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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,
UK Border Operating Model – Be ready for 1 April 2021
As of the first of April 2021, stage 2 of the Border Operating Model will start. Goods subject to Sanitary and Phytosanitary controls will have additional requirements put on them when imported into the UK. What does this mean for your business? For the import of these kinds of products as of the first of
Employer interventions for homework: updated guidelines beyond COVID-19
As many questions on the possible financial contributions that employers may make to the various home office costs incurred by their employees remained unanswered in the Circular of 14 July 2020 (see our newsflash of 17 July 2020 in this respect), a new Circular (2021/C/20) was published by the Federal Public Service for Finance on
Public Country-by-Country reporting is moving ahead!
On 25 February 2021, the Ministers of Internal Market and Industry met virtually to discuss a proposal for Directive on the so-called Public Country-by-Country Reporting. Under this proposal, revived under the current Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union, multinational enterprises with consolidated revenue of more than 750 million euro during the last
Shareholders’ say on pay – Prepare your next general meeting – Last call
In our newsflash dated 6 May 2020, we informed you about the extended say on pay of shareholders introduced by the Revised Shareholders’ Rights Directive (SRD II) and implemented into Belgian law for Belgian quoted companies. Remuneration report: extended transparency on individual pay disclosure & pay ratio Shareholders have their word to say on the
