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With the new expat status in place since early 2022, the conditions to be eligible have become much stricter. In other words, less people qualify for it. Those who benefit from the ‘old’ status will lose their special tax status…

Are you planning to acquire a new office space or warehouse, but are doubting to proceed due to rising mortgage rates? Are you convinced that crypto mining is still worth it and were planning to buy a new mining rig?…

If you live abroad, but you earned income from a Belgian source in 2021 (e.g. employee salary, statutory pension, rental income, etc.), the tax authorities might (spontaneously) send you a Non-Resident (NR) Tax Form in the next few days or…

If you make a living from selling your words to websites and publishers, the Belgian tax authorities will qualify those earnings as business income. This type of self-employment income is normally subject to the standard progressive tax rates (25% up…

On 26 February 2021, the Tax on Securities Accounts (TSA) was reintroduced after the previous version was abolished, as it was considered in violation of the Belgian Constitution. The new TSA applies to Belgian resident taxpayers (private individuals, organizations, and…

We highlighted before that since 2020 Belgium had specific agreements in place with the Netherlands, Germany, France and Luxembourg that introduced so-called ‘COVID working days’. These agreements considered ‘forced home working days’ as having spent in the country where the…

As the cryptocurrency world went into full meltdown last week with the price of Bitcoin plunging to its lowest point since 2020, it is a given fact that more and more people hold these currencies. For many, investing in crypto…

If you lived in Belgium in 2021 or you arrived in the country last year, you have probably received an online notification by now from the Belgian authorities that your 2022 tax return can be submitted. The 2022 return covers…

Grey area of tax law In Belgium, capital gains realized by a private individual are not taxable if they are realized within the ‘normal management of their privately held assets’ and are not part of a business activity (Article 90,…

As announced before, from income year 2021 (tax year 2022) onwards, Belgian tax residents who own real estate abroad are required to provide detailed information to the authorities about their foreign property, irrespective whether it is rented out or not.…