ArticleVAT Refunds And Compliance: From 2025, You Better Be CompliantIn January 2025, the processing of periodic VAT returns (the "VAT chain") will change in Belgium.BelgiumTaxLoyens & Loeff
ArticleConstitutional Court Undermines WHT Exemption For Work ShiftsFor the corporate withholding tax ("WHT") exemption for work shifts to apply, the consecutive shifts must consist of the same scope of work. But does this mean that the scope of work must be identicalBelgiumTaxMonard law
ArticleForeign Tax Credit: The Court Of Cassation Confirms Again That Belgium Must Grant A Credit To Belgian Residents For Tax Paid On Dividends In FranceThe Court of Cassation has for the second time confirmed that under the double taxation treaty between France and Belgium ("Treaty"), Belgium must relieve the double taxation...BelgiumTaxEversheds Sutherland
ArticleBelgium Anticipates DAC 7: New Belgian Reporting Obligations For Digital Platforms Facilitating The Provision Of ServicesDigital ‘collaboration' platforms that connect suppliers of services to their customers are subject to new reporting obligations. BelgiumTaxTiberghien
ArticleCompanies In Belgium Must Act Fast To Register For Pillar TwoBelgium is one of the earliest countries to introduce a Pillar Two notification requirement—a new milestone in global implementation of the OECD's initiative.BelgiumTaxLoyens & Loeff
ArticlePublication Des Règlements-taxe Communaux, La Mise Au Point De La Cour ConstitutionnelleL'arrêté était attendu par les praticiens, les communes et les contribuables.BelgiumGovernment, Public SectorCEW & Partners
ArticleWaiver Of Registration Duties In Case Of Amicable Termination Of A Private Sales AgreementIn case of amicable termination of a private sales agreement for a property signed under condition precedent, the proportional registration (evenredig registratierecht / droit d'enregistrement proportionnel) ...BelgiumReal Estate and ConstructionLoyens & Loeff
ArticleBelgium Introduces Updated Transfer Pricing Documentation RequirementsOn 15 July 2024, Belgium introduced legislation updating the transfer pricing documentation requirements applicable to in-scope Belgian corporate taxpayers.BelgiumTaxLoyens & Loeff
ArticlePillar Two In Belgium: Registration Requires Immediate Action!Groups with Belgian entities that are in scope of the Pillar Two rules must register at the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (CBE).European UnionTaxLoyens & Loeff
ArticleCAYMAN TAX 2.1 – Sharpened Teeth Or Mere Dentures?The draft bill approved at the Council of Ministers meeting on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023, proposes a whole number of changes to the cayman tax to ensure - in its own words - that several "loopholes" are closed.GlobalTaxTiberghien
ArticleBelgium's Register Of Beneficial Owners: 30 September 2019 Is fast approachingThe 30 September UBO Register filing deadline is just around the corner.BelgiumCorporate/Commercial LawIntertrust
ArticleTelework From Abroad: Tax Consequences For Employers?The pandemic led to unprecedented circumstances in the workplace, with millions of people having to work from their homes. With teleworking gradually becoming...BelgiumEmployment and HRIus Laboris
ArticleBelgian Companies Face New Wave Of Transfer Pricing AuditsTransfer pricing has been one of the Belgian tax authority's main areas of focus in recent years, and is increasingly important in Belgian tax practice.BelgiumTaxLoyens & Loeff
ArticleNew Procedural Tax Rules As From 2023!A law adopted on the 20th of November 2022 contains major changes to the Belgian tax procedure. BelgiumTaxField Fisher Waterhouse LLP
ArticleReal Estate Share Deals In Belgium: No VAT, No CIT, No RETT… And No Tax AbuseThe recharacterisation of a share deal into an asset deal based on tax abuse is the Loch Ness monster of the Belgian real estate sector: everyone talks about it, but no one has ever actually seen it.BelgiumReal Estate and ConstructionLoyens & Loeff
ArticleBEFIT, Towards A Common Corporate Tax Framework In The EU ?BEFIT stands for "Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation" and is the object of a draft EU directive proposed by the European Commission on 12 September 2023.BelgiumTaxTiberghien
ArticleYearly Corporate Tax Return Deadline LoomsIt is once again that time of year when corporate tax returns come into focus. BelgiumTaxFieldfisher
ArticleBelgique : Le régime spécial d'imposition pour les expatriésPendant près de 40 ans, la Belgique a attiré des travailleurs étrangers avec un régime spécial d'imposition des cadres étrangers, les « expats ». BelgiumTaxDelsol Avocats
ArticleTurning Point In The Belgian "Excess Profit Rulings" Appeal ProcedureOn 3 December 2020, Advocate General ("AG") Kokott issued a favorable opinion about the appeal lodged by the E.U. Commission against the General Court's judgment of 14 February 2019...European UnionTaxAKD
ArticleDe Nederlandse StAK in het vizier van de Kaaimantaks?De programmawet van 22 december 2023 heeft de regels van de Kaaimantaks verstrengd. In een recente parlementaire vraag is aan de Minister van Financiën nu de vraag gesteld...BelgiumTaxLoyens & Loeff