Entrepreneurship Toolbox.

In one sentence

Practical “how-to” content, checklists and templates about starting up, administration, taxes/VAT, pricing, legal basics and pitching.

Category summary

The Toolbox is a collection of concrete resources that help you start and run a business faster and correctly: from step-by-step guides (getting started, VAT), to pricing and legal basics (terms & conditions, shareholders’ agreement), to tools/templates (financial plan), pitching and validation material, and thematic pages (social entrepreneurship, e-invoicing).

Classification (based on tags)

• Administratie & formaliteiten
  • Accountable blog (Practical Help): homepage with articles for self-employed people
  • Business expenses (Dexxter): overview of deductible costs for sole proprietors
  • Deductible business expenses 2026
  • Deductibles.be / Beroepskosten.be: search engine for deductible expenses (self-employed)
  • Filling in and submitting a VAT return (Intervat): step-by-step guide
  • Finding an accountant: AccountantMatch (Xerius)
  • Freelancing in the cultural sector: self-employed or via employment?
  • General terms & conditions: how to draft them
  • How does a tax audit work (Belgium) – what can the tax authorities ask for?
  • Information obligations for webshops (FPS Finance FAQ)
  • Letting someone help in your business: arrange employment through Tentoo
  • Mandatory e-invoicing (Peppol)
  • Music at your pop-up, event or shop: licence via Unisono (Sabam) + free simulation
  • Non-profit association (vzw) – setting up, governing & obligations (Cultuurloket)
  • Opening a business bank account: what does it cost for a sole proprietorship, company, or vzw?
  • Privacy, GDPR and cookies: what do you need to have in order?
  • Respecting noise limits at music and other events
  • Selling or producing food or food supplements: step-by-step plan
  • Setting up a non-profit association (Belgium): step-by-step plan, formalities & cost
  • Starting a business (VLAIO)
  • Starting as a self-employed person in 2026: sole proprietorship or a BV straight away?
  • Submitting your tax return (MyMinfin / Tax-on-web)
  • Support for Ghent Associations & Civic Engagement (City of Ghent)
  • Tax-Calc: estimate your Belgian personal income tax anonymously (FPS Finance)
  • VAT & the small-business exemption
  • Your bookkeeping as a student self-employed: do it yourself with Dexxter or Accountable
• Belastingen & BTW
  • Accountable blog (Practical Help): homepage with articles for self-employed people
  • Business expenses (Dexxter): overview of deductible costs for sole proprietors
  • Capital Gains Tax on the Sale of Your Own Company
  • Creative professions: copyright (Creative Shelter), artist certificate & miscellaneous income
  • Deductible business expenses 2026
  • Deductibles.be / Beroepskosten.be: search engine for deductible expenses (self-employed)
  • Filling in and submitting a VAT return (Intervat): step-by-step guide
  • Finding an accountant: AccountantMatch (Xerius)
  • Flat-rate professional expenses as a self-employed person: pros and cons
  • Freelancer hourly rate (Creative Shelter)
  • Freelancing in the cultural sector: self-employed or via employment?
  • How does a tax audit work (Belgium) – what can the tax authorities ask for?
  • Mandatory e-invoicing (Peppol)
  • Opening a business bank account: what does it cost for a sole proprietorship, company, or vzw?
  • Starting a business (VLAIO)
  • Starting as a self-employed person in 2026: sole proprietorship or a BV straight away?
  • Submitting your tax return (MyMinfin / Tax-on-web)
  • Tax-Calc: estimate your Belgian personal income tax anonymously (FPS Finance)
  • VAT & the small-business exemption
  • When does the tax authority consider a non-profit association (vzw) to be a company?
  • Your bookkeeping as a student self-employed: do it yourself with Dexxter or Accountable
• Coaching & begeleiding
  • Branding for starters: lessons from The Girlfriend Experience
  • Gentrepreneur FAQ
  • Social Innovation Atelier (online modules)
• Creatieve beroepen
  • Creative professions: copyright (Creative Shelter), artist certificate & miscellaneous income
  • Freelancing in the cultural sector: self-employed or via employment?
• e-commerce
  • Information obligations for webshops (FPS Finance FAQ)
  • Privacy, GDPR and cookies: what do you need to have in order?
  • Selling or producing food or food supplements: step-by-step plan
• event locations
  • Zalenzoeker (City of Ghent): finding venues and applying for city venues
• food
  • Selling or producing food or food supplements: step-by-step plan
• Funding & VC's
  • Financial plan
  • Shareholders’ agreement for your startup
• horeca
  • Selling or producing food or food supplements: step-by-step plan
• Ideation & Validation
  • Branding for starters: lessons from The Girlfriend Experience
  • Business Model Canvas (Osterwalder): 9 building blocks + step-by-step guide
  • Cultural Value Scan (Cultuurloket): introduction + download
  • From idea to concept (Gentrepreneur – Startium Board)
