thing we can tell you.
- 2023trading since
- BCEregistered
- FR/NLand English
- Freefirst call
What we do
Four services, with the regulated lines respected
No bookkeeping, no tax advice, no legal advice. Those are reserved professions in Belgium and we refer them out.
Company set-up and administration
Getting a business registered in Belgium and keeping its administrative obligations on schedule.
See the programManagement consultancy
Practical advice on how a small business runs: processes, suppliers, pricing and administration.
See the programTranslation and interpreting
Commercial translation and interpreting between French, Dutch and English.
See the programBack-office support
Correspondence, filing, supplier administration and chasing what needs chasing.
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How it works
How we work
Say what is reserved to licensed professions, scope narrowly, agree the working language, and refer out early.
Scope in writing
One problem at a time, with a fixed fee.
Regulated work referred
Accounts, tax, legal, payroll, sworn translation.
Working language agreed
French, Dutch or English, stated up front.
Working together
Ways to work with us
Fixed scope and fee in writing. Reserved activities are referred to registered professionals.
Set-up project
Getting registered and compliant from the start.
- What applies to your activity
- Sequence and deadlines written down
- Referrals where required
- Obligations diarised
- Fixed fee agreed first
Ongoing support
Administration and correspondence handled monthly.
- Post triaged and explained
- Deadlines tracked for you
- Translation included
- Regulated items escalated fast
- Cancel with notice
Translation
Commercial translation and interpreting.
- French, Dutch and English
- Quoted on word count
- Queries raised, not guessed
- Sworn work referred out
- Interpreters stay impartial
Every engagement is quoted after a free consultation. No subscription.
How we work
A Brussels firm, clear about reserved professions
RA Consultancy is a company incorporated under Belgian law, registered with the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises under enterprise number 0802.743.294, based at 75 Drève du Château Box 3 in 1083 Ganshoren, Brussels.
Belgium reserves several activities to licensed professionals, and we respect every one of those lines. We do not keep books, prepare statutory accounts or advise on tax — that requires ITAA registration, which we do not hold. We give no legal advice, which belongs to the Bar. Payroll goes through an approved social secretariat. And a sworn translation for official use needs a translator entered in the national register, so we refer those rather than supplying something an authority will reject. Our filed activities also include pharmaceutical retail and sports instruction; we carry on no activity needing a separate authorisation unless it is actually held.
Frequently asked
The questions we get most
Can you do our bookkeeping?
No. In Belgium, keeping books and advising on tax for third parties is reserved to professionals registered with the ITAA, and we are not registered. We will refer you to someone who is — and be wary of any consultancy that offers it without mentioning this.
Can you review our contract?
No. Legal advice and drafting are reserved to members of the Bar. We can explain what a letter is asking you to do administratively, and anything legal goes to an avocat.
I need a certified translation for a commune. Can you do it?
Not a sworn one. Official translations require a translator entered in the national register of sworn translators, and we will refer you. Supplying an ordinary translation for an official purpose simply gets it rejected.
Which language do you work in?
French, Dutch or English, agreed at the start. In Brussels that matters more than people expect, because the language of an official letter is not always the language you operate in.
Can you handle our payroll?
Not directly. Payroll in Belgium runs through an approved social secretariat, and we coordinate with one rather than doing it ourselves.
Your filed activities mention pharmacy and sports. Do you do those?
Those codes are on our registration, and we carry on no activity that requires a separate professional authorisation unless we actually hold it. For pharmacy in Belgium that means a pharmacist, which is a different thing entirely.
Setting up or stuck in administration?
A free first call, including an honest answer about what we are not allowed to do.