Additional wave of tax audits to be expected with respect to withholding tax exemptions
The amount of wage withholding taxes to be withheld by the employer is based on the withholding income tax scales published in a Royal Decree. The Belgian Income Tax Code provides for several exemptions (overtime, R&D, night and shift work, etc.) with respect to the remittance of Belgian withholding taxes. During 2014, the Belgian tax authorities
Wage withholding tax scales as applicable for income year 2015
The Royal Decree of 10 December 2014 containing the wage withholding tax scales for income year 2015 was published in the Belgian Official Gazette of 16 December 2014. These updated withholding tax scales are applicable to income that is paid or attributed to resident and non-resident taxpayers of Belgium as from 1 January 2015. In