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As a self-employed person, you must pay social contributions to your social insurance fund. In return, you receive some social rights and benefits (legal pension, healthcare, child allowance, bridging rights, etc.) But how are social contributions calculated? On what criteria is the calculation based? We explain it all here. 

At the start of your self-employment career, you always pay provisional social security contributions because they are usually calculated based on your income from 3 years earlier.   

Supplementing your statutory pension Concerned that your statutory pension won't be enough to guarantee a comfortable standard of living after your self-employed career? There's a solution! Accrue a supplementary pension (VAPZ) with contributions to your social security insurance fund.

Give your business a new direction, with a merger or acquisition! By taking over a company or merging with another company, you can make your own business stronger and more profitable - if you do it right. Because a take-over or merger is a sizeable challenge, where you cannot leave anything to chance: administration, finance, personnel, ... 1+1 = 1!

The staff representatives that are members of the Works Council and/or the Committee for Prevention and Protection at Work, as well as the non-elected candidates, shall be protected against dismissal during a specific period.

Managing personnel requires a professional. Partena Professional provides the social-legal and tax expertise you need, combined with powerful but user-friendly payroll software.

By expanding your business activities across borders, your company is taking a huge step. You will have to hire foreign employees and/or send Belgian employees to another country.   

A draft programme act envisages numerous adaptations to the flexi-job as from 1 January 2024; these are part of the 2024 budget agreement.

Compensating for your employees' travel expenses Do your employees make use of public transport to get to and from work? Then you are legally obligated to compensate them for their travel expenses.  

A lot of companies will have to forward their social balance sheet to the National Bank of Belgium after the close of the financial year.