  • SWOT analysis: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities & threats (VLAIO)
• Impact & Duurzaamheid
  • Social Innovation Atelier (online modules)
  • Support for Ghent Associations & Civic Engagement (City of Ghent)
• Intellectual Property Rights
  • Does your brand name already exist? (Early Trademark Screening tool)
  • From idea to concept (Gentrepreneur – Startium Board)
  • Intellectual Property (IP) Helpdesk (European Commission)
  • Intellectual property (IP) – overview & support (VLAIO)
  • Intellectual property for starters and entrepreneurs (VDAB – online)
  • IT and copyright in 2026: which activities (again) qualify?
  • Pre-diagnostic service for intellectual property (FPS Economy)
• Juridisch
  • Capital Gains Tax on the Sale of Your Own Company
  • Creative professions: copyright (Creative Shelter), artist certificate & miscellaneous income
  • Cultuurloket Knowledge Base: start page & theme overview
  • Information obligations for webshops (FPS Finance FAQ)
  • IT and copyright in 2026: which activities (again) qualify?
  • Music at your pop-up, event or shop: licence via Unisono (Sabam) + free simulation
  • Non-profit association (vzw) – setting up, governing & obligations (Cultuurloket)
  • Privacy, GDPR and cookies: what do you need to have in order?
  • Respecting noise limits at music and other events
  • Selling or producing food or food supplements: step-by-step plan
  • Setting up a non-profit association (Belgium): step-by-step plan, formalities & cost
  • Shareholders’ agreement for your startup
  • Starting as a self-employed person in 2026: sole proprietorship or a BV straight away?
  • Travel Guarantee Fund (GFG): insolvency insurance for travel professionals
  • When does the tax authority consider a non-profit association (vzw) to be a company?
• Netwerk & events
  • Music at your pop-up, event or shop: licence via Unisono (Sabam) + free simulation
  • Respecting noise limits at music and other events
  • Social Innovation Atelier (online modules)
  • Support for Ghent Associations & Civic Engagement (City of Ghent)
  • VI.BE: platform and support hub for artists & the music sector
• Pitchen
  • Pitch guide – Pitch your social innovation
• Privacy & Security
  • Privacy, GDPR and cookies: what do you need to have in order?
• Sociale bijdragen
  • Accountable blog (Practical Help): homepage with articles for self-employed people
  • Creative professions: copyright (Creative Shelter), artist certificate & miscellaneous income
  • Freelancer hourly rate (Creative Shelter)
  • Freelancing in the cultural sector: self-employed or via employment?
  • Starting a business (VLAIO)
• Student-zelfstandige
  • Gentrepreneur FAQ
  • Tax-Calc: estimate your Belgian personal income tax anonymously (FPS Finance)
  • Your bookkeeping as a student self-employed: do it yourself with Dexxter or Accountable
• Subsidies
  • Support for Ghent Associations & Civic Engagement (City of Ghent)
• tech
  • IT and copyright in 2026: which activities (again) qualify?
• toerisme
  • Travel Guarantee Fund (GFG): insolvency insurance for travel professionals
• Tools & templates
  • Branding for starters: lessons from The Girlfriend Experience
  • Business expenses (Dexxter): overview of deductible costs for sole proprietors
  • Business Model Canvas (Osterwalder): 9 building blocks + step-by-step guide
  • Cultural Value Scan (Cultuurloket): introduction + download
  • Cultuurloket Knowledge Base: start page & theme overview
  • Deductibles.be / Beroepskosten.be: search engine for deductible expenses (self-employed)
  • Does your brand name already exist? (Early Trademark Screening tool)
  • Financial plan
  • Finding an accountant: AccountantMatch (Xerius)
  • General terms & conditions: how to draft them
  • Gentrepreneur FAQ
  • Information obligations for webshops (FPS Finance FAQ)
  • Intellectual Property (IP) Helpdesk (European Commission)
  • Mandatory e-invoicing (Peppol)
  • Music at your pop-up, event or shop: licence via Unisono (Sabam) + free simulation
  • Privacy, GDPR and cookies: what do you need to have in order?
  • Respecting noise limits at music and other events
  • SD Worx Starter Guide (BE/NL): practical guide to getting started as an employer
  • Shareholders’ agreement for your startup
  • Social Innovation Atelier (online modules)
  • SWOT analysis: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities & threats (VLAIO)
  • Tax-Calc: estimate your Belgian personal income tax anonymously (FPS Finance)
  • VLAIO Starter Guide: your guide to success as an entrepreneur
  • Your bookkeeping as a student self-employed: do it yourself with Dexxter or Accountable
  • Zalenzoeker (City of Ghent): finding venues and applying for city venues
• Vennootschapsvormen
  • Capital Gains Tax on the Sale of Your Own Company
  • Company forms & non-profit (Belgium)
  • Shareholders’ agreement for your startup
  • Starting as a self-employed person in 2026: sole proprietorship or a BV straight away?
• vergunningen
  • Respecting noise limits at music and other events
  • Selling or producing food or food supplements: step-by-step plan

