Latest news & developments
Advance tax payments: first deadline of the financial year 2021
Unless a company pays its Belgian corporate income taxes due by means of timely advance tax payments during the financial year concerned, a surcharge is due on the final amount of Belgian corporate income tax due upon assessment. If advance tax payments are made, credits – which can be offset against the surcharge – are
Tax Bites Podcast – Work from anywhere
The tax impact of flexibility With everyone slowly beginning to see the light at the end of the ‘COVID tunnel’, both employers and employees are looking ahead and reimagining the workplace where a new way of working may be a driver in the hunt for talent. Many groups are considering a work from home or
UK announces delays regarding Customs Border Operating model
The UK announced a delay to the Customs Border Operating model changes due to be implemented on 1 April (Import Licencing) and 1 July 2021 (Delayed Customs Declaration Submission). What does this mean for your business? The pre-notification requirements for Products of Animal Origin (POAO), certain animal by-products (ABP), and High Risk Food Not Of
Suspension of import tariffs between the EU and the U.S.
On 5 March, the EU and the U.S. communicated a joint statement concerning the mutual suspension for four months of the tariffs related to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Aircraft disputes. The relevant implementing measures were published on 11 March 2021, including the Commission Implementing Regulation 2021/425 stating that the tariffs will be suspended starting on March 11 of
Cadastral income for properties abroad – update
As mentioned in our Newsflash of 8 December 2020, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) imposed a lump-sum fine and penalties for each day that the Belgian tax authorities would continue to maintain a difference in tax treatment for rental income depending on whether the property is located in Belgium or abroad. In order to
VAT group : VAT on services provided by head-office to fixed establishment / branch
The CJEU confirmed the application of the reverse-Skandia principle: a branch is a separate VAT taxable person from its head-office when the head-office is a member of a VAT group in another EU Member State (CJEU, C-812/19, 11 March 2021). This approach was already applied in Belgium. However, some EU Member States were not recognizing
Update COVID-19 and cross-border employment: agreements with the Netherlands and Luxembourg extended
In our newsflash of 10 December 2020 and our newsflash of 11 December 2020 we referred to the extension of the mutual agreements between Belgium and the Netherlands / Luxembourg, which includes a “force majeure tolerance” for cross-border workers in relation to government imposed COVID-19 (travel) restrictions. As countries are rolling out comprehensive vaccination schemes
Implementation of CRD V into Belgian law – Are banks’ remuneration policies and practices gender-neutral?
On 26 February 2021, the Council of Ministers approved a first reading of the draft law transposing certain EU directives into Belgian law, among which the fifth Capital Requirements Directive (CRD V). The latter entered into force in June 2019 and should have been transposed by Member States by 28 December 2020. As a reminder,
