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Tax Controversy Solutions: Insights into more than 75 countries at your fingertips
Tax authorities around the globe are heavily engaged in tax audits, with pressure being exerted on tax enforcement and collection processes. Joint audits and international exchange of information is fueling complexity with each country varying in its focus areas, approach and dispute resolution processes. How our Tax Controversy Solutions can help? The PwC Tax Controversy
DAC6 – Arrangements to be reported in January and February 2021 postponement until 28 February 2021
The Belgian Tax Authorities just published an update regarding the DAC6 reporting deadlines for arrangements to be reported in January and February 2021. Due to communication difficulties linked to COVID-19 Pandemic, the Belgian tax administration will apply an administrative tolerance for all arrangements that have to be reported during the months of January and February
New Anti-Abuse Rules for Indirect Taxes
The bill introducing an annual tax on securities accounts also plans to introduce new specific and general anti-abuse rules applicable to all the indirect taxes ruled by the Code of Various Duties and Taxes. As regards the tax on securities accounts, these anti-abuse rules would retroactively apply as from 30th October 2020 so as to
Tax Bites Podcast: How do you keep the effect of COVID at arm’s length?
In the final days of 2020, the OECD released guidelines on the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on transfer pricing. Pieter Deré, is joined by our transfer pricing experts, Jonas Van de Gucht, Stefaan De Baets and Alexis De Méyère. They will discuss the impact of the OECD transfer pricing guidelines on multinationals’ transfer pricing
R&D wage withholding tax incentive – Mind the (expanded) formalism and prepare yourself!
Just like last year (see our earlier newsflash), the Belgian tax authorities have been issuing extensive and numerous tax audits with respect to the application of the wage withholding tax exemption for Research and Development. Please find hereafter some important key takeaways. Mind the formalism and be prepared to substantiate the incentive claimed! Mind the (expanded) formalism
Belgian withholding taxes on French dividends will drop significantly
After a long juridical battle, the Belgian Ministry of Finance will accept the ruling of the Belgian Supreme Court/Court of Cassation which allows private individuals investing in French stocks on the stock market, to subtract a part of the French withholding taxes from the Belgian withholding taxes which are due on dividends received from those
New obligations of the Belgian UBO register
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. Our experience shows us that, as it was previously not required by the Law, for many companies currently not all information on intermediary entities has been recorded in the UBO-register
Next Generation Europe – Europe’s recovery and resilience plan
COVID-19 has shaken Europe and the world to its core, testing our welfare and healthcare systems, our economies and societies, as well as our way of living and working together. To facilitate the repair of the immediate economic and social damage brought about by the pandemic and prepare for a better, stable future, the European
