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Taxation
Salary Optimization
Mobility
Social security

Reimbursement of electricity costs by the employer for charging a company car at home

15 January 2025
The tax authorities have pronounced on the tax treatment of electricity costs reimbursed by the employer to the employee for home charging an electric or plug-in hybrid vehicle provided by the company.
Working conditions

Recording working time: the Court of Justice confirms and strengthens its case law

15 January 2025
In the 'Loredas' ruling, the Court of Justice confirmed the obligation to record working time and ruled out the possibility of a Member State exempting certain employers from this obligation in the case of domestic workers.
Taxation
Salary Optimization
Grants

Recognition of floods in Wallonia as a natural disaster: launch of tax aid measure

15 January 2025
Employers in the Walloon Region who have suffered damage due to the July 2021 floods may, under certain conditions, be awarded an exemption from withholding tax . Legislative initiatives have recently been taken to implement this measure.
Taxation
Salary Optimization

Reduction of withholding tax for ascendants/collateral kin: abolition of transitional measures from 2025

15 January 2025
A temporary transitional measure that provided for a reduction in withholding tax for ascendants/collateral kin who were dependent during income year 2020 and who had reached the age of 65 on 1 January 2021 is abolished from 1 January 2025.
Social security
Grants

In 2025, two Flemish target group reductions and the GESCO system will disappear

13 January 2025
In 2025, two Flemish target group reductions and the GESCO system will disappear. The Flemish Program Decree confirms the termination of these measures, with key dates such as January 1 and June 30, 2025.
Employment contract

New (dismissal) protection for employees claiming minimum wages

09 January 2025
From 1 January 2025, employees will be better protected if they file a complaint against their employer for not respecting the minimum wages. On the one hand, the employer may not take any adverse action against these employees and, on the other hand, dismissal protection applies.
Taxation
Salary Optimization

Exemption from advance payment of withholding tax when working in shifts in construction works: minimum hourly wage 2025

30 December 2024
The partial exemption from advance payment of withholding tax in construction works is a measure granting the employer beneficial tax treatment. Under this measure, the employer is not required to pay part of the withholding tax deducted from employees' wages to the tax authorities.
Taxation
Salary Optimization

Some new tax amounts as of 1 January 2025

27 December 2024
On 1 January 2025, a number of tax amounts were adjusted in line with indexation mechanisms
Taxation
Salary Optimization
Mobility
Social security

Pensioner and flexi-jobber? Beware of the new limit

24 December 2024
From 1st January 2025, a new income limit will apply to certain retired workers who work in the framework of a flexi-job.
Taxation
Social security

New extension of the measures for pensioners working in the care sector.

24 December 2024
There is still a significant workforce shortage in the care sector. Two social and tax measures are extended until 31st December 2024.
Taxation
Salary Optimization
Mobility
Social security

Permitted income for retirees: amounts in 2025

23 December 2024
Pensioners may carry on an occupation, but the resulting income may not exceed certain thresholds, otherwise pension benefits will be lost.
Employment contract

How is the December settlement done?

20 December 2024
Traditionally, year-end involves making numerous calculations. These include the year-end bonus and various holiday pay calculations, such as the December settlement. What exactly does this famous 'December settlement' entail?

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