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24 June 2021

Update COVID-19 and cross-border employment: Agreement with the Netherlands extended

In our newsflash of 12 March 2021 we referred to the extension until 30 June 2021 of the mutual agreement between Belgium and the Netherlands, which includes a “force majeure tolerance” for cross-border workers in relation to government imposed COVID-19 (travel) restrictions.  With ongoing vaccination marathons the end of the global pandemic definitely seems to

24 June 2021

Newsflash – Update foreign real estate

In our newsflashes of 8 December 2020 and 18 March 2021, we referred to the difference in tax treatment for foreign real estate compared to real estate located in Belgium and to the new way of working by attributing a “Belgian cadastral income (kadastraal inkomen / revenu cadastral)” to each foreign real estate. A cadastral

23 June 2021

Update COVID-19 and cross-border employment: Agreement with Germany extended

In our newsflash of 31 March 2021 we referred to the extension until 30 June 2021 of the mutual agreement between Belgium and Germany, which includes a “force majeure tolerance” for cross-border workers in relation to government imposed COVID-19 (travel) restrictions.  While large parts of the population are vaccinated and the end of the global

21 June 2021

Implementing CRD V into Belgian law – we’re almost there…

In our newsflash dated 5 March 2021, we informed you of the draft law transposing certain EU directives into Belgian law that was approved in a first reading. One of those directives was the fifth Capital Requirements Directive (CRD V). On 27 May 2021, the Belgian government introduced a definitive version of the draft law

18 June 2021

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

17 June 2021

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

14 June 2021

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,