“Long-lease and lease-back” transactions: a powerful tool to boost your cash position, if tax leakage can be minimised
Introduction (at a glance) Within the domain of corporate finance, the concepts of “sale and lease-back” and “long-lease and lease-back” refer to a transaction whereby the owner sells, alternatively confers a long lease right on a fixed asset and leases it back from the buyer to regain the utilisation of the asset at hand. Such
Tax changes for the Belgian real estate market
This Newsflash highlights significant measures that influence the landscape of the Belgian real estate market. Indeed, on 9 October 2023, the Belgian government reached an agreement regarding the Federal Budget for 2024. The current budget round was an important one, as the economic climate is deteriorating and this has an impact on the budget of
Interest paid to qualifying foreign EEA AIFs may now benefit from the Belgian WHT exemption
On 26 July, a new Royal Decree amending the Royal Decree implementing the Belgian Income tax code (RD/BITC) was published. The Decree includes various amendments, but one of the main updates was the extension of the withholding tax (WHT) exemption to Belgian sourced interest paid to foreign institutional Alternative Investment Funds (AIF). In principle, interest
2% increase of Flemish real estate registration duties for investors
The Flemish Minister-President announced in his September declaration important changes concerning the registration duties (as part of a larger preliminary draft Programme Decree containing provisions to accompany the 2022 budget). On 14 October, the Flemish Government approved in principle such preliminary draft Programme Decree. Accordingly, whoever buys a single and own home in Flanders to
