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Coronavirus business support measures

07 April 2021

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.

A new social obligation for employers in the fight against COVID-19

06 April 2021

Since 1 April 2021, there is a new obligation for employers with the National Social Security Office as part of the fight against the coronavirus. All employers, except those who are obliged to close their business completely (such as the hotel and catering industry), must make a monthly...

BDO has won tender for SAP's global audit

18 March 2021

The Supervisory Board of SAP SE has decided to propose BDO AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft as the firm’s auditor for the financial year 2023! This is a great win, and a gamechanger, not only for BDO Germany but for our entire network as well.

DAC 6 reporting: new relaxation of reporting requirements

08 February 2021

In implementation of the DAC6 obligations, companies are required to report cross-border tax arrangements with a potential risk of tax avoidance to the tax authorities via the MyMinfin DAC6 portal since 25 June 2018.

New Collective Labour Agreement on teleworking during the Covid-19 pandemic

01 February 2021

Everyone is well aware that in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the Belgian authorities have strongly recommended teleworking or have even made it compulsory.After almost a year, on 26 January 2021, the social partners in the National Labour Council signed a new Collective Labour...

1 in 5 Belgian websites of (public) companies risk being cyberattacked

01 February 2021

Large-scale research of 15,000 websites, conducted by consultancy firm BDO Belgium, shows that:Government websites are least protected: more than a quarter of the municipalities and local police zones are at risk of being hacked20 percent of websites in the healthcare sector, including hospitals...

Transfer pricing audits: be prepared

14 January 2021

The beginning of the year usually also marks the start of the work plan of the Federal Public Service Finance's Transfer Pricing Unit. This national team, which specialises in transfer pricing controls, is constantly being strengthened, as the performance of transfer pricing audits remains one of...

Guidance on Transfer Pricing implications of the COVID-19 pandemic published by the OECD

12 January 2021

The economic conditions arising from the outbreak and spreading of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to significant challenges for many enterprises across a variety of industries and countries when applying the arm’s length principle for financial years impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. To address...

General meeting: relaxed rules integrated in the Companies and Associations Code

04 January 2021

The COVID 19 pandemic and the consecutive drastic limitation of contacts between individuals has made holding general meetings more challenging. During the first lockdown, the federal government temporarily relaxed the rules on the organisation and holding of general or board meetings through a...

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