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Tax changes in Belgium
Newsletters
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Copyright tax regime in Belgium: what will change in 2023?
An in-depth look at the new regime, hot topic because of impact in some sectors and increased conditions (in FR/EN)
Belgium—New Tax Regime Introduced for Impatriate Employees
Daily tax report/ International, Bloomberg tax: report available here
Directive proposal on shell companies (ATAD3)
Important topic, needs some anticipation
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Extension of the taxation time limits
Significant consequences, multiple legal questions.
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Excess cash and LBO - Caution with the anti-abuse rule
About the importance of materialising the non-tax motives of a transaction
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Comments for companies about the changes induced by the new tax treaty to be entered between France and Belgium
Our first comments, newsletter, in French (here)
Ruling committee:
annual report
A selection and summary of some interesting topics:
here
(in French)
Archives
- Copyright tax in Belgium - what will change in 2023 (memo of January 2023(EN/FR) ; please contact us for obtaining a copy)
- Bill of December 2022: the tax measures (newsletter 2 December 2022 (FR) and January 2023(EN) ; please contact us for obtaining a copy)
- M&A - excess cash and LBO (newsletter December 2022 (FR) and January 2023(EN) ; please contact us for obtaining a copy)
- UBO register - no more open access (newsletter December 2022 (FR) and January 2023(EN) ; please contact us for obtaining a copy)
- Tax reform - budget - Keynote policy speech of 11 October 2022: capital selecta (Newsletter, 11 October 2022; please contact us for obtaining a copy)
- Tax procedure - Extension of the taxation time limits: draft of Bill dated 3 October 2022 (Newsletter, October 2022; English version of January 2023 with full update; please contact us for obtaining a copy)
- Tax reform - proposal of the Finance minister (Newsletter, 19 July 2022; please contact us for obtaining a copy)
- Tax reform: state of play about a tax reform in Belgium (Newsletter, 5 July 2022; please contact us for obtaining a copy)
- Ruling practice: Annual report published by the ruling committee - A selection and summary of selected topics (Newsletter 1 July 2022, in French here)
- Groups - Directive proposal on shell companies - Update and Anticipating during second half 2022 (Newsletter 1 July 2022; please contact us for obtaining a copy)
- Remunerations/ International mobility: Belgium—New Tax Regime Introduced for Impatriate Employees (Daily tax report/ International, Bloomberg tax, 14 March 2022): here
- Remunerations/ International mobility: “L’envoi de travailleurs par une société française en Belgique: nouveau régime belge des impatriés depuis le 1er janvier 2022”, Revue de Droit Fiscal, n°10, 10 March 2022 (Lexisnexis, France) (in French, 1st page here)
- International (FR-BE): comments for companies about the changes induced by the new tax treaty to be entered between France and Belgium (in French, February 2022): here
- Groups – Directive proposal on shell companies (in French, February 2022): here
- Team – Frédéric Lettany joins the team (February 2022) : here
- International: A new France-Belgium tax treaty soon, 17 November 2021 (in French): here
- Team – Jean Meeùs joins the team (November 2021): here
- Finance / « Sept recours contre la taxe sur les comptes-titres », Interview, L’Echo, 17 September 2021: here
- Newsletters May 2021 (corporate tax, employee taxation, international taxation for individuals), June 2021 (Internationale aspecten van de Belgische personenbelasting), June 2021 (Financial instruments/ Fund of funds and Belgian taxation), June 2021 (Immobilier/traitement fiscal des abandons de loyers): available by contacting us
- Belgium: Recent Tax Developments (Part 2) (Expat special tax regime; Covid19 Allowance for employees / Update; Cross-Border taxation during Covid19 / Update; VAT for B2B events) (Daily tax report/ International, Bloomberg tax, 6 May 2021): here
- SMILE! March 31, 2021: First picture taken for tax on securities accounts: here
- Belgium: Recent Tax Developments (Part 1) (HOLDINGS – tax abuse; Tax on securities accounts) (Daily tax report/ International, Bloomberg tax, 29 March 2021): here
- Finance / « Les 5 points faibles de la nouvelle taxe sur les comptes-titres », Interview, L’Echo, 9 November 2020: here
- Retail & VAT / Dons de biens alimentaires et non-alimentaires de première nécessité et conservation du droit à déduction TVA (15 September 2020): here
- Remuneration & Corporate tax / Employees’ International (Im)Mobility During Covid-19 (INSIGHT, Bloomberg Tax, 7 September 2020): here
- Corporate Tax / Belgium’s Corporate Tax Measures in Response to Covid-19 (INSIGHT, Bloomberg Tax, 19 August 2020): here
- Finance / « La division de l’action Tesla ne devrait pas être taxée en Belgique », Interview, L’Echo, 13 August 2020: here
- Corporate tax / Two important recent cases: tax treatment of dividends, and financing costs for dividend distributions (INSIGHT: Belgium – Corporation Tax Group Relief, Bloomberg Tax, 8 June 2020): here
- VAT / DONG YANG case: recognition of VAT fixed establishment (INSIGHT: Belgium – Fixed esstablishment for VAT purposes, Bloomberg Tax, 28 May 2020): here
- VAT Newsletter / Quick Fixes – Comments on the Belgian Administrative Circular dated 2 April 2020 (22 April 2020): here
- Covid-19: Tax measures to reduce cashflow difficulties (4 April 2020, updated 23 April 2020): here
- Real estate / Critères décisionnels pour détenir de l’immobilier en transnational: synthèse, Revue Internationale du Patrimoine, mars 2020 (introduction: here)
- International taxation – tax treaty Belgium-France/ Future nouvelle convention fiscale franco-belge, « Retour du double précompte franco-belge », Interview L’Echo, 12 March 2020: here
- Corporate tax / INSIGHT: Belgian Corporate Taxation—2020 Changes, Bloomberg Tax, 6 March 2020: here