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On 3 November 2026, CJEU Advocate General Szpunar delivered an Opinion examining when AI chatbots’ use of online news may infringe press publishers’ rights. His proposed approach d…
Circular letter 2026/C/94 confirms that non-profit organisations and foundations subject to the legal entities tax calculate, declare and pay the withholding tax on their capital g…
Since 1 November 2026, product identifiers (PIDs) are mandatory in customs declarations for B2C distance sales up to €150, and a €2 handling fee per item applies. What do businesse…
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According to the Court of Cassation (18 June 2026), a taxpayer without acco…
In a judgment of 8 May 2026, the Court of Cassation confirms that an ex off…
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In juni werd een ontwerp van programmawet bekendgemaakt. Op 24 juli werd de programmawet gestemd in de kamer. Naast fiscale stimuli en diverse be…
This newsflash provides an in-depth overview of the measures in the Tax Shift and Budget 2016 Agreement reached by the Belgian Federal Government on 2…
Against the backdrop of the OECD action plan against Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS), the Belgian minister of Finance has announced that trans…
On 17 July 2015, the Council and the European Parliament published a latest version of their Proposal for a Regulation on medical devices and amending…
After the implementation of the new, Federal, tax abuse provision, the Administrative Circular 8/2012 officially blacklisted the so-called “split deal…
The long awaited look-through tax, also referred to as the ‘Cayman tax’, has finally been adopted by the Belgian Federal Parliament on 24 July 2015. A…
La législation fiscale belge prévoit divers régimes dérogatoires applicables aux OPC qui se réfèrent à la loi du 3 aout 2012 « relative à certaines fo…
Drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles or remotely piloted aircraft (RPA), are not new. Indeed, drones were first developed in the '50s and ha…
The LuxLeaks financial scandal, which entailed disclosure by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists of tax rulings, galvanized publ…
Het gebruik van een zogenaamde “sterfhuisclausule” is al enkele jaren een doorn in het oog van de fiscus. De sterfhuisclausule is een huwelijksve…
On 29 June 2015, the Commission published a summary of its decision to clear a joint venture between Air France/KLM, Alitalia and Delta Airlines …
At the end of last month two acts on wage indexation and the salary freeze, respectively, were published in the Belgian State Gazette. These measures …
Hoe bescherm je als ondernemer een idee, een concept, een productiemethode? Hoe bescherm je bedrijfsgeheimen die je niet publiek wil maken door …
The Belgian VAT landscape, in recent months, has once again seen a number of important changes. While most of these changes are particularly relevant …
Het is inmiddels vier jaar geleden dat in België een fiscaal aantrekkelijk regime voor auteursrechten werd ingevoerd. Sedertdien kan een deel va…
Vanaf 1 januari 2016 wordt de niet-geïndexeerde drempel voor de niet-recurrente resultaatsgebonden voordelen op 3169 EUR gebracht in plaats van de hui…
On 24 June 2015, the Court of Justice handed down its appeal judgment in Del Monte (Joined Cases C-293/13 P C-294/13 P Fresh Del M…
During its 59th meeting held on 18-20 March 2015, the EU competent authorities (CA) for biocides have adopted the long awaited guidance document on th…
On 18 June 2015, the Court of Justice rendered its judgment on appeal in Deutsche Bahn. The Court of Justice partly set aside the judgment of the…
Par deux arrêts du 12 juin 2015 , le Tribunal de l’Union européenne a rejeté les recours introduits par diverses sociétés actives dans le domaine des …
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