Belgian government agrees on federal budget: an overview of what you should know
After intense negotiations, the Belgian government reached an agreement on the Belgian federal budget. Addressing the ongoing energy crisis, limiting the budgetary deficit and stimulating employment are some of the key topics that have shaped the agreement. It also contains several important tax measures an overview below: Temporary Belgian minimum tax: as a result of
Third quarter advance tax payment for assessment year 2023
Companies with a year-end closing on 31 December 2022 have the opportunity to make an advance tax payment for the third quarter of the year until 10 October 2022 to avoid or reduce a tax surcharge. This tax surcharge of 6,75% will be applied on the final amount of the Belgian corporate income tax due upon assessment. If,
Filed your transfer pricing documentation in due time?
The Belgian Tax Administration (BTA) has started to send out the letters to eligible taxpayers for missing/late filing of transfer pricing documentation, as the case may be: The country-by-country report (art. 321/2 BITC), The country-by-country report notification (art. 321/3 BITC) The master file (art 321/4 BITC), The local file (art 321/5 BITC). For the first
Belgian Council of Ministers approves draft legislation implementing DAC 7 into Belgium law
On Friday 23 September 2022, the Council of Ministers approved preliminary draft legislation introducing new provisions and technical amendments for administrative cooperation between European member states in the field of taxation. The aim of the proposal is to implement EU Directive 2021/514 on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation, better known as “DAC 7”,
Expected notional interest rate deduction
Expected notional interest deduction rate for assessment year 2024 The standard notional interest deduction (NID) rate for assessment year 2024 is expected to amount to 0,943%. For SMEs, the NID rate would be 1,443%. These rates should still be confirmed by a notice published in the Belgian Official Gazette. Less than a month ago, it was officially
Tax Bites Podcast: Digesting the Pillar 1 progress report
On 11 July 2022, the OECD released a progress report on Pillar 1. In this episode, we go through the key takeaways from this report for businesses. Towards the end of the episode, we also covered a brief update on the latest status of Pillar 2. About the speakers: Jean-Philippe Van West Stefaan De Baets
How to deal with shareholders’ dissent on say-on-pay?
Most companies held their annual general meeting for the financial year 2021 by now. At this occasion, shareholders expressed their view on the company’s pay practices through their advisory vote on the remuneration report and, where appropriate, their binding vote on the remuneration policy. What if shareholders acceptance in their policy and/or report voting is
Belgium fine-tunes the tax framework for ELTIFs
On 15 July 2022, the tax framework for ELTIFs has been completed with the necessary exemptions of Belgian withholding tax (WHT). As a recall, the law of 21 January 2022 on various tax provisions provides a tax framework for European long-term investment funds according to three principles: Corporate tax neutrality of the investment company Avoidance
