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New calculation module for deductibility car costs as from 2020

14 November 2019

You may recall that the so called “summer agreement” at the end of 2017 made significant changes changes to the corporate income tax regulations. Although voted in one single law, not all measures took immediate effect. Instead the legislator provided for different moments for the various...

Additional guidance on country-by-country reporting: summary of new questions and answers

08 November 2019

On 5 November 2019, the OECD released new questions to their Q&A to provide additional guidance on country-by country reporting. Here’s a summary of the additional interpretative guidance.

Constitutional Court strikes down tax on securities accounts

17 October 2019

On 17 October 2019, the Belgian Constitutional Court decided on the abolition of the law of 7 February 2018 adopting a tax on securities accounts.

BDO brings on board team of customs strategists

15 October 2019

Europe is digitising its customs legislation. As from 2020 already, businesses will have to adapt to a number of obligations under these new European customs rules (UCC). For over 35,000 businesses in Belgium, however, it seems that the logistics processes and even the corporate strategy will be...

United Kingdom and the Europe Union entering final stage of divorce battle

03 October 2019

Absent a further extension of the deadline, the United Kingdom and the Europe Union officially entered the final stage of their divorce battle. With only 1 month to go, the UK’s prime minister will present his final masterplan for Brexit to Europe this week including a firm message that this is...

Ruling Commission sets new deadline for prefilings on transfer pricing and innovation income deduction

03 October 2019

The Ruling Commission has announced that it should receive (prefiling) ruling requests before the 31 January 2020 in the event that the (prefiling) request relates to transfer pricing, innovation income deduction or patent income deduction. Last year, the deadline was set on 15 March, which means...

BDO is Belgium’s first climate-neutral consultancy firm

19 September 2019

BDO Belgium reduces CO2 emissions by a quarter per employee thanks to teleworkingBDO Belgium, together with its staff and independent climate consultancy CO2Logic, has drawn up an ambitious climate action plan to become completely climate-neutral. The consultancy firm will link part of the...

New arbitration procedure as of 1 July 2019

09 September 2019

The law of 2 May 2019 (Belgian Gazette 17.05.2019) has created a new procedure for the resolution of European tax disputes. This law implements Council Directive (EU) 2017/1852 of 10 October 2017 on ‘tax dispute resolution mechanisms in the European Union’ into Belgian law. The newly adopted...

Sector Agreement in the Joint Committee for Employees – JC No. 200

23 July 2019

In the month of June, a sector agreement has been reached within the joint committee 200, providing among others for an increase in the purchasing power by 1.1% and a mandatory bicycle allowance. This agreement is part of the Interprofessional Agreement (IPA) signed by the social partners in...

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