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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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A court order for an opposing party to pay a high amount is not always beneficial to the creditor if it is apparent that there are insufficient assets…
In its efforts to further reduce tax fraud, the federal government has increased the number of tax inspections, as it had previously announced. It is …
Following recent European case law judging the tax treatment that applies in Belgium to foreign investment companies as discriminatory, the administra…
The notional interest deduction has been modified by two important tax measures entered into force as from tax year 2013: the limitation of the notion…
Since 1 January 2013, the mere issue of an invoice no longer makes the tax due. The new regulations significantly modify the financing of VAT collecte…
Although the Commission announced that the de minimis threshold would be raised to 500.000 EUR per undertaking over a period of 3 years, the 200…
On 25 June 2013, Advocate General Jääskinen (the “AG”) delivered his opinion in case C-131/12 Google Spain and Google Inc. v Agencia Española de Prote…
On 6 March 2013, the European Commission imposed a €561 million fine on Microsoft for not complying with its commitments to offer users a browser choi…
On 18 July 2013, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) held that the Belgian prohibition on joint offers to consumers when at least one c…
Le gouvernement fédéral a conclu un nouvel accord budgétaire le 30 mars 2013 afin de ramener le déficit à 2,15% du PNB. Dans les mesures prises par le…
On 18 July 2013, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") handed down its judgment in case C-299/12, in which it clarified three issues con…
In its judgement of 14 May 2013, the Trade and Industry Appeal Tribunal (College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven, "CBb") lowered a fine imposed by t…
On 18 June 2013, the General Court ("GC") dismissed the appeals lodged by Fluorsid, Minmet and Industries Chimiques du Fluor ("ICF") against the Commi…
On 30 May 2013 the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") upheld the judgement of the General Court ("GC") in the case Quinn Barlo and Others v. Commission…
On 13 June 2013, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") rendered its judgement in the case Versalis SpA v. Commission (C-511/11 P) upholding the Genera…
On 30 June 2013, the Belgian government reached an agreement on various tax measures to be implemented following the June 2013 budget control. These m…
On 6 June 2013, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") published its judgement in Donau Chemie (C-536/11). The case concerned a reference for a prelimi…
The notional interest deduction ("NID") refers to the deemed interest expenses that Belgian companies and establishments are entitled to calculate ann…
The European Commission launched on 18 February 2013 a public consultation on a proposal for revised competition rules for technology transfer agreeme…
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