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Latest headline news:
- New daily lump-sum allowances list as from 1 April 2013
6 May 2013 - Benefit in kind – Private use of company cars: Modified 2013 reference emission for petrol cars
8 April 2013 - Belgian Budget Control 2013 – new measures
4 April 2013 - High Council of Finance disagrees with Belgian tax authorities on future tax treatment of stock options
27 March 2013 - Confirmed: Antwerp increases first registration fee
26 March 2013 - Economic Recovery plan – Upcoming tax measures – changes to the secret commissions’ tax
14 February 2013 - Economic Recovery plan – Upcoming tax measures
8 February 2013 - Update regarding the special contribution payable on high pension contributions (the so-called ‘Wijninckx bijdrage’)
21 January 2013 - UK-Belgium double tax treaty – New protocol published
8 January 2013 - Dutch social security contributions & formal salary split
18 December 2012 - New condition for tax deductibility of pension contributions
17 December 2012 - Instructions for the special contribution on high pension contributions (the so-called ‘Wijninckx-bijdrage’) now available
14 December 2012 - New social security treatment of non-taxable expatriate allowances – confirmation from the social security authorities
12 December 2012 - New social security treatment of expatriate’s non taxable allowances retroactively applicable as from 1 January 2012
30 November 2012 - Agreement on the federal budget and economic recovery measures
20 November 2012 - Draft bill – various tax and financial provisions
5 November 2012 - New FAQ on company cars published on the tax authorities’ web site
2 October 2012 - Draft bill – various tax and financial measures – Update
26 September 2012 - Personal tax measures announced in France
19 September 2012 - PwC was nominated for the 2012 HR Excellence Award – your vote counts!
14 September 2012 - “Action against changes to the Dutch 30% ruling”
29 August 2012 - Statutory pension bonus – eliminating uncertainty
25 July 2012 - Draft bill – various tax and financial measures
23 July 2012 - Proposed change – Tax treatment of stock options
20 July 2012 - The Netherlands – One-off crisis contribution introduced for high salaries
13 July 2012 - Interpretation of the 5%-rule for applying EU-Regulation 883/2004
9 July 2012 - Update – Program Act published in the Official Gazette
3 July 2012 - Special social security contribution
21 June 2012 - Dutch Budget Agreement 2013
31 May 2012 - Personal income tax, Act on various measures
16 April 2012 - New daily lump-sum allowances list as from 1 April 2012
10 April 2012 - Additional municipal income tax
19 March 2012 - Compromise new provisions for pensions on the balance-sheet
9 March 2012 - Proactive announcement of specific tax audits
1 February 2012 - Due dates for filing individual salary statements
31 January 2012 - New changes in the taxation of company cars
26 January 2012 - New Belgian Personal Income Tax Measures – Update
4 January 2012 - Urgent action may be required in the context of pension arrangements for self-employed company directors
12 December 2011 - Tax on conversion of bearer securities
9 December 2011 - Major changes in the taxation of company cars – update on the cost for the employer
8 December 2011 - New Belgian Personal Income Tax measures
2 December 2011 - Major changes in the taxation of company car
1 December 2011 - New Portuguese tax legislation
24 November 2011 - New salary thresholds
22 November 2011 - Secret commissions’ tax
16 November 2011 - Are collective disability insurances tax-deductible?
9 November 2011 - New VAT regime for company cars – update
7 November 2011 - Tax treatment company bikes
2 November 2011 - New VAT regime for company cars: extra VAT and red tape
28 October 2011 - Belgian second pillar pension plans database (DB2P)
24 October 2011 - No more let-out from “secret commissions tax”
20 October 2011 - Hypotax
18 October 2011 - PwC is nominated for the HR Excellence Award – Your vote counts!
27 September 2011 - Important proposal for changes to Dutch 30%-ruling – Update
20 September 2011 - Important proposal for changes to Dutch 30%-ruling
9 September 2011 - Local income tax in Belgium on US-sourced income
2 August 2011 - Severance payments: limited tax exemption
6 July 2011 - New daily lump-sum allowances list as from 1 April 2011
16 May 2011 - The salary moderation and you
6 May 2011 - Taxable period – interpretation of the tax authorities adopted by Royal Decree
12 January 2011 - Year-end headline
24 December 2010 - PwC wins the HR Excellence Award 2010 as Best Tax Consultant
24 November 2010 - Implementation of the decision of the European Court of Justice regarding municipal taxes on investment income paid out abroad
