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115 account contributions and Luxembourg parent-subsidiary regime

Wednesday, 04 May 2022

Highlights On 31 March 2022, the Luxembourg Administrative Court of Appeal rendered a decision considering that 115 accounts contributions are not to be included in the acquisition price of the…

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Belgian reporting (tax) obligations for platform operators in anticipation of DAC 7 seem safe from an EU perspective

Wednesday, 04 May 2022

In our newsflash of 2 February 2021 (click here) we informed you that Belgium had anticipated the DAC 7 regulation and had already de facto transposed it into domestic law.…

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International Tax Update: (When) Will transfer pricing in Brazil be more aligned with OECD standards?

Monday, 02 May 2022

On 12 April 2022, the OECD and the Brazilian tax authority (Brazil's Receita Federal (‘RFB’)) met in view of a proposed new transfer pricing system, which would be more aligned…

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Legal cohabitants: Can your ex-partner claim maintenance?

Thursday, 14 April 2022

No maintenance expressly stipulated in the law for legal cohabitants In a judgment of 14 March 2017, the Antwerp Court of Appeal awarded a personal maintenance claim to an ex-partner…

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International Tax Update: The Belgian tax slip obligation – no longer sanctioned as severely as before

Tuesday, 12 April 2022

Court of Justice decides In a recent judgment, the European Court of Justice addressed the obligation under Belgian law to draw up a summary tax slip for commissions paid and…

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Breaking: Ecofin one member state short of agreement on EU Directive on Pillar Two

Tuesday, 05 April 2022

In today’s Ecofin meeting an agreement was not reached regarding a new compromise text of an EU Directive on the introduction of Pillar Two in the European Union. Where at…

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International Tax Update: Stay on top of ever-changing local transfer pricing documentation requirements

Thursday, 17 March 2022

The Transfer Pricing documentation landscape is continuously evolving, whereby recently, there has been an increasing tendency of various countries updating and strengthening their transfer pricing documentation requirements. Considering these changes,…

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Interest limitation rules: Tax authorities adopt favorable position for the Private Equity sector

Friday, 11 March 2022

The Belgian Central Tax Authorities have recently taken an important decision on how the ATAD interest limitation rules must apply in the private equity (PE) sector. According to that decision,…

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CBN guidance on (de)mergers with entities having negative net asset values

Thursday, 10 March 2022

On February 15th, the Belgian accounting standards boards (Comissie voor Boekhoudkundige normen – hereafter “CBN”) published additional guidance with respect to mergers and demergers of companies having negative net asset…

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International Tax update: Fixed establishment through an affiliate company in Belgium? The Court of Appeal of Liège affirms.

Wednesday, 09 March 2022

Recently, the concept ‘fixed establishment’(‘FE’) for VAT purposes is the subject of many discussions and it seems that the saga will continue. In a judgement of 22 October 2021, the…

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International Tax Update: Expense allowances granted under the new expat tax regime are exempted from social security contributions

Friday, 11 February 2022

A new special tax regime for incoming executives and researchers entered into force in Belgium on 1 January 2022.

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Proposal for new European directive: the end of entities with little substance?

Thursday, 10 February 2022

On December 22, 2021, the European Commission published a potentially far-reaching proposal for a new directive. The aim of this proposal is to "tackle the misuse of undertakings that do…

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New Belgian special expat tax regime – who’s in?

Wednesday, 09 February 2022

A new expat tax regime for incoming executives and researchers entered into force in Belgium on 1 January 2022. Considering the change in the special tax regime’s scope, conditions and…

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International tax update: UAE introduces corporate income tax

Tuesday, 01 February 2022

Yesterday, 31 January 2022, the UAE Ministry of Finance announced the introduction of a federal corporate income tax (‘CIT’). For financial years starting on or after 1 July 2023, UAE…

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The Belgian ELTIF: ready for launch in 2022?

