Businesses experiencing financial difficulties due to the COVID-19 outbreak can apply for various social security and tax support measures. We will be happy to provide you with an overview.
On 23 March 2020 a new Circular Letter was published regarding the special VAT scheme for travel agencies and the applicable VAT treatment for travel transactions on which the special VAT scheme is not applicable (Circular Letter 2020/C/44).
Due to the Covid-19 crisis, the social elections will not take place in May 2020. The temporary suspension implies that the procedure will be suspended ('frozen') from day X+36 and that the continuation of all procedural steps after X+35 will be postponed until a date still to be determined.
In view of COVID-19, companies consider ways to restore their (negative) equity position without bringing in new cash. We hereby highlight the essential consequences of some of these (group) restructuring schemes, taking into account recently amended Belgian tax legislation.
The rapid outbreak of the Covid-19 virus, commonly known as the coronavirus, in Belgium entails a series of drastic measures imposed by the Belgian authorities on the entire population and which have a direct impact on Belgian businesses and entrepreneurs with the result that the parties...
Update 31.03.2020
In order to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus, the government has taken far-reaching measures to facilitate 'social distancing'. As in most Member States of the European Union, the working population (both employees and self-employed workers) is encouraged to make maximum use of...
Now that the Coronavirus also appears in Belgium and the number of infections in our country is increasing, it is important that you, as an employer, are aware of your obligations and consequences for employment in your company. BDO provides an answer to a number of frequently asked questions...
As the Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread rapidly in Belgium and across the globe, we would like to take a moment to let you know what BDO is doing to respond to this public health emergency.