Tax return deadline for income year 2013 (assessment year 2014) – Corporates, legal / non-resident entities
The Belgian tax authority has communicated the deadlines for the different tax returns assessment year 2014 for corporates, legal entities and non-resident entities. An overview of these deadlines can be found below. For tax residents and non-residents with an accounting year ending on 31 December 2013: Corporate income tax return Belgian tax residents 30 September 2014 Income
Parliamentary question clarifies whether (for direct tax purposes) “small tools, small equipment and stationary” should be considered as an investment or an immediate expense.
Recently, the minister of Finance answered a Parliamentary question regarding “small equipment, small tools and stationary”, i.e. whether for direct tax purposes, “small equipment, small tools and stationary” should not be considered as an investment and can therefore be directly expensed? According to the Minister of Finance, and based on accounting law, the company should define the valuation rules in
BASC issues draft advice on the Belgian GAAP treatment of the Fairness Tax
The Belgian Accounting Standards Commission (BASC) was asked to provide guidance with respect to the accounting treatment of the Fairness Tax. The Fairness Tax is a separate tax of 5.15% (5% increased by 3% crisis surtax). This separate tax applies to a Belgian company (non SME) if: (i) the company has distributed dividends with respect
Reporting obligation foreign bank accounts extended
Last week the Belgian parliament voted an amendment to the Belgian Income Tax Code with respect to the reporting obligation of foreign bank accounts by Belgian individuals at the central contact point (“centraal aanspreekpunt” in Dutch/”point de contact central” in French) of the Belgian National Bank. As from the first of November 2014 the Belgian
Reporting requirement legal constructions – Royal Decree published
On 2 April 2014, a Royal Decree was published, listing up the legal constructions which are in scope of the recently introduced reporting requirement. The Act of Miscellaneous provisions of 30 July 2013 introduced a reporting obligation for legal constructions (trusts, foundations, partnerships, certain low-taxed entities, etc.) set-up by private persons. According to the Act,
Accounting Standards Commission withdraws Advice 126/17 on valuation of assets
As a response to the GIMLE judgement of the European Court of Justice (ECJ judgment C-322/12, 3 October, 2013 [GIMLE ]), the Belgian Accounting Standards Commission (ASC) announced the withdrawal of its opinion no. 126/17. The opinion concerned the valuation of acquired assets, whether for free or below market value. Following publication of the opinion
Foreign business trips – Costs proper to the employer
Costs incurred by employees during foreign business trips can be reimbursed free of income tax by their employer on a lump sum basis, provided the amount reimbursed is in line with the expense rates applied by the government for its own state personnel. As stated in a previous headline, for foreign business trips exceeding 30
Investment deduction percentages for assessment year 2015 published
On 26 March 2014, the new percentages for investment deduction, applicable to assessment year 2015 (income year 2014), were published in the Belgian Official Gazette. Generally speaking, to the extent specific legal conditions are met, Belgian companies or Belgian branches of foreign companies can deduct above the normal amortisation rules an extra percentage of the
