Belgium: Changes to VAT compliance, refund processes, and procedural rules beginning January 1, 2025
Rules to be gradually implemented between January 2025 and 2026
A Royal Decree introducing changes to the existing value added tax (VAT) compliance, refund processes, and procedural rules (referred to as “VAT chain reform”) was published on October 23, 2024.
The initial decree provided that the changes would become effective January 1, 2025 (February 1, 2025, for certain rules with respect to refunds), but a recent news item published by the Federal Public Service Finance on November 22, 2024, clarifies that there will be a gradual implementation of the new rules between January 2025 and 2026.
Read a December 2024 report prepared by the KPMG member firm in Belgium