AAVV Belastingadviseurs Accountant

Tax and bookkeeping rooted in medical practice

AAVV Belastingadviseurs is a firm of tax advisers and accountants in the Netherlands. It works mainly around Utrecht and Amsterdam and serves clients across a wider area that includes Amersfoort, Almere, Hilversum, The Hague, Rotterdam, Haarlem, Zeist, Eindhoven, Nieuwegein and Woerden. The client base is broad, but the firm says it rests on three specialisms, and the first of these is the medical sector. The firm describes itself as long at home there, working for general practitioners, locum doctors, dentists and therapists whose administration it keeps in order.

For these professionals the work includes annual accounts, income tax and business tax returns, and the everyday administration of a practice. The firm says medical practitioners gain most from an adviser who already knows how a surgery or therapy practice is run, rather than a generalist who has to learn it from scratch. Its administrative advice for care professionals covers the books, the tax position and the way the practice's finances are arranged.

Practical accounts for small and mid-sized businesses

The second group is small and mid-sized businesses, the Dutch MKB. Here the firm stresses a personal and tailored approach, which it says helps owners find their way through the tangle that even a small company's administration can become. It offers tax advice and administrative advice for these businesses, along with payroll administration, so that the books, the pay and the tax filings can be kept together rather than spread among separate suppliers. Its clients span many sectors, and the firm presents its client base as broad rather than limited to one trade.

Starting out and taking over a practice

New entrepreneurs, locums and people taking over an existing practice receive their own attention. The firm says it helps new businesses write a business plan, set up their administration and file their first tax return. For those buying a practice, AAVV works with partners in insurance, pension advice and notarial services, so that the whole takeover can be arranged in one place. Its help covers financing, contracts and the automation of systems, which the firm groups together as the practical side of taking over a practice.

Extra help for clients

Clients can use a mobile app that carries tax news. The firm also offers a checklist for the income tax return and a periodic tax newsletter. It says it is registered as a tax adviser on the national register, and it presents that registration as evidence that its advisers keep up with changes in tax law and follow the professional rules for tax advice.