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2025
- Favourable tax regime for copyright in the IT sector: the phoenix rises again!
- The new capital gains tax on financial assets
- Federal government approves draft law for capital gains tax
- Belgian Constitutional Court raises prejudicial question about the UTPR
- Second draft tax law approved by federal government
- Political agreement reached on introduction of capital gains tax
- The impact of US tariffs
- Belgian federal government approves draft program law
- Belgium’s proposed capital gains tax: key details and changes
- Draft program law: measures on tax procedures
- VAT and other tax measures in draft program law
- Federal government approves draft program law implementing first series of tax measures
- Belgian DMTT-return template
- 2025 Transfer Pricing audit wave
- Belgium's 2025-2029 Coalition Agreement
- Coalition agreement of the new Belgian Federal Government
- Investment deduction
- R&D withholding tax update
- Wage withholding tax exemption for night and shift labour
2024
- Taxation and the Circular Economy
- Preparing for the year ahead
- Navigating EU Taxonomy
- 2024 take-aways regarding VAT in the real estate sector
- Political agreement reached on the EU’s VAT in the Digital Age Proposal
- Belgian VAT chain reform as from 2025
- Reformed investment deduction enters into force as from 2025
- Tax incentives for innovation and R&D – recent developments
- Automatic exchange of information
- 2025: The Year of Pillar Two Compliance
- Flexible compensation in 2025: challenges and opportunities
- Flemish Government Agreement on Tax Measures
- Belgian draft QDMTT-return
- Flemish Government Agreement on Tax Measures
- Investment deduction
- Updated Belgian transfer pricing forms: Substantially more to be shared as from 2025
- CJEU upholds DAC6 reporting obligations
- Notification deadline for Pillar 2/GloBE registration extended in Belgium
- GloBE registration deadline
- GloBE registration requirements in Belgium
- Belgian Law on minimum taxation amended
- Notification deadline for Pillar 2/GloBE registration extended in Belgium
- Reform of the Belgian investment deduction regime
- Bike allowance and company bikes in 2024: Important updates
- EU Public CbC Reporting Rules
- EU Green Deal and Green Customs in 2024
2023
- Framework Agreement on Telework: 6 months later
- Access to Intervat using "Isabel" and "GlobalSign" commercial certificates to end from 31.01.24
- Joint liability for electronic interfaces who are not considered as deemed suppliers
- Reward update
- Night – and shift labor incentive
- B2B e-invoicing mandatory as of 1 January 2026
- Federal government wants to sharpen anti-abuse rules
- Belgian law adopted on the Pillar 2 minimum taxation
- Belgium changes course on CFC rules
- New articles of association under the Christmas tree this year?
- New Tightening Measures in the Cayman Tax
- Tax measures in Budget 2024
- Belgian FAQ on DAC7 for digital platform operators
- Belgian Council of Ministers approves draft Public CbCR law at second reading
- The mobility budget
- Update Joint Committee 209 & 111
- Newly published VAT circular letter on cross-border provision of company cars to employees
- Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)
- Year-end Round Up VAT
- ESG: keeping track of recent regulatory developments
- Changes to tax regime for inbound taxpayers/researchers
- Mixed VAT taxpayers in 2024
- The APA landscape in Belgium
- European Court of Justice releases judgment in “Cabot Plastics Belgium” case
- Draft bill modernising the “VAT chain” passed by Belgian Chamber
- BEPS 2.0 is here
- Summary and analysis of the “Fit for 55” package
- R&D withholding tax exemption
- Breaking news: European Parliament approves pay transparency directive
- Customs risks and how to deal with them. Setting up a compliant customs position
- Country-by-Country Reporting: Back in the Spotlight
- Minister of Finance released proposal for first phase of tax reform
- Belgian Windfall Tax on Electricity Producers
- Implications of rising interest rates on intercompany financing
- The path to tax transparency in the Benelux
