Isn’t it that if you have a problem with the car you go to the mechanic? If you have to buy a computer, don’t you first let yourself be advised by a computer scientist? Well, if you are a company, you must first let yourself be advised by a consultancy.
The business world is becoming increasingly complex. An entrepreneur must ensure that his business works, a completely exhausting job 24 hours a day. A day-to-day that can be even more exhausting if the entrepreneur also has to take care of payroll management, tax payments, being up to date with tax obligations, legal developments,…
“Life can be very complicated and important mistakes can be made for the pocketbook,” explains Amadeu Pujol, manager of Gestingral, who illustrates the problem of corporate tax self-management. “It is good for the entrepreneur to look for information on the internet, but he will surely find 12 opinions in favor and 6 against. And if you go to the public administration, maybe one day they will give a solution to the problem and the next day another,” adds the head of Vilanova’s reference consultancy.
A global
consultancyGestingral advises all entrepreneurs to hire the services of a global consultancy that offers tax, commercial, labour, insurance and accounting services,… In this way, the company can receive advice as a whole. “The problems today are very complex and no two cases are the same. If you go to a manager or a notary, they will only give you the solution to a specific problem. Consultancies, such as Gestingral, give a much more global vision and work with planning and strategy”, explains Amadeu Pujol.
“Above all, however, the most important advice is that the consultancy must transmit confidence to the entrepreneur”, says the manager of Gestingral, who recalls that now before the end of the year is the best time to switch (or change) to a consultancy. “This way you start the whole calendar year in one place and you can plan,” he says.