Welcome to Accountable! We're happy to have you!
In this article, we will answer the following topics and questions:
General Settings (tax settings, tax numbers, start year)
Adjust income tax prepayments
How to add revenues and expenses
See your tax obligations
Interesting webinars
One of the first things we recommend to do is check your settings. This is the basis for ensuring that all your taxes are calculated correctly.
Click on " account" at the bottom left
Go to " settings"
Select " taxes" in the settings
The first thing you need to do is select which figures you want to use to calculate your taxes. As a rule, the default settings will be selected here. We recommend extrapolation because the calculation is most accurate here.
When you register, Accountable assumes that the previous tax years have been completed. So if you still want to do your taxes for a previous year, you can choose the year right here.
The next step is particularly important, here you have to select your VAT status.
Are you....
Subject to VAT
VAT Franchisee (Small business owner)
Exempt of VAT (due to your profession)
And finally, you will need to choose whether you want to make income tax prepayments. More information about income tax prepayments here.
❗️If you are active as a self-employed person with a side business, you will need to specify whether this is your primary or secondary activity and adjust the number of days accordingly.
The purpose of income tax prepayments is to pay 100% of your tax in advance to get a tax bonus (or avoid a fine, depending on how you look at it).
You can pay progressively in 4 installments of 25%, or make a larger first installment in the first quarter.
Installments are only optional for the first 3 years of your self-employed activity.
Once you have encoded all prepayments, you will get reminders for each prepayment in Accountable and the payment details for the bank transfer.
There are several ways to add your revenues and expenses to Accountable.
You can create all your invoices directly in Accountable and send them directly to your customer. Here's an entire article about creating invoices.
For your existing invoices:
1) Go to the revenue screen
2) Click on "import invoice"
3) Drag and drop your existing invoices and review them
For your expenses:
1) Go to the expenses screen
2) Click on "add expense"
3) Drag and drop them in the designated field and review them
You can also just forward your existing invoices and receipts directly via email.
Just send your revenue to revenue@accountable.eu and your expenses to expenses@accountable.eu.
The documents will create automatic revenue and expenses that you just need to review and confirm.
It is important that you send the emails only from the email address with which you are registered in Accountable. Otherwise, the email cannot be assigned to your account.
If you want to send the email from a different email address, you should set it as an "alias" under Settings > Personal Details.
Another option is to manually add your revenue and expenses directly in Accountable by clicking on either + Add non invoice revenue in the revenue screen.
or on + Create an expense manually in the expenses screen in the top right corner.
You can view your tax obligations at any time under "Taxes". If you don't see everything, click on "Show all" in the top right-hand corner.
1) Click on the three dots at the top right of the declaration you want to unlock
2) Mark it as "not paid" and "not submitted" or "all as not done"
Now you can edit and submit the tax declaration.
Thinking about starting as a self-employed professional in Belgium? Join our free group coaching "Start as Self-Employed in Belgium", once a month on Wednesday at 12:00 CET.
We’ll guide you through how to get started, the different types of self-employment, your obligations, and much more. Plus, we’ll be answering all your questions in a live Q&A session.
Sounds good? Save your spot now! 😊
Want to get the most out of Accountable? Register for our free group coaching "From Start to Success : Making the most out of Accountable" this Wednesday at 12.00 CET.
We’ll show you how to track deductible expenses, enter invoices, and automate your bookkeeping. And of course, there will be a live Q&A to answer all your questions!
Sounds good? Go ahead and save your spot! 😊
If you have any further questions regarding this, please reach out to us. We'll happily help you.
Author - Valesca Wilms
As content marketing lead at Accountable Belgium, Valesca writes about freelancing, self-employment, and taxes based on her own experience as a freelancer.
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