2022 Q1
- Adopted amendments to the Belgian VAT Act
- Administrative burden of statements 281.50 to be reduced
- Update on the transposition of the whistleblowing directive
- New reporting requirements for costs proper to the employer as from 1 January 2022
- Exemption of wage WHT for researchers
- Temporary reduction of the VAT rate for electricity
- Temporary tolerance for VAT-deductibility of mixed-use cars: combination of methods 2 and 3
- VAT rate reductions in light of the energy prices and Covid-19 pandemic
- Royal Decrees for reduced VAT rate for electricity, gas, solar panels and heaters, and mouth masks
- Belgian tax authorities launch annual round of Transfer Pricing audits
2022 Q2
- No VAT fixed establishment in the Berlin Chemie case
- Update on VAT refund procedures and the temporary measure for demolition and reconstruction
- Extension of VAT filing deadline
- New tax audits regarding exemptions of payment of wage withholding tax
- Extension of VAT deadlines for summer 2022
- VAT guidance concerning the provision of furnished accommodation
- Prolongation of VAT temporary measures
2022 Q3
2022 Q4
- The Belgian special tax regimes for inbound taxpayers and inbound researchers
- The federal government has reached an agreement on the budget for 2023 and 2024
- Belgian annual tax on securities accounts
- Annual tax on credit institutions
- Extended VAT statute of limitations
- Important changes to the reverse charge mechanism for immovable property works
- New law lengthens investigation and assessment periods as from assessment year 2023
- Mixed taxable persons
- Reform of periodic VAT returns
- DAC6 LPP-notification requirement to non-client intermediary invalid
- VAT in the Digital Age
- Rebuilding equity: the reconstruction reserve
- Further changes to the tax regime for inbound taxpayers and inbound researchers
- DAC7: New obligations of Digital Platform Operators
- Stricter limitation of corporate tax deductions in assessment year 2024
- New legislation Copyright regime: Be prepared?!
2021 Q1
2021 Q2
- Proposed extensions to Covid-19 VAT measures
- VAT Royal Decree for E-Commerce
- Belgian tax authorities provide detailed guidance
- Federal government corrects rules regarding the deduction of foreign losses
- Extension of VAT Deadlines for summer 2021
- G7 communique on coordinated reforms of the international tax system
- Draft Royal Decree and VAT registration via fiscal representative
- Tax reduction for waiver of rent
- Federal government agrees on greening of company cars
- Proposed changes to the Belgian VAT Act
- Temporary reduction of the VAT rate for restaurant and catering services
- New MDR-DAC6 XML scheme published
- Extension of VAT filing deadline for March/Q1 2021
- Covid-19 VAT relief measures adopted
2021 Q3
- CJEU decision on the Belgian excess profit ruling system
- New VAT Circular for E-commerce
- Extended Covid-19 VAT measures
- Amendments to the VAT exemption for medical and hospital care
- G20 Finance Ministers endorse key components of the two pillars
- OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework Agreement on BEPS 2.0
- Amendments to the Belgian VAT Act are adopted
2021 Q4
- European Commission proposes Directive to implement Pillar Two in the EU
- New VAT Circular concerning charging facilities and charging of electric vehicles
- Covid-19 – employment related measures for businesses
- COVID-19 arrangements for cross border workers further extended to 30/06/2022
- Rebuilding equity: the reconstruction reserve
- VAT exemption for medical and hospital care
- BEPS 2.0 — Changing the international tax landscape
- New law on the expatriate tax regime
- Important evolutions in Belgian business law
- Scope extension Belgian Central Point of Contact soon effective
- Latest regulatory developments in ESG
- Electrification of company cars
- New law wants to make mobility budget more attractive
- Update on proposed amendments to the Belgian VAT Act
- New double tax treaty between Belgium and France
- Proposed amendments to the Belgian VAT Act
- Belgian tax authorities published long awaited FAQ
- Euro Tax Flash - OECD Inclusive Framework Agreement