29 October 2010 - PwC is nominated for the HR Excellence Award – Your vote counts!
11 October 2010 - Court of Justice decision on communal taxes on investment income paid out abroad
6 August 2010 - Belgian corporate tax deduction rejected for stock option plan cost recharged by foreign parent company
26 May 2010 - Exemption conditions under double taxation treaties
28 April 2010 - New daily lump-sum allowances list as from 1 April 2010
12 April 2010 - Seniority bonuses: personal income taxation
18 March 2010 - Tax prepayments: no substitute for wage withholding tax
9 March 2010 - No downward indexation of figures for the purposes of calculating personal income tax
21 January 2010 - Today’s news: salary slips due date known and confirmation benefit in kind for company cars
15 January 2010 - New Enclosure to the French-Belgian Double Tax Treaty
11 January 2010 - Exemption from partial payment of withholding tax – accounting treatment
16 December 2009 - Changes in the taxation of company cars
27 November 2009 - Exemption of partial payment of withholding tax
20 November 2009 - Decision from the Ruling Commission: benefit in kind – second company car
13 November 2009 - Correction Salary thresholds 2010
29 October 2009 - Confirmation of the tax treatment of the “surrender” of pay by managers
5 October 2009 - EU Regulation 883/2004 – New social security rules for mobile workforce
24 August 2009 - Social security treaty between Uruguay and Belgium
27 July 2009 - Social security treaty between the Republic of Korea and Belgium
6 July 2009 - Crisis measures to promote employment come into force
25 June 2009 - Social security treaty between India and Belgium
22 June 2009 - Work permit exemption for managers of headquarters
8 June 2009 - Work permits no longer needed for nationals of Poland, Hungary, Slovenia, Slovak Republic, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Czech Republic
28 May 2009 - New daily lump-sum allowances list as from 1 April 2009
17 April 2009 - Meal vouchers exempt from social security, but subject to income tax?
7 April 2009 - Economic recovery plan – Extended payment deadline of wage withholding tax
31 March 2009 - Seniority bonus
16 March 2009 - Economic recovery plan – Bill of law
17 February 2009 - Benefit in kind – Company cars – New scale (as from 1 January 2009)
2 February 2009 - Change in the tax deduction for the own and sole dwelling
26 January 2009 - No downward indexation of figures for the purposes of calculating personal income tax
21 January 2009 - Blue card
13 January 2009 - “Social” benefits: movie vouchers for employees
29 December 2008 - Employee Profit-Sharing & Capital-Sharing Plan
23 December 2008 - Work permit still required for Rumanian and Bulgarian employees after 1 January 2009
16 December 2008 - Salary thresholds 2009
8 December 2008 - Business trips abroad: update
28 October 2008 - New daily lump-sum allowances list as from 1 November
24 October 2008 - EU residence permit for long-term residents
4 September 2008 - France: Extension of the advantages of the French expat regime
22 August 2008 - New residence regulations as from 1 June 2008 for EU citizens and their family members
29 May 2008 - Additional tax relief for personal deductions in case of foreign-source income
22 April 2008 - New daily lump-sum allowances list as from 1 April 2008
7 April 2008 - The Netherlands – Pensions – Corresponding approval
3 April 2008 - New due date for salary slips (13 April) and publication of resident tax return
20 March 2008 - Relaxation of the Belgian work permit exemption for certain employees
13 March 2008 - Tax treatment of non-qualifying stock option granted before 1999 (pre-1999 options): a new court decision
