We run the handover

You can switch mid-year, but the timing matters. In practice it is simplest right after a month-end or quarter-end close: the closed period stays with your previous accountant, the next one starts with us. In the first conversation we go through what is finished and what isn't, and that becomes a step list with dates. Nothing pauses meanwhile – filing deadlines don't move because you changed accountants.

Two separate things. First, the handover from your current accountant: we give you a list of what we need (trial balance, opening balances, payroll master data, open matters) and we put any gaps in writing. Second, how we handle data at our end: we process what the service requires, and only the people who need it for their work have access. The details are in our privacy notice; our accounting software is RLB, data is kept on cloud storage, and documents come in via SharePoint or email.

Nobody can rule that out, and we won't pretend otherwise. What we can do: when we take over, we review the earlier periods, and if we find an error we tell you how large it is and what the options are – including a self-revision of the affected return. We handle correspondence with the tax authority and represent you: in Hungarian towards NAV, in your language towards you. Reviewing closed periods is not part of the monthly bookkeeping fee; you'll find its price on the Pricing page. This is general information, not advice on your specific case.

Our working languages are English, German and Hungarian. We draft contracts, reports and emails in these three, and we talk to your head office in them too. We do not handle correspondence in Polish, Czech, Slovenian or Italian – we will of course accept source documents in any language, but the conversation runs in those three. Official Hungarian documents stay Hungarian in the original, as the law requires; you get the explanation in your own language alongside.

Probably, and that isn't the competition we're in. What is worth comparing is what the fee includes. Our package names the document band, the headcount and the work inside it, and anything beyond that is agreed in advance – no items you only find out about on the invoice. That includes asking your question in English or German, and the fact that a tax question doesn't stop at the edge of the bookkeeping.

We are a small team, and we don't hide it: that's why we commit capacity rather than an unlimited client list. What you can verify: GERSE Consulting Kft. is a registered company – the company details are in our legal notice – and it is led by an attorney-at-law.