Investment deduction rates for tax year 2025 published
The percentages of the investment deduction for investments made during the taxable period linked to tax year 2025 until 31 December 2024 have been published. Please find below an overview of the percentages that apply for companies. One-off investment deduction Patents, environmentally friendly investments for research and development, energy-saving investments and smoke extraction or ventilation
External financing is increasingly more difficult to obtain. How does it impact transfer pricing policies?
According to the latest update of the quarterly bank lending survey of the European Central Bank (“ECB”), the loan application rejection rate within the Eurosystem continued to increase during the first quarter of 2024, albeit at a slower rate than the previous quarter. In addition, Euro area banks reported a small further net tightening of
New reporting obligation for tenants to declare certain rent payments: risk of non-deductibility in case of non-compliance!
Who is in scope? This new reporting obligation applies in principle to all legal entities and natural persons who are required to file an income tax return in Belgium. It does not matter whether this concerns personal income tax, corporate income tax, legal entity tax or non-resident tax. However, the reporting obligation is only applicable
Stock options granted by a Personal Service Company to its company director – not always tax deductible for the company
In a judgement of 5 December 2023, the Court of appeal of Antwerp ruled on a case regarding the deductibility of costs of stock options and upholds the lower court’s decision, confirming that remunerations (stock options income in this case) may not always be treated as deductible expenses. The dispute in this case revolves around
OECD Published Guidance on Amount B
On 19 February 2024, the OECD published a report which aims to simplify and streamline the application of the arm’s length principle to in-country baseline marketing and distribution activities (the Report) (also known as Amount B under Pillar One). The first draft guidance and call for input dates back from late 2020. Quite some time
New Circular letter on the calculation of the Federal Mobility Budget: pitfalls remain
At the end of September last year, the Belgian government published a Royal Decree to clarify the calculation of the budget for the Federal Mobility Budget and introduce a lump sum calculation method as well. These formulas are to be used both to calculate the available budget as well as the cost to be charged
Wage withholding tax exemption – Constitutional court has introduced a strict interpretation of the application requirements for the wage withholding tax exemption for shift work
Executive Summary In a request for preliminary ruling, the Belgian Constitutional Court was asked to rule on the discriminatory character (or not) of one of the conditions to apply the withholding tax exemption for night and shift work. Said condition requires that the shifts perform the same work in terms of content and magnitude of
The updated benefit in kind for the private use of a company car – 12 months delay for a significant tax increase?
Executive summary Due to the acceleration of the electrification of the fleet, employees driving a combustion engine car were faced with an approx. 10% increase of the benefit in kind company car as of 2024. To mitigate the related tax cost for the individual, the Minister of Finance has announced a change in the calculation