10 March 2008 - Benefit in kind – Company cars – New scale (as from 1 January 2008)
14 February 2008 - Forms 281.10 & lists 325.10: due date = 31 March 2008
5 February 2008 - New daily lump-sum allowances list as from 1 February
29 January 2008 - New Claeys formula
25 January 2008 - Company car and fixed place of business: new practice note
17 January 2008 - Application of the Special Tax Regime For Expatriates
9 January 2008 - Year-End Headline
28 December 2007 - New wage withholding tax scale from 1 January 2008
17 December 2007 - Salary thresholds 2008
30 November 2007 - Practice Note in Contradiction With the Law – Principles of Good Administration – Case law
21 November 2007 - Individual taxation of real estate income – Case law
12 November 2007 - International employment – Belgian unemployment benefits
16 October 2007 - Non-resident Tax Return 2007 – Published Today
24 September 2007 - New work permit exemptions for foreign employees
21 September 2007 - Agreement reached on 2008 workers’ (“social”) elections
18 September 2007 - LIMOSA notification
14 September 2007 - Upcoming new legislation on work permits and residence permits
26 June 2007 - New scale of deduction of costs for company cars
9 May 2007 - New daily lump-sum allowances list as from 1 March 2007
2 April 2007 - Increased lump-sum business expense amounts
30 March 2007 - Agreement on the rules for French-Belgian frontier workers
16 March 2007 - Benefit in kind – Company cars – New scale (as from 1 January 2007)
12 February 2007 - Forms 281.10 & lists 325.10: due date = 30 March 2007
7 February 2007 - Electronic notification duty for foreign workers and self-employed persons seconded to Belgium
26 January 2007 - Date social elections – salary thresholds 2007
10 January 2007 - Year-End Headline
22 December 2006 - Increased lump-sum business expense amounts
7 December 2006 - Non-resident Tax Return 2006 – Published Today
14 November 2006 - New tax treatment of sport/culture vouchers
7 November 2006 - Agreement between Japan and Belgium on Social Security
17 October 2006 - Belgian tax treatment of pension premiums and benefits: discrimination might cease to exist soon
10 October 2006 - Lump-sum personal income tax credit in Flanders
27 September 2006 - Extension of the tax claim period
31 July 2006 - Social security exemption for foreign employers: possible changes with India
19 July 2006 - Income year 2005 resident tax return – due date: 19 July 2006 but tolerance untill 31 July 2006
18 July 2006 - Deferred income paid by non-residents to non-residents – First Court of Appeal ruling
18 July 2006 - Solidarity contribution on company car – Program Law
8 June 2006 - New circular letter on daily lump-sum allowances
30 May 2006 - Income year 2005 resident tax return – due date: 19 July 2006
4 May 2006 - New daily lump-sum allowances list as from 1 March 2006
22 March 2006 - Forms 281.10 & lists 325.10: due date = 14 April 2006
27 February 2006 - Benefit in kind – Company cars – New scale (as from 1 January 2006)
23 February 2006 - Year-end Headline
23 December 2005 - 30% ruling in the Netherlands
5 December 2005 - New tax rules applicable to the own dwelling
29 November 2005 - New rules regarding work permits
28 November 2005 - Tax Treatment of pre-1999 Options: Courts finally confirm position argued by commentators
25 October 2005 - Change in French Tax and Social Security Law on Severance Payments
24 October 2005 - EU Savings Directive: Taxation of Savings Income for Expatriates in Belgium
10 October 2005 - Commuting expenses deduction
5 October 2005 - Indexation of salaries (Joint Committee 218)
28 September 2005 - New social security agreement between Australia and Belgium
20 July 2005 - New Spanish expatriates tax regime
29 June 2005 - Belgian Tax Authorities’ comments on the cross-border income tax issues on stock option plans
17 June 2005 - Income year 2004 resident tax return – postponed due date: 31 August 2005
13 June 2005 - Taxation of savings income: the EU Savings Directive will enter into force as from 1 July 2005
8 June 2005 - Belgian Tax Authorities’ New Comments of the “183 days rule”
3 June 2005 - New daily lump-sum allowances list as from 1 May 2005
28 April 2005 - CO2 solidarity contribution on company cars
18 April 2005 - Income year 2004 resident tax return – due date: 30 June 2005
14 April 2005 - Forms 281 & Lists 325 – Notice to Employers published
13 April 2005 - France – practice note on new expat regime
25 March 2005 - New Belgium-France tax treaty – Update