Thursday, 27 January 2022

ELTIF introduced mid 2021 By the Belgian Act containing various provisions of 27 June 2021 (Belgian Official Gazette 9 July 2021), the regime of a European Long Term Investment Fund…

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International Tax Update: 'New' 2022 OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines: Bundling of earlier guidance

Thursday, 20 January 2022

The OECD published today the successor of the July 2017 edition of the Transfer Pricing Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and Tax Administrations (“OECD TP Guidelines”). This 'January 2022' edition of…

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International Tax Update: Belgian transfer pricing country profile at OECD.org refers to the latest Belgian transfer pricing circular letter, whereas arguably the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines are more relevant as a source of reference

Friday, 14 January 2022

On 13 December 2021, the OECD updated several country profiles and added profiles for three new countries (a second batch further to the first batch that was released in August…

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The ultimate guide to get you through a transfer pricing audit

Friday, 07 January 2022

Did you or your company recently have to deal with a transfer pricing audit? If not, there is a good chance you will be faced with one soon. The number…

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The design of Covid-19 recovery contributions: Taxes or Social Security Contributions?

Tuesday, 28 December 2021

To cover the large financial spending caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, countries worldwide are forced to take substantial fiscal actions. This contribution takes a closer look at the extent to…

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International Tax Update: Dear tax administration: what you don’t publish can be used against you – but not against the taxpayer

Friday, 24 December 2021

How the MLI enters into effect between Belgium and the Netherlands, but is not opposable to the Belgian taxpayer (yet) In our previous international tax update we already indicated that…

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International Tax Update: Tax treaties extend withholding tax benefits beyond the scope of European Directives - the example of interest paid to French société par actions simplifiée 'SAS'

Monday, 13 December 2021

Withholding tax exemption under EU law In the event of an allocation or payment of interest from a Belgian company to a company incorporated under foreign law, a withholding tax…

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International Tax Update: MLI to cover the Belgium – Netherlands tax treaty as of 1 January 2022

Friday, 10 December 2021

Somewhat unexpected and until today largely undetected, Belgium and the Netherlands have deposited notifications to the OECD Secretariat, with the intention of bringing their current double tax treaty under the…

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VAT exemptions for logistics services and (sea)port activities: watch out for the VAT officer!

Wednesday, 24 November 2021

A recent VAT administrative circular letter, implementing EU VAT case law, has tightened the conditions for applying the VAT exemption for services in connection with the export of goods out…

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International Tax Update: Important changes to the Belgian special taxation regime for foreign executives

Wednesday, 24 November 2021

The Belgian government agreed in the recent budgetary agreement on important changes for foreign executives falling under the special taxation regime.

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International Tax Update: Public Country-by-Country Reporting takes last hurdle in legislation process

Wednesday, 17 November 2021

On 11 November 2021, the European Parliament approved the implementation of what is commonly referred to as the public country-by-country reporting (CbCR) Directive.1 This formal approval of the European Parliament came…

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Breaking news : Belgium and France signed a new Double Tax Convention

Wednesday, 10 November 2021

On 9 November 2021, after long discussions and negotiations, France and Belgium signed a new Double Tax Convention (‘DTC’). Once the ratification process will be completed in both countries, this…

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International Tax Update: Digital Service Tax: Dead and done with?

Wednesday, 27 October 2021

On 8 October 2021, the already historical agreement about Pillars I and II was reached between 136 member jurisdictions of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework. A part of the overall agreement…

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International Tax Update: Recent tax developments in Germany

Tuesday, 05 October 2021

German Real Estate Transfer Tax Rules for share deals As in Belgium, German Real Estate Transfer Tax (“RETT”) is triggered by the notarization of a direct real estate purchase. The…

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Belgian Annual Tax on Securities Accounts challenged before Constitutional Court: annulment appeal is no suspension

Thursday, 23 September 2021

With its Law of February 17, 2021, Belgium introduced a new annual tax on securities accounts (hereafter: “ATSA”), which has replaced the previously annulled tax on securities accounts that the…

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International Tax update: Excess profit rulings: Victory for the European Commission?

