VAT Compliance

We provide Belgian and European compliance services and litigation support. Regardless of the size of your organisation and your sector

Avoid VAT surprises, seize every opportunity 


Complying with VAT regulations requires more and more effort, in Belgium and across Europe. For example, more and more governments require you to invoice electronically and report to them digitally, in real time. They are also increasingly investing in data mining tools and AI to perform checks. In doing so, they combine information from various sources (e.g., data from platforms and payment providers, VAT returns and listings from customers and suppliers) to identify anomalies and carry out targeted checks.  

Not being compliant carries increasing financial risks. So, count on the right specialised partner for your VAT obligations: BDO.  

Our tax advisers support your business to manage your VAT compliance accurately and efficiently, both in Belgium and in other EU countries. By training your staff in-house, by helping you to implement powerful digital tools or by fully entrusting your VAT compliance to BDO. The choice is yours. 

Policymakers around the world (including Belgium) are using new indirect taxes to achieve their health, energy and environmental goals and tap into new sources of revenue. BDO can also provide specialised advice and compliance support regarding these existing and new indirect taxes and charges, such as environmental taxes, energy taxes, sugar taxes... and alike. 

How BDO can help

Regardless of how quickly you need to declare your VAT, statistical data and other indirect taxes, and regardless of the requirements in doing so, together we make it happen.

Thanks to our support, give your company and your management insight into the impact of VAT on your cash flow, the ever-increasing financial risks of non-compliance and how that puts pressure on your team.

Want to use tools or acquire knowledge to be more efficiently and accurately VAT-compliant internally? Or partially outsource reporting? Count on us for that too.

Every business faces VAT, in Belgium and abroad. Ease the pressure on your organisation in the process, through our network of experts.

Our VAT Compliance services

  • As a health check or as part of a due diligence process 
  • Screening the quality, use and output of VAT compliance tools already in place 
  • Fulfilling local and European VAT and Intrastat formalities (preparing and/or reviewing) 
  • Prepare and submit specific VAT returns (e.g., OSS and IOSS) or reclaim (foreign) VAT 
  • Our dedicated EU VAT compliance team offers flexible formulas of insourcing, co-sourcing or outsourcing to meet every organisation’s VAT compliance needs and to adapt to the available human and technical resources.
  • Training your in-house teams so that they use VAT technology correctly and are fully up to speed with the latest compliance requirements around VAT in Belgium and abroad 
  • Guidance on the selection, implementation and use of VAT and other indirect tax compliance tools 
  • Preparation and support (remote or on-site) for VAT audits 
  • Guidance from an expert on how to respond to a VAT assessment notice and how to negotiate with the VAT authorities afterwards 
  • Support in correctly complying with existing or future indirect taxes and charges, such as environmental and energy taxes, in all EU countries in which your organisation operates 

Get in touch with our VAT Compliance experts

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