Telework: The National Social Security Office brings its position into line with the tax authorities
In the Practice Note of 16 January 2014, the Belgian tax authorities announced that a monthly tax-free lump-sum of EUR 20 as a compensation for the business use of a privately owned computer and internet connection (i.e. a total of EUR 40 per month) could be granted under certain conditions. Where for a while a doubt
OECD releases global standard for automatic exchange of tax information
Starting in 2012, political interest has increasingly focused on the opportunities provided by an automatic exchange of information between tax authorities. On 6 September 2013, the G20 Leaders committed to the automatic exchange of information as the new global standard and fully supported the OECD work for developing a single standard for automatic exchange of
OECD Publishes 2014 Update to Model Tax Convention
The OECD Council approved the 2014 Update to the OECD Model Tax Convention (the 2014 Update) on 15 July 2014. The 2014 Update was already approved by the Committee on Fiscal Affairs on 26 June 2014. The 2014 Update can be found here. The 2014 Update mainly reflects the work that was carried out by the OECD
Refutable presumption of self-employed activity for company directors finally transposed into Belgian Law
According to Royal Decree n°38 of 19 December 1967, persons who are appointed as officers in a corporation or an association that is subject to Belgian corporate income tax or non-resident income tax are presumed to carry out a self-employed professional activity in Belgium, which gives rise to subjection to the social security regime for self-employed
Social security authorities exempt vans from CO2 tax
The social security authorities have recently adopted a new position on CO2 contributions on company vehicles. Principles of the current regime When an employer provides an employee with a company vehicle which can be used for purposes other than those strictly professional (i.e. private use, commuting from home to the workplace and collective transport of
Foreign business trips – Costs proper to the employer
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
Unified status – Immediate and practical action points
Download On 1 January 2014, the law on the unified employee status, published in the Belgian official gazette of 26 December 2013, came into effect. We would hereby like to draw your attention to some practical implications which in our view should be on any employer’s to-do list. Take a picture! For those employees already
Taxation in the Netherlands: increased deductibility of Belgian social security contributions
Taxation in the Netherlands: increased deductibility of Belgian social security contributions Within the framework of the 2014 Dutch Tax Plan, a recent change was announced with respect to the deduction of Belgian employee social security contributions for Dutch income tax purposes, retrospective as of 1 January 2013. It concerns individual taxpayers whose earned income is