Friday, 17 September 2021

On 16 September 2021, the Court of Justice of the European Union dealt for the first time with the Belgian excess profit rulings. The Court ruled (in contrast to the…

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International Tax update: Belgian Transfer Pricing Court Case

Thursday, 16 September 2021

In a recently published decision dd. 8 June 2021 of the Court of Appeal of Ghent relating to transfer pricing (nr. 2016/AR/455), the Court decided in favor of the taxpayer.…

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International Tax update: The Belgium - Luxembourg 24 day-rule becomes the 34 day-rule

Tuesday, 07 September 2021

The salary of a Belgian tax resident relating to days performed in Luxembourg is generally taxable in Luxembourg according to the Belgium-Luxembourg double tax treaty. The days worked outside of…

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Luxembourg Newsflash: New administrative circular sets guidelines for the imposition of tax fines

Monday, 09 August 2021

The 2017 tax reform significantly strengthened the power of the Direct Tax Authorities to impose tax fines on taxpayers found in infringement of their tax obligations. In this scope, the…

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VAT registration with a fiscal representative in Belgium: new guarantee rules will create more burdens for foreign taxpayers

Wednesday, 28 July 2021

A recently adopted amendment to Royal Decree nr. 31 will alter the guarantee requirements for a Belgian VAT registration of a foreign taxpayer with the appointment of a fiscal representative.…

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VAT and e-commerce: Belgium implements new rules on importer of record

Friday, 09 July 2021

Following the adoption of the law implementing the new e-commerce VAT rules in Belgium, a Royal Decree has been published on 29 June 2021, amending several earlier Royal Decrees on…

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Asia is stepping up its tax game: faceless tax audits, major tax reforms and much more

Friday, 02 July 2021

The Asia-Pacific Tour of the Tiberghien World Tour brought to light a number of interesting developments in the innovative and changing tax landscape in Asia. Not only are Asian countries…

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Luxembourg tax authorities update their Circular on interest limitation rules for members of a consolidated group

Thursday, 01 July 2021

On June 2nd, 2021, the Luxembourg tax authorities reissued their Circular n°168bis/1 dated January 8th, 2021 on the interest limitation rules governed by article 168bis of Luxembourg Income Tax Law…

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International Tax update: Evolving towards more OECD-compliancy: the times are changing in the Middle East

Tuesday, 29 June 2021

The Middle Eastern leg of the Tiberghien world tour showed some interesting developments in tax legislation of this region. These (expected) changes will undoubtedly have a big impact on MNE’s…

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Can tax related and IT services benefit from the VAT exemption for the management of special investment funds? The European Court of Justice says yes.

Tuesday, 29 June 2021

The Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) ruled in the joined cases K (C-58/20) and DBKAG (C-59/20) that the management of tax related responsibilities and the supply of…

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International Tax update: Mutual tax agreements mitigating the impact of Covid-19 telework for internationally active employees extended until the end of 2021

Friday, 25 June 2021

UPDATE 28/09/2021 Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, most employees have worked from home for a large number of days from March 2020 onwards. As the taxation of salaries and the applicable…

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Teleworking due to COVID 19: Luxembourg mutual tax agreements with Belgium, France and Germany still in force.

Tuesday, 22 June 2021

UPDATE Teleworking due to COVID 19: Luxembourg mutual agreements with Germany, Belgium and France will remain in force until the end of 2021 As covered more into detail here, a…

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Taxation of (ex-)partners and children

Tuesday, 22 June 2021

Some points of attention for spouses, legal cohabitants and separated parents You are separated or in the process of separating and are wondering how you will be taxed and who…

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International Tax update: EU Agreement with regard to Public country-by-country reporting for certain undertakings

Friday, 18 June 2021

On 1 June 2021 the EU Council negotiators and the negotiation team of the European Parliament reached a provisional political agreement on a proposed directive on the disclosure of income tax…

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International Tax update: Biden’s Green Book and the Old Continent

Tuesday, 15 June 2021

Last week the US Treasury Department released the long-awaited “Green Book”, explaining the tax proposals of the Biden Administration. The final version is shorter and less detailed than expected. Nevertheless,…

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International Tax update: The ECJ further defines the notion of a VAT fixed establishment

Tuesday, 08 June 2021

The Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) ruled in the Titanium case (C‑931/19) that own staff is required for a (sales) VAT fixed establishment (FE) to be present…

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Tax Treaty Making in Belgium. Well regulated?

