Newsflash – Changes to the Belgian expat tax regime – Circular 2022/C/9
Until 31 December 2021, if specific conditions were met, the Belgian special tax regime for executives, researchers and other specialised staff could become applicable to the employment situation of foreign nationals working temporarily in Belgium. This regime was based on the Circular from 8 August 1983. In our previous newsflashes of 15 October 2021, 3
Everything you need to know about the new special tax regime in Belgium
We refer to our previous newsflash of 6 January 2022 in which we informed you that the new Belgian expat regime has been voted on 23 December 2021 and published on 31 December 2021 in the Official Gazette with entrance into force as of 1 January 2022. We welcome you to our web-based platform which
Lump sum benefit in kind for electricity and heating no longer possible without the provision of housing
All income that you receive from your employer is subject to income taxes. This is also the case for non-cash elements. In general, taxes should be paid on the actual value received by the employee, meaning the value that (s)he would have paid in case the employer wouldn’t intervene in such a cost. However, for
New expat regime in Belgium – VOTED
We refer to our previous newsflash of 22 December 2021 in which we informed you that the draft legislation regarding the changes to the Belgian expat regime was planned to be voted on in the plenary session of the Chamber at the end of December 2021. Hereby, we would like to inform you that the
New expat regime in Belgium – update
We refer to our previous newsflash of 3 December 2021 in which we informed you that the Belgian government formally filed draft legislation in federal parliament regarding among others the changes to the Belgian expat tax regime (on 1 December 2021). In the meantime, the draft legislation has been discussed for the first time in
Update COVID-19 and cross-border employment: Agreement with Germany extended until 31 March 2022
In our newsflash of 10 December 2021 and our newsflash of 15 December 2021, we referred to the extension of the mutual agreements between Belgium and France / Luxembourg / the Netherlands until 31 March 2022. It was stated that the mutual agreement between Belgium and Germany would likely be extended as well. And indeed,
Update COVID-19 and cross-border employment: Agreement with the Netherlands extended until 31 March 2022
In our newsflash of 10 December 2021, we referred to the extension of the mutual agreements between Belgium and France / Luxembourg until 31 March 2022. It was stated that the mutual agreement between Belgium and the Netherlands would likely be extended as well. And indeed, recently, the Belgian and the Dutch tax authorities decided
Update COVID-19 and cross-border employment: Agreements with France and Luxembourg: extended until 31 March 2022
With reference to our previous newsflashes regarding this topic, the idea behind the COVID-19 agreements lies in the fiction that salaried workers who work from home due to travel restrictions remain taxable in the state where they previously exercised their professional activity before the outbreak of the corona crisis. However, this tax fiction strictly applies