What is Accountable?

Glad you asked! Accountable is a smart tax and accounting app designed for the self-employed, freelancers, and sole traders in Belgium. With the app, you can create (e-)invoices, scan receipts, and get a clear overview of your income, expenses, and taxes. Anytime, anywhere. In fact, you might not even need an accountant anymore.

We’ll tell you everything you need to know on this page!

What can you do with Accountable?

Accountable is an all-in-one tool for managing your bookkeeping, taxes, and finances as a self-employed professional in Belgium. Available on both your smartphone and computer, the app makes it easy to handle your accounting yourself.

Do you run a sole proprietorship, whether part-time or full-time? Then you might not even need an accountant if you're using Accountable.

With Accountable, you can:

• Easily track income and expenses in the app or on the web
• Scan or upload your invoices, or create personalised invoices in just 5 clicks
• Link your business bank account to automatically track payments
• Instantly see how much of your balance is actually yours
• Submit your VAT return and personal income tax return in under 10 minutes (with a guarantee)
• Need a client listing? Check. EU sales listing? Double check.
• Get tips to reduce your taxes
• Chat with the AI Tax Advisor and get answers to all your tax questions, 24/7
• Working with an accountant? Give them free access to your account

Watch the video below to get a feel for how Accountable works:

Is there a free version of Accountable?

Yes! Accountable offers free and unlimited e-invoicing for all self-employed professionals in Belgium. With the free plan, you can also:

• Scan or upload up to 5 receipts and invoices per month (including e-invoices)
• Link one professional bank account to automatically track your income and expenses
• Access the mobile app on your smartphone

Want full access to everything Accountable has to offer? You can upgrade to one of our paid plans (see below).

How much does Accountable cost?

Our paid plans give you access to even more powerful features, such as automatic VAT and tax return generation, live chat with our AI Accountant and Tax Coaches, enhanced tax guarantee coverage (up to €10,000), and much more.

You can choose from 4 different plans:

• Are you a small business with a VAT exemption (annual turnover under €25,000)? Then GROW (€15.50/month) or GROW MAX (€22.50/month) is right for you.
• Are you VAT-registered? Then go for the PRO (€22.50/month) or PRO MAX (€34.50/month) plan.

Our MAX plans give you extra peace of mind: you’ll benefit from an increased tax guarantee, unlimited questions to the AI Accountant, direct access to our Tax Coaches, and on-demand support (1-on-1 consultations).

Discover all the details about Accountable’s plans here.

Who is Accountable for?

Accountable provides all the tools you need to manage simplified bookkeeping and file your tax return as a small self-employed professional (natural person/sole trader), whether you're working full-time or part-time (side-hustle).

Student entrepreneurs can also use Accountable with ease and independently.

Does Accountable work for limited companies (BV/SRL)?

If you’re self-employed through a limited company (BV), we recommend using Accountable alongside your accountant.

With Accountable for BVs/SRLs, you can:

• Create, edit, and customise your sales invoices
• Scan and upload receipts and invoices
• Monitor your bookkeeping and cash flow in real time
• Anticipate how much VAT you’ll need to pay

Since running a company requires double-entry accounting (which is not currently supported by the app), you’ll still have to rely on your accountant for:

• Filing your annual accounts
• Optimising your corporate tax strategy
• Submitting your corporate tax return
• Drafting shareholder meeting minutes

Important to know

• Our Tax Coaches are always ready to help you get the most out of the app.
• Need tax advice? Let us know, and we’ll connect you with an experienced accountant or tax advisor.
• We also run free weekly webinars for the self-employed covering everything from starting out to filing your first VAT return. Sign up here for free.
• Accountable currently does not offer Shopify integration (or support for other e-commerce platforms) and does not handle foreign VAT returns.

Accountable is the only tax and invoicing software in Belgium that offers a Tax Guarantee.
This means that if you receive a fine from the Belgian Tax Authorities, we’ll cover the cost! So you can always have peace of mind.

Read more about our Tax Guarantee here.

Got any questions? Don’t keep them to yourself, just drop us an email. We’re here to help. ⭐️

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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