Pillar 2 Advance Tax Payments Are Live!
As announced by the Belgian tax authorities today, starting September 2, 2024, MNO groups and large domestic groups can initiate their advance payments for top-up taxes under Pillar 2, provided they have obtained their Pillar 2 group number following the mandatory notification (P2-CBE-NOT form; click here for more details). The advance payments for the minimum
Pillar 2 notification: Administrative tolerance until 16 September
On 29 May 2024, the Royal Decree was published requiring Belgian entities of a Multinational Group to register with the Crossroads Bank of Enterprises (KBO or BCE) in order to comply with the Pillar 2 compliance formalities within 30 days after the first day of the first year in scope of Pillar 2 (or before
Is your company ready for the upcoming compliance deadline?
Statutory financial statements As you probably are aware, Belgian companies should annually deposit their statutory financial statements with the National Bank of Belgium. Filing should be done within 30 days after the financial accounts have been approved by the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and no later than 7 months after the end of the
Belgian Tax Authorities publish additional (and much welcomed) guidelines in view of the Co-Operative Tax Compliance Programme and details on what they consider to be a “mature” Tax Control Framework (TCF)?
Flashback to 2018 – What is the CTCP? With its launch in 2018 and with the ultimate goal of (i) achieving faster legal certainty for companies and (ii) improving compliance with tax obligations, the Belgian Co-operative Tax Compliance Programme (CTCP) introduced a mindshift, from a reactive tax audit modus to a collaborative, proactive approach based
Advance tax payments: Mind the significant increase of the surcharge
A surcharge is due on the final amount of Belgian corporate income tax payable upon assessment in case a company doesn’t settle its Belgian corporate income taxes due by means of timely advance tax payments during the financial year concerned. Please be advised that the global surcharge will be increased to 9% for assessment year
Deadline for first DAC7 reporting now imminent
DAC 7 recap In previous alerts we informed you that the DAC7 reporting obligation impacts various digital platforms operators. The scope of this obligation relates in a broad sense to platforms (any software, including a website, application, and so forth) that facilitate, directly or indirectly, the connection between sellers and buyers for the carrying out
Belgium and The Netherlands agree on employees working from their home location
On November 23, 2023, the Competent Authorities (CA) of Belgium and The Netherlands signed an agreement* clarifying when a permanent establishment (PE) exists for the employer in the other country if employees are working from their home location in that other country. This agreement provides welcome additional guidance on the cases in which an employee
Tax Bites Podcast – How to get Pillar 2 ready: a step-by-step approach
How to get Pillar 2 ready: a step-by-step approach In this episode the speakers elaborate on PwC’s recently published Pillar Two Guide for EMEA Multinational Enterprises, which sets out the steps you need to take to be Pillar 2 compliant. About the speakers Gergely Juhasz Clayton Stanfield Hanne Schoepen Listen now Missed the previous
