Belgium News - Business, Taxation & Offshore

Belgium Extends Cross-Border Worker Deals
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Friday, January 1, 2021
Belgium has agreed with the Netherlands, France, Luxembourg, and Germany to extend until March 31, 2021, tax administrative concessions for cross-border workers affected by COVID-19 restrictions. Read Full Story

Netherlands Reforms Dividend WHT Refund Rules
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Thursday, December 10, 2020
The Dutch Government has issued a decree to ensure the country's dividend withholding tax rules comply with the European Court of Justice's ruling in the Sofina case.Read Full Story

ECJ AG Urges Ruling Against Belgian 'Excess Profit' Ruling System
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Thursday, December 10, 2020
European Court of Justice (ECJ) Advocate General Juliane Kokott has opined that the Commission was right to consider that the Belgian practice of making downward adjustments to profits of undertakings forming part of multinational groups, under the "excess profit" ruling scheme, constituted an aid scheme. Read Full Story

OECD Releases 2020 Tax Trends Report
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Thursday, December 10, 2020
Tax revenues fell across the OECD for the first time in a decade during 2019, but a much larger decrease is expected in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the OECD's newly released annual Revenue Statistics report. Read Full Story

Belgium Taken To Task For Three Tax Regime Features
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
The European Commission is undertaking infringement proceedings against Belgium regarding the taxation of shares held by life insurance companies, the taxation of income from savings deposits, and the deductibility of alimony payments.Read Full Story

Belgium Postpones Corporate Tax Return Deadline
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Belgium's Minister of Finance has announced a further extension to the 2020 corporate tax return deadline. Read Full Story
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