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A great jumpstart to 2022: Belgium adopts a new tax framework for ELTIFs
Before Christmas, there was good news on the tax and economic front: a draft law on various tax provisions proposing to extend the tax regime of Belgian regulated investment funds to “European long-term investment funds” (ELTIFs) was presented to parliament. The draft law was adopted yesterday, meaning that Belgium’s now well-equipped with the appropriate investment
Lump sum benefit in kind for electricity and heating no longer possible without the provision of housing
All income that you receive from your employer is subject to income taxes. This is also the case for non-cash elements. In general, taxes should be paid on the actual value received by the employee, meaning the value that (s)he would have paid in case the employer wouldn’t intervene in such a cost. However, for
New expat regime in Belgium – VOTED
We refer to our previous newsflash of 22 December 2021 in which we informed you that the draft legislation regarding the changes to the Belgian expat regime was planned to be voted on in the plenary session of the Chamber at the end of December 2021. Hereby, we would like to inform you that the
Changes to Strategic Transformation Support Programme from 2022 onwards
Vlaio has just released a new update regarding the well known Strategic Transformation Support programme. The Strategic Transformation Support programme is aimed at companies that are implementing a transformation with a strong innovative character to strengthen their international competitiveness. Companies can get up to 8% support for the accepted costs of mainly CAPEX investments and
Tax Bites Podcast: Proposed implementation of the minimum tax in the EU and the unshell proposal
On 22 December, the European Commission issued 2 proposals. One proposal deals with the introduction of the global minimum tax in the EU by 2023. The EU proposal deviates from the OECD proposal on a number of topics. Find out how the proposal will look like in this Tax Bites episode with Jean-Philippe van West and
New expat regime in Belgium – update
We refer to our previous newsflash of 3 December 2021 in which we informed you that the Belgian government formally filed draft legislation in federal parliament regarding among others the changes to the Belgian expat tax regime (on 1 December 2021). In the meantime, the draft legislation has been discussed for the first time in
Santa Claus has brought us a new tax framework for ELTIF investment funds to boost our Belgian economy !
Some good news on the tax and economic fronts. Belgium is getting equipped with the appropriate investment vehicle for its long-term financing needs in private-public infrastructure, SMEs, digitalisation, greening of the economy, social projects, etc. The draft law on various tax provisions currently before the parliament proposes to extend the tax regime of Belgian regulated
Update COVID-19 and cross-border employment: Agreement with Germany extended until 31 March 2022
In our newsflash of 10 December 2021 and our newsflash of 15 December 2021, we referred to the extension of the mutual agreements between Belgium and France / Luxembourg / the Netherlands until 31 March 2022. It was stated that the mutual agreement between Belgium and Germany would likely be extended as well. And indeed,
