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Here are the current topics in Belgian taxation and accounting that we follow on a daily basis.

#8

Personal tax 2024 (inc. 2023) – deadlines

  • 14 May 2024

via paper: by June 30, 2024. via MyMinfin: General principle: you have until July 15, 2024. With specific income types (e.g., self-employed): you have until October 16, 2024

#7

Tax prepayments 2024

  • 6 April 2024

The penalty for insufficient advance tax payments increases to 9% for businesses (both individuals and companies). Make sure to pay your installments on time.

#6

Interest rate on current account

  • 4 March 2024

If you owe money to your company, it means you have a debit current account (“compte courant débiteur”). The applicable interest rate for the year 2023 is 5.43%, whereas it was 7.14% in 2022

#5

Electronic invoice

  • 30 December 2023

The Minister of Finance has submitted to the council of ministers, in second reading, a preliminary project on electronic invoicing. We are not talking here about a simple digital document in PDF, for example, but rather a structured electronic file (PEPPOL bis format), in other words, computer code, which can also be read as a PDF, but especially integrated directly into software for processing. It’s for 2026! Mandatory between taxable persons.

#4

Last tax prepayment

  • 29 November 2023

If your company finalizes its accounts on 31/12, make sure to make the final prepayment of the year before 20/12 to avoid a tax surcharge.

For businesses in their first three fiscal years, no surcharge is applicable.

These rules also apply to self-employed individuals.

#3

Foreign business trip allowances

  • 27 September 2023

We would like to remind you that if you have traveled abroad for professional reasons, you are entitled to a flat-rate allowance depending on the destination country (France €100, Italy €85, etc.). We can assist you in setting this up. We recommend keeping a record of your travels in a diary or calendar.

#2

VAT return deadlines

  • 26 September 2023

In 2024, the deadlines for quarterly VAT declarations will be set on the 25th day following the end of the quarter. Payment deadlines also follow the same schedule

#1

Copyright

  • 22 September 2023

The government has thoroughly revised copyright legislation. Only certain “artistic” professions will have the right to it, excluding the field of computer science. We are closely monitoring this, including the legal proceedings initiated against the reform.

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