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27/01/26

Belgium publishes Public Country-by-Country Reporting form and definitive taxonomy

On 24 December 2025, the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) announced that the new definitive taxonomy including the Public Country-by-Country Reporting (…

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26/01/26

Benefits in Kind – New draft bill limits lumps-sum benefits in kind to 20% of gross wage

On 17 December 2025 (officially published on the Chamber’s website on 13 January 2026), the Belgian Government introduced a new draft bill to reform p…

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23/01/26

Software opnieuw onder het fiscaal gunstregime voor auteursrechten

Een wetsontwerp van 17 december 2025 brengt software opnieuw onder het fiscaal gunstregime voor inkomsten uit auteursrechten en naburige rechten en di…

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23/01/26

VAT exemption for financial intermediation: broader than you think

The recent Versãofast judgment (26 November 2025, General Court) clarifies the scope of the VAT exemption for credit intermediation. While the Court r…

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22/01/26

Belgium’s Proposed Capital Gains Tax on Financial Assets

For decades, Belgium has been an outlier in Europe by not levying a general capital gains tax on financial assets held as private wealth. That excepti…

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21/01/26

Belgium - VAT and Excise Duty Changes in 2026

Following the VAT rate changes introduced during the summer of 2025, Belgium’s “2026-2029 Budget agreement” sets out further VAT rate changes that wil…

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19/01/26

Pledged shares and the participation exemption — Antwerp Court confirms the common‑sense approach applied by t…

Based on a strict reading of the law, pledged shares are not taken into account to determine if a shareholder has sufficient participation to benefit …

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15/01/26

Flanders advances pay‑transparency transposition for the public sector

The Flemish Government approved a draft decree to partially implement the EU Pay Transparency Directive (EU 2023/970) for the Flemish public sector, t…

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14/01/26

The new Product Liability Directive

The new Product Liability Directive (“PLD”) replaced the old Product Liability Directive (Directive 85/375/EEC) and aims to bring the European Union’s…

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12/01/26

Belgium - Tax Obstacle Affecting Cross-Border Rental of Equipment Eliminated

The Belgian government issued a Royal Decree on 31 October 2025 that introduces an exemption from withholding tax for cross-border payments related to…

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08/01/26

Belgium partially repeals previously introduced updates to the form 275LF

On 7 December 2025, Belgium issued a new Royal Decree reversing several amendments introduced to the Belgian transfer pricing documentation forms by t…

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02/01/26

De Europese “Stop-the-Clock” richtlijn inzake CSRD omgezet in Belgisch recht. Tweede en derde golf qua betrokk…

Op 23 december 2025 werd in het Belgisch Staatsblad de wet van 12 december 2025 gepubliceerd die de inwerkingtreding van de duurzaamheidsrapportagever…

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18/12/25

New law providing various provisions – Key tax changes adopted by the Chamber

On 11 December 2025, after extensive discussions within the Finance Commission, the Chamber adopted the draft law providing various provisions. This…

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17/12/25

New legislation for critical entities: Belgium’s (proposed) implementation of the CER Directive

Belgium has tabled a draft law transposing Directive (EU) 2022/2557, also known as the Critical Entities Resilience Directive (“CER Directive”), into …

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09/12/25

Will employees working from home trigger a PE? New commentaries from the OECD

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the rise in remote work has heightened the risk that companies may be deemed to have a permanent establishment (…

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05/12/25

Belgium: Increase of the withholding tax on dividends – Does this reform really undermine the attractiveness o…

Despite the recent tax measures, single-person management companies remain a structurally attractive and operationally flexible model for organising p…

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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 to meet the European expenditure rule by 2029. This plan involves 60% spen…

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19/11/25

Hof van beroep te Gent bevestigt - nieuwe mildere strafwet heeft gevolgen voor oude belastingverhogingen

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 …

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19/11/25

Wettelijke en commerciële productgaranties: nieuwe regels, nieuwe etiketten

Op 22 oktober 2025 trad de Uitvoeringsverordening (EU) 2025/1960 van de Commissie van 25 september 2025 betreffende het ontwerp en de inhoud van de ge…

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18/11/25

Belgium extends the filing deadline of the QDMTT return to 30 June 2026

Today, Belgium announced an extension of the deadline to file the Qualified Domestic Minimum Top-up Tax (“QDMTT”) return to 30 June 2026 for taxpayers…

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30/03/26

30/03/26

Hervorming van de winstmargeregeling voor kunstvoorwerpen, verzamelobjecten en antiquiteiten

25/03/26

25/03/26

Verhoging van de minimale bezoldiging van bedrijfsleiders: welke gevolgen voor de vennootschaps…

13/03/26

13/03/26

New EU De-minimis Registration Obligation: What Businesses Receiving Public Subsidies Need to K…

24/03/26

Crypto is niet langer “vies”: Het uitgangspunt voor de meerw…

19/03/26

Belgian Court confirms: you can transfer more ‘interest dedu…

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27/01/26

Belgium publishes Public Country-by-Country Reporting form and definitive taxonomy

26/01/26

Benefits in Kind – New draft bill limits lumps-sum benefits in kind to 20% of gross wage

23/01/26

Software opnieuw onder het fiscaal gunstregime voor auteursrechten

23/01/26

VAT exemption for financial intermediation: broader than you think

22/01/26

Belgium’s Proposed Capital Gains Tax on Financial Assets

21/01/26

Belgium - VAT and Excise Duty Changes in 2026

19/01/26

Pledged shares and the participation exemption — Antwerp Court confirms the common‑sense approach applied by t…

15/01/26

Flanders advances pay‑transparency transposition for the public sector

14/01/26

The new Product Liability Directive

12/01/26

Belgium - Tax Obstacle Affecting Cross-Border Rental of Equipment Eliminated

08/01/26

Belgium partially repeals previously introduced updates to the form 275LF

02/01/26

De Europese “Stop-the-Clock” richtlijn inzake CSRD omgezet in Belgisch recht. Tweede en derde golf qua betrokk…

18/12/25

New law providing various provisions – Key tax changes adopted by the Chamber

17/12/25

New legislation for critical entities: Belgium’s (proposed) implementation of the CER Directive

09/12/25

Will employees working from home trigger a PE? New commentaries from the OECD

05/12/25

Belgium: Increase of the withholding tax on dividends – Does this reform really undermine the attractiveness o…

25/11/25

2026 Budget agreement – Tax and social measures

19/11/25

Hof van beroep te Gent bevestigt - nieuwe mildere strafwet heeft gevolgen voor oude belastingverhogingen

19/11/25

Wettelijke en commerciële productgaranties: nieuwe regels, nieuwe etiketten

18/11/25

Belgium extends the filing deadline of the QDMTT return to 30 June 2026