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Circular letter published on consumption cheques
As mentioned in our newsflash of 9 june 2020, the federal government has agreed that employers will be able to grant consumption cheques to their employees to support the sectors most affected by the corona crisis. On 22 October, the Belgian Tax Authorities have published an administrative guideline clarifying some practicalities for employers to offer
Expatriate tax regime: educational expenses can be reimbursed tax-free as from the age of 5 (3rd kindergarten)
The compulsory school age throughout Belgium has been lowered from 6 years to 5. As from September 2020, all children that reach the age of 5 are considered of school age. This can also have an impact for companies employing foreigners under the special tax regime for foreign executives and specialists in Belgium. Costs proper
The OECD published its blueprints on pillar 1 and 2 – get the latest insights via our webcast.
The OECD released ‘Blueprints’ on the tax digitalisation/globalisation project on Monday 12 October. These two Blueprints cover Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 in the project framework previously announced. Pillar 1 looks at the attribution of revenues to market jurisdictions. Pillar 2 deals with the imposition of a minimum tax. The Blueprints indicate the degree of
Additional extension for the filing of corporate tax returns: 16 November 2020
In the newsflash of July 2020, we informed you that the Minister of Finance decided to extend the initial filing due date for filing the corporate income tax returns of assessment year 2020 to 29 October 2020. All Belgian companies (and foreign entities having a Belgian establishment) could benefit from this extension. It has now
One step further in the digitisation of the administrative procedures of the Tax Authorities
Withholding tax returns (notably the tax returns 273 & 273 A) currently have to be submitted through the e-service “Prm-on-web” but this will soon be a thing of the past. Indeed, although WHT returns will still have to be submitted on “Prm-on-web” until Monday 19 October, 2020 (9 a.m.), from that date onwards, a new
High net worth individuals on the radar of Vivaldi!
One of the measures announced by the newly formed government (“the Vivaldi coalition”) is the taxation of the major financial transactions (“MFTT”). Although only the main principles of this tax are known at this stage, the purpose would be to tax high net worth individuals. The impact of the tax is estimated between 150 to
A first glimpse in the tax measures of the Vivaldi government
Belgium lands on relaunch government Today, 7 political parties reached an agreement on the formation of a new Belgian government (the so-called Vivaldi government). While the last edits are being made to the agreement, the broad outline is becoming clear. The agreement mentions the intention for a relance and investment plan of 4.7 bln EUR
Tax loss carry-back system: administrative circular letter published
On 22 September 2020, the Belgian tax authorities issued a circular letter (administrative guideline) in relation to the tax loss “carry-back” system. Previously, a Royal Decree was published on 1 September 2020 which further clarifies the formalities to be fulfilled in order to apply the loss “carry-back” system. In our newsflash of 2 July 2020,
