Contar Assessoria Contábil

Digital, real-time bookkeeping with an office to visit

Contar Assessoria Contábil works in Portuguese as an accounting practice, and it says its advisory experience stretches back more than fifteen years. Its slogan is that numbers are its strength and that business owners now have someone to count on. The practice keeps a physical office where clients can come to talk, but the point it stresses is that bookkeeping no longer has to be a pile of paper in that office: the books are digital, integrated and updated in real time.

What real-time accounting means for a client

The firm argues that a business owner should not have to wait for the end of the month to find out whether the company is in the red or the black. Because records are stored digitally, a client can look at the company's figures from a computer or a phone whenever it suits, and make decisions from current data. Contar says it links the accounts with other business systems such as ERP and CRM software, automates routine tasks to make the accountants' work less bureaucratic, and cuts paper use, which it counts as both a cost saving and an environmental benefit.

What the practice does for a company

• Digital accounting with full coverage of the legal and tax requirements of a company
• Tax management aimed at lowering the burden, with automatic reminders of payment deadlines
• The complete process of opening a company and changing its articles of association
• Regularisation of companies that are out of compliance
• Corporate advisory on partnership matters

The human side

The practice insists that technology has not replaced the relationship with the client, and it presents that personal contact as one of its main differences. It describes accounting as useful beyond compliance, as a basis for tax returns, for planning growth, for managing risk and for giving investors a clear view of the finances. Contar explains how a company can move to this style of accounting and says doing so need not be slow or difficult.

Contar Assessoria Contábil is a Portuguese-language accounting office that runs its bookkeeping digitally, so clients can check their company figures online at any time rather than waiting for month-end reports. It keeps a physical office for face-to-face meetings while also serving clients remotely.

What Contar Assessoria Contábil offers

• Digital accounting: integrated, real-time bookkeeping that clients can view from a computer or phone.
• Tax management: work to lower the tax burden, with automatic reminders of payment deadlines.
• Company formation: the full process of opening a business and making changes to its articles.
• Regularisation and corporate advisory: bringing companies into compliance and advising on company law matters.
• System integration: linking the accounts with a client's ERP or CRM software.

Customers and markets

The firm works with business owners who want current financial figures to guide decisions, whether they visit the office or deal with it online.

Key facts

• Experience: more than 15 years in accounting advisory
• Service model: office-based and online