Update COVID-19 and cross-border employment: agreement with the Netherlands no longer applicable as from 1 July 2022
In our newsflashes of 24 March 2022 and 25 March 2022 we referred to the official extension of the mutual agreement between Belgium and its neighboring countries (i.e. Germany, the Netherlands, France and Luxembourg) until 30 June 2022. The Belgian and the Dutch authorities have now officially confirmed that the application of the mutual COVID-19
Update COVID-19 and cross-border employment: agreements with the Netherlands, France and Luxembourg: extension confirmed
In our newsflash of 24 March 2022 we referred to the official extension of the mutual agreement between Belgium and Germany until 30 June 2022. We mentioned that, unless agreed otherwise, the agreements with the Netherlands, France and Luxembourg will in principle be automatically extended until 30 June 2022. This is now confirmed. Indeed, the
Update COVID-19 and cross-border employment: agreement with Germany: official extension
In our newsflash of 21 March 2022 we referred to the automatic extension of the mutual agreements between Belgium and the Netherlands / France / Luxembourg until 30 June 2022. We mentioned that, although no automatic extension was foreseen for the agreement with Germany, it was very likely the mutual agreement between Belgium and Germany
Update COVID-19 and cross-border employment: agreements with the neighboring countries, a final extension?
In our newsflashes of 10 December 2021, 15 December 2021 and 21 December 2021 we referred to the extension of the mutual agreements between Belgium and the Netherlands / France / Germany / Luxembourg until 31 March 2022. It was stated that, unless agreed otherwise, the agreements with the Netherlands, France and Luxembourg will in
Update COVID-19 and cross-border employment: Agreement with the Netherlands extended until 31 March 2022
In our newsflash of 10 December 2021, we referred to the extension of the mutual agreements between Belgium and France / Luxembourg until 31 March 2022. It was stated that the mutual agreement between Belgium and the Netherlands would likely be extended as well. And indeed, recently, the Belgian and the Dutch tax authorities decided
Update COVID-19 and cross-border employment: Agreements with France and Luxembourg: extended until 31 March 2022
With reference to our previous newsflashes regarding this topic, the idea behind the COVID-19 agreements lies in the fiction that salaried workers who work from home due to travel restrictions remain taxable in the state where they previously exercised their professional activity before the outbreak of the corona crisis. However, this tax fiction strictly applies
Update COVID-19 and cross-border employment: Agreements with the neighboring countries: extended until 31 December 2021
In our previous newsflashes of 17 June 2021, 23 June 2021 and 24 June 2021 we referred to the extension of the mutual agreements between Belgium and The Netherlands / France / Germany / Luxembourg, which includes a “force majeure tolerance” for cross-border workers in relation to government imposed COVID-19 (travel) restrictions. Despite the fact
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