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19/11/25
19/11/25
Hof van beroep te Gent bevestigt - nieuwe mildere strafwet heeft gevolgen voor oude belastingve…

Het hof van beroep te Gent bevestigt vandaag (18 november 2025) in een dossier behartigd door ons kantoor onze zienswijze dat de mildere strafwet van 18 juli 2025 ook van toepassin…

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14/08/25
14/08/25
Legal tech company Afriwise acquires LawExplorer and boosts regulatory intelligence in Africa

Afriwise, Africa’s fastest-growing legal-intelligence platform founded by Belgian lawyer Steven De Backer, has acquired LawExplorer, South Africa’s most established provider of reg…

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04/08/25
04/08/25
Promotion at DALDEWOLF

DALDEWOLF is pleased to announce the promotion of Lucie MARCHAL to the position of Counsel in the European Union Law team.

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05/12/25
Belgium: Increase of the withholding tax on dividends – Does…

Despite the recent tax measures, single-person management companies remain …

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25/11/25
2026 Budget agreement – Tax and social measures

Today, the government reached a budget agreement, setting a multi-year path…

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Each day we publish several articles written by legal and tax specialists from law firms, notaries offices, the legal departments from payroll agencies and tax consultants.

It is the perfect way for lawyers at the Bar, in-house counsel, barristers, solicitors, notaries, bailiffs, paralegals and any other legal professional with an interest in Belgian and European law to keep informed of new legislative initiatives, case law, legal doctrine and all other legal developments on the Belgian legal scene!

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27/03/20
Corona crisis: tax exemption for depreciations on trade receivables.

The Belgian Ministry of Finance has issued specific instructions (Circular Letter 2020/C/45 of March 23, 2020 – the “Circular”) in order to support pr…

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26/03/20
State Aid: Temporary Framework for State aid measures to support the economy in the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) out…

On 19 March 2020, the Commission issued a Temporary Framework to enable EU Member States to provide aid in order to support the economy within the fra…

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25/03/20
Belgian tax measures

As from 18 March 2020, the Belgian government published various tax measures in order to deal with the economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis.  H…

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23/03/20
Coronavirus crisis - tax relief measures

The coronavirus crisis has far-reaching economic consequences. That is why the Belgian government has decided to offer companies and private individua…

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21/03/20
Coronavirus crisis: the European Commission adopts its State aid Temporary Framework to support the economy

Executive Vice-President Vestager had announced on 17 March 2020 a public consultation on the European Commission’s draft proposal for a State aid Tem…

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20/03/20
Coronavirus raises various tax questions in Belgium

The rapid spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19) leads to far-reaching measures at home and abroad. These measures may have (sometimes unexpected) tax …

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19/03/20
FLASH - Coronavirus: De Dienst Voorafgaande Beslissingen past zijn werkingsregels aan.

De Dienst Voorafgaande Beslissingen publiceerde deze namiddag een korte nota op zijn website om de belastingbetalers te informeren over de wijzigingen…

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19/03/20
Tussenkomst door de werkgever voor kosten in verband met thuiswerk in het kader van de regeringsmaatregelen v…

Le Service des Décisions Anticipées a publié ce mercredi 18 mars un formulaire de demande spécifique en matière de remboursement de frais propres à l’…

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17/03/20
Coronavirus crisis: the European Commission presents its draft State aid Temporary Framework to support the ec…

Executive Vice-President Vestager has announced on 17 March 2020 a public consultation on the European Commission’s draft proposal for a State aid Tem…

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10/03/20
The European Union takes a step forward to strengthen the protection of whistleblowers

Recently, both financial and environmental scandals have been exposed by whistleblowers. They have reported acts they had observed in the course of th…

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05/03/20
The European Commission unveils its strategy for Europe’s Digital Future, the use of Artificial Intelligence a…

As digital technologies are profoundly transforming our world, the European Commission has set out a strategy to best meet the risks and challenges ah…

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05/03/20
De Europese Commissie vraagt webshops zich in regel te stellen met het EU-recht

Uit een onderzoek door de toezichthouders (in opdracht van de Europese Commissie) dat op 31 januari gepubliceerd werd, blijkt dat een ruime meerderhei…

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27/02/20
Long awaited Transfer Pricing Circular published

On 25 February 2020, the Belgian tax administration published Circular Letter 2020/C/35 on the 2017 version of the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines fo…

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27/02/20
Optional VAT regime: how to opt for the application of VAT

The optional VAT regime for real estate rental entered into force on 1 January 2019  (see Eubelius Spotlights September 2018 …

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21/02/20
Tax Authorities have issued Circular Letter regarding the Group Contribution Regime

On 13 February 2020, a circular letter on the group contribution regime has been published (Dutch and French version). The group contributio…

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20/02/20
Regulation 261/2004 on air passenger rights: the need for reform

The European Commission has published a Study on the current level of protection of air passenger rights in the EU. This Study consists of an in-depth…

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18/02/20
Ceci n’est pas une société? Cassatie fluit de fiscus terug bij toepassing attractiebeginsel op royalty’s met m…

In de praktijk komt het regelmatig voor dat natuurlijke personen een door hen ontwikkeld intellectueel eigendomsrecht in licentie geven aan een vennoo…

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17/02/20
Het WVV: de fiscale impact

De invoering van het nieuwe Wetboek van Vennootschappen en Verenigingen heeft een grote impact gehad op het Belgisch vennootschapsrecht. De fiscale we…

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06/02/20
Is this the end of tax exemptions for ports in Europe?

In January 2020, the Commission published its decision to open an in-depth investigation into the tax exemption granted to port authorities in Italy f…

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05/02/20
Tax Flash: CJEU rules that Dutch tax rules on dividends paid to non-resident UCITS partly violate EU law

On 30 January 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) issued its judgement in the case of Köln Aktienfonds Deka (“KA Deka”). The CJE…

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