Belgium extends the filing deadline of the QDMTT return to 30 June 2026
What happened? Today, Belgium announced an extension of the deadline to file the Qualified Domestic Minimum Top-up Tax (“QDMTT”) return to 30 June 2026 for taxpayers with a financial year which: started at the earliest on 31 December 2023, and ended at the earliest on 1 January 2024 and at the latest on 30 June 2025. In its communication (available in Dutch and in French), the Belgian Ministry of Finance explains that this means
Ministry of Finance publishes Pillar 2 Circular Letter
On 22 October 2025, Belgium’s Federal Public Service Finance issued the Circular Letter 2025/C/68 providing extensive administrative guidance on the Belgian minimum tax regime for multinational enterprise (MNE) groups and large domestic groups (“the Pillar 2 Circular Letter”). The document has approximately 400 pages and is available in Dutch and French. It provides administrative guidance with
DAC 9 – The EU Council agrees to enhance cooperation and information exchange on minimum effective corporate taxation
On Tuesday 11 March 2025 the EU Council reached a political agreement on the Directive on Administrative Cooperation in the field of taxation, also referred to as DAC9. What is DAC9? DAC9 updates the existing EU’s Directive on Administrative Cooperation (DAC) by expanding tax transparency rules. In particular, the update aims to simplify reporting for
The OECD released a new package of Pillar 2 documents
On 15 January 2025, the OECD released a new package of documents including (i) the central record of legislation with qualified domestic rules, (ii) additional Administrative Guidance, and (iii) an updated version of the GloBE Information Return (GIR), the XML scheme/user guide and a Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement. List of legislations with a Transitional Qualified
Draft Belgian Qualified Domestic Minimum Top-up Tax Return published
On Friday 18 October 2024, the Belgian tax authorities published the first version of the draft Belgian (Qualified) Domestic Minimum Top-up Tax return (also referred to as QDMTT return or QDMTT form) to be submitted by Belgian entities subject to the Belgian law introducing a global minimum tax (or Pillar 2). What is Pillar 2?
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
OECD issues a fourth package of Administrative Guidance on Global Anti-Base Erosion Model Rules (Pillar 2)
On 17 June 2024, the OECD released the fourth set of Administrative Guidance on GloBE rules, with the intention of clarifying the operation of these rules. This package follows the Administrative Guidance sets released in February, July and December last year. It is the first package of Administrative Guidance following the publication of the Consolidated
OECD issues a new package of Administrative Guidance on Global Anti-Base Erosion Model Rules (Pillar 2)
On 18 December 2023, the OECD released the third package of Administrative Guidance. This third package follows the Administrative Guidance released in February and July. This guidance provides welcome clarification to the Pillar 2 rules, which will in many territories, including Belgium, come into force as from financial year 2024, The document addresses issues and
