Benefits in kind - Loans at a reduced rate of interest or interest-free loans

Author: Author: Isabelle Caluwaerts
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Publication date: 08/02/2018 - 13:00
Latest update: 10/05/2019 - 09:22

The rates of interests for determining the value of some benefits in kind have been published in the Moniteur Belge.
On the basis of these rates of interests, the value can be determined of the benefits granted in 2017 (and 2018 pending the publication of the rates of interests 2018 and under an administrative tolerance) in the form of various loans.

A. Mortgage loans with a fixed rate of interest

Year in which the loan agreement is concluded

Reference rate of interest

Loans guaranteed by a mixed life insurance policy

Other loans

2016

1.65 %

1.78 %

2017

2.13 %

2.00 %

B. Non-mortgage loans with a fixed term

Year in which the loan agreement is concluded

Loans to finance the purchase of a car (monthly charge rate)

Other loans (monthly charge rate)

2016

0.06

0.13

2017

0.06

0.20

C. Non-mortgage loans without a specific term

Year in which the borrower disposed of the loaned sums

Reference rate of interest

2016

9.27 %

2017

8.78 %

Source : Royal Decree of  26 January 2018 amending, as regards the benefits of any kind, the Royal Decree/CIR 92 in the event of a loan that does not bear interest, or a loan at a reduced interest rate, Belgian Official Gazette  30 January 2018.

Author: Isabelle Caluwaerts

08/02/2018

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