• 20 December 2023

    Attached or assigned wages: Children’s permitted earnings – 2024

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    The amounts that can be earned by children whose parents’ wages are subject to attachment or assignment have been published in the Belgian Official Gazette.
  • 22 April 2024

    CBA 19/11 - Better public transport reimbursement from June

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    Good news for some commuters: the contribution to their public transport season ticket will increase from 1 June! However, they will have to get the right fare formula, and as we will see, that is not so easy.
  • 24 October 2023

    Regularisation of social security contributions: how does it work?

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    As a self-employed person, you pay quarterly social security contributions. These are calculated based on your estimated income. When the tax authorities forward your actual income to your social security fund 2 to 3 years later, the fund calculates your actual and final social security contributions. After this final calculation, there will be a regularisation.
  • 24 October 2023

    How can you optimise your social security contributions?

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    If you are self-employed, you will have to pay quarterly social security contributions. During the first 3 years of your career, you pay provisional social security contributions, calculated from your estimated income. 
  • 09 November 2023

    Copyright: the NSSO brings precisions

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    The NSSO has recently published new Instructions for Employers regarding the new social treatment of the allowances for the transfer of copyright and neighbouring rights. It specifies and brings light to 2 specific situations.
  • 12 November 2018

    Taking out an individual pension plan (IPP).

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    If you carry out your self-employed activity within the context of a partnership company, you can make contributions to a pension fund via a group insurance policy or an Individual Pension Plan (IPP).
  • 24 October 2023

    Give your clients the best service: join forces with Partena Professional

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    To give your clients the best service, you need to be able to rely on an experienced partner. At Partena Professional, you work closely with one dedicated contact. We give you the tools to simplify your daily work and have a team of legal, payroll and HR experts ready to help you. Together, we'll make one tight-knit team for our shared clients.
  • 24 October 2023

    How social contributions are calculated

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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. 
  • 21 September 2023

    Do I have to pay the maximum bicycle allowance?

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    Since 1 May 2023, a bicycle allowance is laid down in those sectors that do not allocate a specific allowance. All employees in the private sector are now entitled to a bicycle allowance. Does this mean that all employees are entitled to 0.27€/km? No, and here's why.
  • 24 October 2023

    Can I increase or decrease my social security contributions?

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    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.