Permitted income for beneficiaries of survivor's pensions: relaxation

Author: Anne Ghysels (Legal Expert)
Read time: 2min
Publication date: 20/02/2023 - 11:18
Latest update: 20/02/2023 - 11:25

Pensioners may carry on an occupation, but the resulting income may not exceed certain thresholds, otherwise pension benefits will be lost.

These combination rules were deemed too strict by the government for the beneficiary of a survivor's pension who is under the age of 65 and has one or more dependent children. Therefore, they will be relaxed as of 1 January 2023.

Below is an overview of these new thresholds for 2023. The new amounts compared to those listed in our Infoflash of 6 January 2023 are underlined.

Maximum permitted income for work as   Before statutory pension age (< 65 years)    

A pensioner who has reached the statutory retirement age (65 years and over)

  
    A pensioner on a retirement and/or survivor’s pension   A pensioner who is only entitled to a survivor's pension A pensioner on a retirement and/or survivor’s pension A pensioner who is only entitled to a survivor's pension(*)
    Career < 45 years Career≥ 45 years      
Employee, other activity, position, post or office With no dependent children 9,236 EUR No limit 21,505 EUR No limit  26,678 EUR
  With a dependent child 13,854 EUR No limit 26,881 EUR + 5,376  EUR per dependent child No limit 32,451 EUR
Self-employed (or working simultaneously as an employee and a self-employed person) With no dependent children 7,389 EUR No limit  17,204 EUR No limit  21,342 EUR
  With a dependent child  11,083 EUR No limit  21,505 EUR + 4,301 EUR per dependent child No limit  25,960 EUR

(*) The amounts also apply to pensioners of whom the spouse benefits from a household rate pension.

 

Source: Royal Decree of 19 January 2023, amending Article 64 of the Royal Decree of 21 December 1967, establishing the general regulations on retirement and survivor's pensions for employees, regarding the combination of a survivor's pension in the scheme of employed persons with professional income, Belgian Official Journal of 14.02.2023

 

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