Latest news & developments
PwC’s Workforce podcast – Payroll transformation
Assessing the true value of payroll Payroll is one of the most critical functions in managing and remunerating a workforce and it is often an organisation’s largest expense. With the current COVID-19 situation and the need to have a good overview of costs and expenses at their fingertips, many organisations are looking into payroll optimisation.
‘COVID-19’ rent free period: a new tax credit for real estate owners
Several measures were very recently adopted (for some, they existed already and were simply extended) by the Belgian legislator through its Law dd. 2 April 2021 on temporary support measures in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Among these measures, an incentive is made available to Belgian taxpayers with respect to real estate (including Belgian
Tax Bites podcast – Green Deal and green recovery
The pivotal role of the private sector Europe aims at becoming the first climate-neutral continent by 2050 and leveraging sustainable transition as a post-COVID recovery tool. All European stakeholders from national authorities to citizens need to mobilise. On this pathway, private companies play a leading role by investing in low carbon technologies and processes as
Tax Bites podcast – Tax controversies
Why prevention is better than cure Tax disputes in Belgium and abroad are being triggered by new legislation and alternative interpretations of tax principles. Listen to our new Tax Bites podcast on tax controversies with Pieter Deré, Evi Geerts, Véronique De Brabanter. You’ll find out recent trends, frequently audited topics and insights on what you can do proactively
Company cars completely electric by 2026?
The text of the government declaration already indicated that it was the intention to modify the tax treatment of company cars by 2026 and move to zero emission vehicles. To make this ambition a reality, the Belgian Minister of Finance, Vincent Van Peteghem, has now announced to make work of this initiative. The Minister stated
Belgian UBO register: extension of deadline for annual confirmation and uploading supporting documents to 31 August 2021
In our previous newsflash, we already informed you about the new (disclosure) obligations in the UBO-register imposed by the Royal Decree of 23 September 2020. The Federal Public Service Finance (FPSF) has now announced that the current deadline (i.e. 30 April 2021) for uploading supporting documents and annual confirmation of the information in the UBO Register
Update COVID-19 and cross-border employment: agreement with France extended
In our newsflash of 9 December 2020 we referred to the extension of the mutual agreement between Belgium and France, 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 and various lockdown measures have been reintroduced, we are slowly
PwC’s podcast voor de (semi)publieke sector
Graag laten we u weten dat we een nieuwe podcastreeks hebben gelanceerd die bedoeld is voor mensen die in de (semi)publieke sector actief zijn. Deze reeks is in het Nederlands opgenomen. Deze podcastreeks richt zich specifiek op de (semi)publieke sector: lokale overheden, regionale overheden, semipublieke instellingen en ziekenhuizen. We kijken naar wat er in deze
