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Who can use Accountable in Belgium?

In this article, we list the users Accountable supports and the cases not covered.

Written by Simon

Accountable is designed for registered self-employed people in Belgium. This article also covers what is not supported and what Accountable prepares for your income tax declaration.

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Who can use Accountable?

You can use Accountable if you are registered as:

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What is not supported?

❌ Special tax regimes such as the Margin scheme are not supported. A typical case is car dealers who purchase and resell used cars.

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❌ Foreign VAT rates in your sales invoices, OSS and IOSS used to declare VAT collected abroad are not supported. A typical case is e-commerce when you are selling outside Belgium. Read more in our dedicated e-commerce tax article.

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What does Accountable cover for income tax?

For income tax, Accountable prepares the professional part (grids XVII and XVIII) of the income tax declaration that Belgians submit yearly.

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Accountable aims to serve all self-employed people, but some cases are not yet covered.

✅ Included cases

❌ Excluded cases (you can file the income tax declaration yourself, or with the support of an accountant)

  • If you make normal sales of goods and services, even if your clients are abroad

  • Whether you are a commercial enterprise or liberal profession

  • Whether you received Covid subsidies or not

  • Whether you receive some income from copyrights or not

  • Whether you are self-employed as a principal or complementary activity (we only prepare the self-employed part)

  • Whether you want to use real expenses or flat fee expenses (we'll help you choose)

  • Income from agricultural activity

  • Sale of agricultural land

  • Professional income taxable abroad

  • Income from "de facto associations"

  • Income from sports activities or sports coaching if not done as your main profession

  • Special tax deductions obtained for employment of interns and other workers

  • Payments to helping spouses

  • Social debt tax exemptions due to redundancies of workers

  • Changes in stock of goods for resale

  • Income tax as owner of a BV/SRL

For questions about your specific situation, contact tax-coach@accountable.eu.

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Key takeaways

  • Accountable supports natural persons (main or complementary activity), student self-employed, one-person companies (BV/SRL, CommV), and non-profits (VZW/ASBL).

  • Special tax regimes such as the Margin scheme and foreign VAT (OSS/IOSS) are not supported.

  • For income tax, Accountable prepares the professional part (grids XVII and XVIII) of your yearly declaration.

  • Some income tax cases are excluded, including agricultural income, income taxable abroad, and income tax as owner of a BV/SRL.

Need help? Chat with us or email support@accountable.eu, we're happy to help.

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