Double taxation of foreign dividends – Published FAQ is still holding out on applying foreign tax credit
Last year PwC Legal already covered Belgian (tax) residents’ right to mitigate double taxation of foreign dividends, especially French-source dividends (see Newsflashes of 9 June and 15 December, 2020). Now we bring you the latest updates. In summary, while certain double taxation treaties concluded by Belgium with some countries, in particular France, make it possible
New lump-sum amount for reimbursement of business use of private car.
Employees using a privately-owned car for business purposes can now be reimbursed a lump-sum amount of EUR 0.3707 per kilometre. Costs that an employee incurs when using a privately-owned car for business purposes can be reimbursed by the employer free of income tax and exempt from social security contributions. Repayment can be made on a
Update COVID-19 and cross-border employment: Agreements with France and Luxembourg extended
In our newsflash of 12 March 2021 and our newsflash of 2 April 2021 we referred to the extension of the mutual agreements between Belgium and Luxembourg / France, which includes a “force majeure tolerance” for cross-border workers in relation to government imposed COVID-19 (travel) restrictions. With large parts of the population vaccinated, the end
Tax Bites Podcast – Tax Control Framework
Tax Control Framework: be in control of your taxes – and prove it ! With reputational and financial damage at stake, the need to be in control of your taxes and have sound tax risk management is rising rapidly. This transformation is especially important – and also challenging – in a tax landscape where sustainability,
G7 commits to a global minimum tax of at least 15% and taxation of digitalised economy
The G7 finance ministers published on 5 June 2021 a Communiqué announcing that they reached a high-level political agreement on a global tax reform. In particular, they agreed on the reallocation of a share of the profits of certain multinational enterprises to market jurisdictions (Pillar 1) and a global minimum tax of at least 15%
Country-by-country reporting goes public!
On 1 June 2021, representatives of the European Parliament and the Council under EU Portuguese Presidency negotiated a Draft Directive on public country-by-country reporting (‘Public CbCR’) for big multinational groups. They provisionally reached a compromise agreement. Once this political agreement is endorsed, it requires European or non-European multinational groups or standalone undertakings to publicly disclose
Tax Bites Podcast – EU Business Taxation Roadmap
EU Roadmap for Business Taxation: EU Dynamite? On 18 May 2021, an important development in EU Tax policy took place when the European Commission announced their roadmap for Business Taxation for the 21st Century. This roadmap, published today, outlines 5 actions that the European Commission proposes to take in the coming months in Europe (some
Tax Bites podcast – Revisiting PwC’s Tax webinar week
In pursuit of a new tax equilibrium In the week of 26 April PwC Belgium organised its Tax webinar week. Over five days, we discussed five hot topics in five one hour sessions. In this Tax Bites podcast Pieter Deré, Stefaan De Baets and Gilles Franssens review some of the tax challenges companies face, that
