Unfavourable treatment of Belgian residents that invest in property abroad: the story continues
On 25 July 2019 the European Commission decided to refer Belgium to the Court of Justice of the EU for its failure to properly implement new rules related to the taxation of rental income of foreign immovable property owned by Belgian tax payers. Last year, on the 12th of April 2018, the European Court of
Commission requests that Belgium implements the judgment of the Court of Justice on the evaluation of rental income from immovable property
On 12 April 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that the difference in tax treatment of immovable income, depending on whether the property is located in Belgium or in another State concerned an infringement of EU Law for which there is no justification. For immovable properties located in Belgium and