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		<title>Proactive announcement of specific tax audits</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Belgian tax authorities have decided to increase the number of tax audits on a yearly basis. In a recent communication they have announced that they will mainly focus on the following items: internet sales employees claiming actual professional expenses company directors claiming actual professional expenses non-profit organisations that may be subject to corporate income [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hrservices.be/2012/02/proactive-announcement-of-specific-tax-audits/</link>
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		<title>Due dates for filing individual salary statements</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Belgian tax authorities have recently published the new models for individual salary statements 281.10 to 281.30 for income year 2011. Please note that the due date for filing individual salary statements 281.10 to 281.30 has been set at 29 February 2012. The filing date for individual salary statement 281.50 and summary statement 325.50 remains [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hrservices.be/2012/01/due-dates-for-filing-individual-salary-statements/</link>
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		<title>New changes in the taxation of company cars</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As announced in our previous Headlines, the law containing various measures published in the Official Gazette on 30 December 2011 fundamentally changes the way of computing the taxable benefit in kind arising from the private use of a company car, effective 1 January 2012. As explained, the yearly taxable benefit in kind will be computed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hrservices.be/2012/01/new-changes-in-the-taxation-of-company-cars/</link>
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		<title>New Belgian Personal Income Tax Measures – Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On 30 December 2011, the Act of 28 December 2011 containing various (tax) measures was published in the Official Gazette.  It contains some &#8211; but not all – of the measures announced by our government in December of last year. The personal income tax provisions, recorded in this recent Act, concern: -       changes in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hrservices.be/2012/01/new-belgian-personal-income-tax-measures-%e2%80%93-update/</link>
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		<title>Urgent action may be required in the context of pension arrangements for self-employed company directors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Currently, all pension commitments need to be externalised except those for self-employed company directors. According to the Government Agreement of 30 November 2011, pension commitments for self-employed company directors will soon also need to be externalised to an insurance company or a pension fund.  Balance sheet provisions for pension arrangements will therefore no longer be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hrservices.be/2011/12/urgent-action-may-be-required-in-the-context-of-pension-arrangements-for-self-employed-company-directors/</link>
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		<title>Tax on conversion of bearer securities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Act of 14 December 2005 regarding the abolishment of bearer securities lays down  that all bearer securities should be converted into dematerialised or registered securities before 31 December 2013 at the latest. One of the new tax measures included in the Belgian budget agreement for 2012 provides that the conversion of bearer securities into [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hrservices.be/2011/12/tax-on-conversion-of-bearer-securities/</link>
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		<title>Major changes in the taxation of company cars &#8211; update on the cost for the employer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Context As announced in our Headline of Thursday last week, the Government agreement of 30 November 2011 fundamentally changes the way of computing the taxable benefit in kind arising from the private use of a company car, effective 1 January 2012. As explained, it is expected that the yearly benefit in kind on which the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hrservices.be/2011/12/major-changes-in-the-taxation-of-company-cars-update-on-the-cost-for-the-employer/</link>
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		<title>New Belgian Personal Income Tax measures</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Past weekend a break trough has been reached in the governmental negotiations. Although no official texts are currently available, we would like to keep you informed on the suggested changes related to personal income taxes. On our website we will keep you updated on the currently known proposed changes on a day to day basis. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hrservices.be/2011/12/new-belgian-personal-income-tax-measures/</link>
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		<title>Major changes in the taxation of company car</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When a company car is put at the disposal of an employee, its private use triggers taxation as a benefit in kind. Private use includes all uses other than the business use: use during weekends and holidays as well as commuting between home and the fixed place of work. Up to income year 2011, the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hrservices.be/2011/12/major-changes-in-the-taxation-of-company-car/</link>
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		<title>New Portuguese tax legislation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent change to Portugal’s income tax law makes the tax rules there more favourable for non-habitual residents.  There is beneficial tax treatment of individuals that take up residence in Portugal for the first time in and after 2009. The main benefits of the special tax regime are (i) a special tax rate of 20% [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hrservices.be/2011/11/new-portuguese-tax-legislation/</link>
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