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Taxation

Exemption from advance payment of withholding tax for shift work - bis variant: time for an update

22 January 2025
The bis variant of the partial exemption from advance payment of withholding tax for shift work was retrospectively introduced in 2024. A recent Royal Decree clarifies some aspects of this scheme.
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Taxation
Salary Optimization

Rental benefits: added value coefficient 2025

20 January 2025
The added value coefficient for the calculation of rental benefits of company directors for 2025 has been published.
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Taxation
Salary Optimization

Provision of accommodation: indexation CI 2025

20 January 2025
The taxable benefit for the provision of accommodation is calculated on the basis of the indexed cadastral income. The cadastral income indexation coefficient for 2025 has been determined.
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Employment contract
Taxation
Internationalisation
Salary Optimization

February 2025: new flash controls in the moving, transport and taxi sectors

15 January 2025
In February 2025, the Social Inspection will carry out flash controls in the moving sector, as well as in the taxi and transport sectors. The information provided for below will help you to prepare for the forthcoming controls and avoid any unpleasant surprises.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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