18 March 2005 - Post-Belgian assignment “tax-equalization” payments – Taxable Belgian-source pay?
10 March 2005 - Forms 281.10 & lists 325.10: due date = 29 April 2005
8 March 2005 - Reclassification of self-employed status to employee status
6 March 2005 - France – abolition of the quitus fiscal procedure
2 March 2005 - Indexing of tax scales – Tax year 2006
23 February 2005 - Tax Treatment of Non-Qualifying Options Granted Before 1999 – A never-ending story?
17 February 2005 - Belgian tax authorities’ new reading of the pension article of the double tax treaties
15 February 2005 - Programme Law – Social security contributions on Canada Dry bridging pensions?
10 February 2005 - Benefits in Kind – Company Cars – New Scale (as from 1 January 2005)
3 February 2005 - Possible opportunity to recover VAT on fringe benefits
2 February 2005 - Part-time workers: non-refutable full-time employment presumption
13 January 2005 - Year-end Headline
24 December 2004 - New wage withholding tax scales as from 1 January 2005
15 December 2004 - Social security treatment of company cars – New changes
9 December 2004 - Non-Resident Tax Return 2004 – due date 14 January 2005
25 November 2004 - New Program Law – Social security treatment of company cars
23 November 2004 - The Arbitration Court enlarged the scope of application of the Anti-Discrimination Act
29 October 2004 - Non-Resident Tax Return 2004 – Published Today
28 October 2004 - Prepayments – Notification of for which spouse they have been made – Due date : 29 October 2004
18 October 2004 - Reimbursement of health care costs in EEA Member States
13 August 2004 - Capital Gains on Shares (Article 90, 9° ITC92) – Not Compatible with EC Treaty
30 June 2004 - Abolition of anti tax evasion article 364bis BITC92
27 May 2004 - Stock Purchase Plans: the 100/120-rule also for social security purposes
13 May 2004 - Finally a legal social security framework for private computers provided to employees by their employers
4 May 2004 - Deemed refused options would be taxed at exercise – update
19 April 2004 - Some clarification about individual pension commitments concluded before 1 January 2004
16 April 2004 - Individual pension commitments concluded before 1 January 2004: 1 month to react!
14 April 2004 - Income year 2003 resident tax return: due date 30 July 2004
7 April 2004 - Deemed refused options would be taxed at exercise
25 March 2004 - Form 281 & Lists 325 – Due Date = 30 April 2004
18 March 2004 - New tax treaty between Belgium and France – update
5 March 2004 - HRS Headlines – Company cars – Alignment from the National Office of Social Security
25 February 2004 - Forms 281.10 & Lists 325.10: due date = 5 April 2004
25 February 2004 - Benefits in Kind – Company Cars – New Scale (as from 1 January 2004)
18 February 2004 - PTX Headlines changes name to HRS Headlines
17 February 2004 - Company cars – Circular published
12 February 2004 - Tax treatment of Non Qualifying Options granted before 1999
11 February 2004 - Company cars – Benefit in kind
22 January 2004 - Year-end headline
23 December 2003 - Tax convention Germany – Belgium: amendment
11 December 2003 - Company cars – Benefit in kind
3 December 2003 - Gift cheques: new social security amounts
2 December 2003 - France: new tax regime for foreign executives
1 December 2003 - Increase of non-resident additional tax rate
25 November 2003 - New Act on Supplementary Pensions
19 November 2003 - New tax treaty between Belgium and France
29 October 2003 - Income year 2002 non-resident tax return published
2 September 2003 - Income year 2002 resident tax return: due date 31 July 2003
31 July 2003 - New tax convention between Belgium and Spain
25 July 2003 - Income year 2002 resident tax return: due date 29 August 2003
27 June 2003 - Issue 7 – 15 June 2003
8 June 2003 - Stock Dividends – new circular
4 June 2003 - Stock options – New administrative circular
27 May 2003 - Tax treatment luncheon vouchers
22 May 2003 - New tax treaty Belgium the Netherlands – Ex Belgian frontier worker – Dutch expatriate tax regime
7 May 2003 - Tax Treaty between Belgium and Germany
16 April 2003 - Issue 6 – 15 April 2003
15 April 2003 - New legislation on supplementary pensions
7 April 2003 - Finally a legal framework for private computers given to employees by their employers
4 April 2003 - Forms 281 & Lists 325: due date = 30 April 2003
26 March 2003 - New legislation for luncheon vouchers and holiday pay calculation
11 March 2003 - Benefits in Kind – Company Cars – New Scale (as from 1 January 2003)
6 March 2003 - Tax year 2004 indexed amounts