Tuesday, 08 June 2021

The fact that Belgium has a wide network of double taxation conventions (‘tax treaties’) is positive for the Belgian economy and Belgian taxpayers. Each new tax treaty is welcomed. But…

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Tiberghien colleague Rik Smet receives honorable mention for prestigious award

Monday, 07 June 2021

In June last year our colleague Rik Smet successfully defended his doctoral thesis on tax treaty making in federations.

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International Tax update: Tiberghien World Tour PART I - AMERICAS

Friday, 04 June 2021

Last week, on 27 May 2021, we organized the first of four free interactive web events of our Tiberghien World Tour 2021. In these events, local experts of our WTS…

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International Tax update: European Commission’s view on business taxation in the 21th century

Friday, 28 May 2021

On May 18, 2021, the European Commission announced its vision on “Business Taxation for the 21st century”. It did so by means of a Communication to the European Parliament and…

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EU General Court judgements: Engie received illegal state aid, Amazon did not

Wednesday, 26 May 2021

On 12 May 2021, the EU General Court delivered two judgements relating to appeals made against the EU Commission’s decisions taken back in 2017 and 2018. In these decisions, the…

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International Tax update: Unexpected tax exposure for companies due to home office abroad?

Tuesday, 25 May 2021

As a result of the COVID-19 crisis, many cross-border workers are working from their home office, which is not necessarily located in the same country as their employer’ office. Also…

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New e-commerce VAT rules as from 1 July 2021: Watch out for double taxation on e-sales of imported goods with a value exceeding € 150

Wednesday, 19 May 2021

As from 1 July 2021, the e-commerce VAT package enters into force. As a result, online sales to private individuals will generally be subject to VAT in the EU Member…

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The CSSF has published a circular on teleworking for supervised entities in a non-pandemic situation

Monday, 17 May 2021

On 9 April 2021, the Luxembourg's financial sector supervisory authority (Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier - "CSSF") published CSSF Circular 21/769 on “Governance and security requirements for Supervised Entities…

Events
17 June 2021 | 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. | HOPIN platform

Tiberghien World Tour: Asia-Pacific (web event)

Speaker: Koen Morbée, Andy Neuteleers, Stijn Vastmans, Jurgen Gevers
Events
10 June 2021 | 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. | HOPIN platform

Tiberghien World Tour: Middle East & Africa (web event)

Speaker: Koen Morbée, Andy Neuteleers, Stijn Vastmans, Tine Slaedts
Events
27 May 2021 | 4 p.m. - 8 p.m. | HOPIN platform

Tiberghien World Tour: Americas (web event)

Speaker: Koen Morbée, Robin Minjauw, Andy Neuteleers, Rik Smet
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Tiberghien International Tax update: Wake-up call: European Parliament demands EU to take appropriate action in taxing the digital economy

Tuesday, 11 May 2021

On April 29th the European Parliament (“EP”) adopted its resolution “on digital taxation: OECD negotiations, tax residency of digital companies and a possible European Digital Tax”. The EP again reiterates…

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Tiberghien International Tax update: New withholding tax rules on UK sourced interest and royalty payments as from 1 June 2021

Friday, 07 May 2021

With the expiry of the Brexit transition period as of 1 January 2021, the United Kingdom is no longer bound by EU law, including the Interest and Royalties Directive (hereafter…

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An active UN adopts new UN model treaty provision regarding income from automated digital services

Tuesday, 04 May 2021

The UN has recently been very active in the area of taxation. On 20 April, the UN Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters agreed to adopting a…

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