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Articles 442bis BITC and 93undeciesB VAT-code abolished and replaced
On 30 April 2019, a law of 13 April 2019 was published in the Belgian Official Gazette, introducing a new “Code of the amicable and enforced collection of tax and non-tax debts”. This new legislation entered into force on 1 January 2020 (Article 139 of the law).The idea behind the new code is the harmonization
Royal decree regarding significant changes on 30% EBITDA rule approved
On 10 December 2019, the draft repair act containing various changes to the 30% EBITDA rule has been withdrawn from the chamber leaving taxpayers in uncertainty on the application of the rule. However on 27 December 2019, a Royal Decree related to the 30% EBITDA rule has been published. The Royal Decree includes some of
Salesforce B2B Commerce Cloud (part 2)
Author of this article: Bernard Van Heuverswyn (PwC Salesforce Team) In part one of this article, we saw that since its creation, Salesforce has constantly extended the scope of its customer relationship management (CRM) platform to other traditional services for medium and large companies. Differences between B2C and B2B solutions In part one, we
CJEU rules that Belgian participation exemption infringes Parent-Subsidiary Directive
On 19 December 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) rendered its judgment in the “Brussels Securities” case. The CJEU ruled that the combination of the dividends-received deduction and the order of deductions as arranged in the Belgian corporate income tax system infringes the Parent-Subsidiary Directive. What is the issue? In
Dreamforce 2019 – My 7 takeaways
Dreamforce, Salesforce’s biggest event of the year, recently wrapped up in San Francisco. As a global strategic Salesforce Partner and one of the main sponsors of this event, PwC’s Salesforce Teams joined the event from everywhere around the world. In addition to that, I am pleased to share with you that PwC has been granted
Mandatory disclosure rules for intermediaries (DAC 6) – Belgian law adopted by the Chamber of Representatives
On 12 December, the draft bill implementing the EU Council Directive 2018/822/EU of 26 May 2018, also known as “DAC6 Directive”, has been adopted by the Chamber of Representatives. In short, DAC6 provides for the obligation to declare certain cross-border tax arrangements to the Belgian tax authorities. This obligation is incumbent on both taxpayers
Important update – Draft bill impacting 30% EBITDA rule delayed
The draft bill containing various modifications to article 198/1 BITC 92 (i.e. 30% EBITDA rule), has been removed from the agenda of the Finance Commission. Therefore it is unrealistic that these modifications will be adopted before year-end. The modifications included in the draft bill – and which are hence not adopted – include the allocation of
Benefit in kind – Private use of a company car: updated formula for 2020
The new reference CO2 emission for calculating the taxable benefit in kind for the private use of a company car in the hands of company directors and employees has been published on 11 December 2019 (Royal Decree of 3 December 2019). For income year 2020, the following CO2 emission will be applied to the above