Table of contents (all articles)

1. Accountable blog (Practical Help): homepage with articles for self-employed people
2. Branding for starters: lessons from The Girlfriend Experience
3. Business expenses (Dexxter): overview of deductible costs for sole proprietors
4. Business Model Canvas (Osterwalder): 9 building blocks + step-by-step guide
5. Capital Gains Tax on the Sale of Your Own Company
6. Company forms & non-profit (Belgium)
7. Creative professions: copyright (Creative Shelter), artist certificate & miscellaneous income
8. Cultural Value Scan (Cultuurloket): introduction + download
9. Cultuurloket Knowledge Base: start page & theme overview
10. Deductible business expenses 2026
11. Deductibles.be / Beroepskosten.be: search engine for deductible expenses (self-employed)
12. Does your brand name already exist? (Early Trademark Screening tool)
13. Filling in and submitting a VAT return (Intervat): step-by-step guide
14. Financial plan
15. Finding an accountant: AccountantMatch (Xerius)
16. Flat-rate professional expenses as a self-employed person: pros and cons
17. Freelancer hourly rate (Creative Shelter)
18. Freelancing in the cultural sector: self-employed or via employment?
19. From idea to concept (Gentrepreneur – Startium Board)
20. General terms & conditions: how to draft them
21. Gentrepreneur FAQ
22. How does a tax audit work (Belgium) – what can the tax authorities ask for?
23. Information obligations for webshops (FPS Finance FAQ)
24. Intellectual Property (IP) Helpdesk (European Commission)
25. Intellectual property (IP) – overview & support (VLAIO)
26. Intellectual property for starters and entrepreneurs (VDAB – online)
27. IT and copyright in 2026: which activities (again) qualify?
28. Letting someone help in your business: arrange employment through Tentoo
29. Mandatory e-invoicing (Peppol)
30. Music at your pop-up, event or shop: licence via Unisono (Sabam) + free simulation
31. Non-profit association (vzw) – setting up, governing & obligations (Cultuurloket)
32. Opening a business bank account: what does it cost for a sole proprietorship, company, or vzw?
33. Pitch guide – Pitch your social innovation
34. Pre-diagnostic service for intellectual property (FPS Economy)
35. Privacy, GDPR and cookies: what do you need to have in order?
36. Respecting noise limits at music and other events
37. SD Worx Starter Guide (BE/NL): practical guide to getting started as an employer
38. Selling or producing food or food supplements: step-by-step plan
39. Setting up a non-profit association (Belgium): step-by-step plan, formalities & cost
40. Shareholders’ agreement for your startup
41. Social Innovation Atelier (online modules)
42. Starting a business (VLAIO)
43. Starting as a self-employed person in 2026: sole proprietorship or a BV straight away?
44. Submitting your tax return (MyMinfin / Tax-on-web)
45. Support for Ghent Associations & Civic Engagement (City of Ghent)
46. SWOT analysis: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities & threats (VLAIO)
47. Tax-Calc: estimate your Belgian personal income tax anonymously (FPS Finance)
48. Travel Guarantee Fund (GFG): insolvency insurance for travel professionals
49. VAT & the small-business exemption
50. VI.BE: platform and support hub for artists & the music sector
51. VLAIO Starter Guide: your guide to success as an entrepreneur
52. When does the tax authority consider a non-profit association (vzw) to be a company?
53. Your bookkeeping as a student self-employed: do it yourself with Dexxter or Accountable
54. Zalenzoeker (City of Ghent): finding venues and applying for city venues