4 March 2003 - New Tax Convention Belgium – Netherlands: Belgian Communal Taxes
19 February 2003 - New social security rules for self-employed individuals
4 February 2003 - New income 2002 salary slips – Due date : 31 March, in principle
30 January 2003 - Tax treatment of non qualifying options granted before 1999 (pre-1999 options)
17 January 2003 - Change in the taxation of stock options applicable as from 10 January 2003
10 January 2003 - Year-end PTX Headline
24 December 2002 - New Tax Convention Belgium -The Netherlands: compensation rule (as from 1 January 2003)
20 December 2002 - Increase of non-resident additional tax rate
9 December 2002 - Postponement of part of the tax reform
5 December 2002 - New gift cheques limits
3 December 2002 - Change in the taxation of stock-options – follow up
26 November 2002 - New wage withholding tax scales as from 1 January 2003
15 November 2002 - Issue 5 – 15 November 2002
15 November 2002 - New Belgium-France administrative co-operation agreement
6 November 2002 - Private computers given to employees by their employers – update
29 October 2002 - Change in the taxation of stock-options – update
27 October 2002 - Change in the taxation of stock-options ?
18 October 2002 - ECJ – Voluntary Pension Schemes – Freedom to Provide Services
10 October 2002 - Circular letter regarding tax audit methods
1 October 2002 - Income year 2001 non-resident tax return published
16 September 2002 - Changes in the commuting costs deduction
12 September 2002 - Practice note regarding the employer’s contribution for commuting costs
6 September 2002 - Delays on tax reimbursement for income year 2000
30 August 2002 - France: Court Case on taxation of employee stock options in cross-border situations
21 August 2002 - Secret Commission Tax
8 August 2002 - New dependant resources thresholds published
30 July 2002 - New Tax Convention Belgium -The Netherlands: Not for 2003 ?
26 July 2002 - Lump-sum kilometres allowances
18 July 2002 - Issue 4 – 15 July 2002
15 July 2002 - New wage withholding tax scales as from October 2002
8 July 2002 - Supplementary pension bill – The individual pension promises
21 June 2002 - New Tax Convention signed between Belgium and Canada
13 June 2002 - Bilateral Agreements between the EU Member States and Switzerland
6 June 2002 - Combining the special tax regime for expatriates with salary split
30 May 2002 - Exemption of social security contributions on discounts
17 May 2002 - Belgian anti tax evasion rule with regard to pension benefits
26 April 2002 - The Netherlands: New policy statement on taxation of employee stock options in cross-border situations
18 April 2002 - Non-residents for inheritance tax purposes ?
10 April 2002 - Stock Purchase Plan: the “100/120″-rule with respect to the valuation of share benefits will be abolished by the end of 2002
4 April 2002 - Pre-1999 Stock Options
28 March 2002 - Benefits in Kind – Company Cars – New Scale (1st January 2002)
25 March 2002 - Income year 2001 resident tax return available electronically
15 March 2002 - Issue 3 – 15 March 2002
15 March 2002 - Forms 281 & Lists 325 : due date = 26th April 2002
9 March 2002 - Employees’ Profit Participation – Royal Decree project
6 March 2002 - International Transfer of Personnel – Transfer Pricing issues
28 February 2002 - New Form 281.10 – Due date : 31 March, in principle
14 February 2002 - Private purchase of a company car at the end of the leasing period
7 February 2002 - Would you prefer a tax charge on your stock options at exercise rather than at grant?
23 January 2002 - Registration duties in Flanders
18 January 2002 - Employees’ Profit Participation as from 29 December 2001
8 January 2002 - Year-end PTX headline
20 December 2001 - A legal framework for private computers given to employees by their employers
14 December 2001 - Postponement of part of the tax reform
5 December 2001 - Tax reform and life insurance premiums
30 November 2001 - Tax reduction for foreign source income and marital quotient system
22 November 2001 - Issue 2 – 15 November 2001
15 November 2001 - Different tax treatment of married persons and unmarried cohabitants is discriminatory
14 November 2001 - Registration duties in Flanders
8 November 2001 - The income year and stock option offers
2 November 2001 - Is severance pay allotted to an employee who had never been subject to Belgian income tax prior to the year of its allotment, taxable in Belgium?
24 October 2001 - Employee Profit-Sharing & Capital-Sharing Plan
17 October 2001 - Issue 1 – HR Services Newsletter
15 September 2001
