Update COVID-19 and cross-border employment: agreement with the Netherlands extended

Netherlands

24 June 2020

Update COVID-19 and cross-border employment: agreements with Luxembourg and the Netherlands extended

We refer to our previous newsflashes regarding the specific agreements that Belgium has concluded with almost all of its neighboring countries (Germany, the Netherlands, France and Luxembourg). These agreements implement a mutual “force majeure tolerance” for cross border employees in relation to COVID-19 (travel) restrictions. A fiction is created in relation to the employment income

2 June 2020

Update COVID-19 and cross-border employment: agreements with Germany and the Netherlands extended

As announced in our previous newsflashes, Belgium has concluded several agreements with almost all of our neighboring countries (i.e. Germany, the Netherlands, France and Luxembourg). These agreements implement a mutual force majeure tolerance for cross-border employees in relation to the COVID-19 (travel) restrictions. Based on the specific Belgian-German agreement of 6 May 2020, if certain

15 April 2020

COVID-19: the Netherlands and Germany reach agreement on “force majeure” tolerance for cross-border employment

The Netherlands and Germany came to the agreement that the coronavirus (‘COVID-19’) pandemic is a “situation of force majeure” and that the measures taken in response to the pandemic can lead to substantial uncertainty with respect to the tax position of cross-border workers. In this context, both countries have reached a mutual agreement (effective as from 11