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05/12/24
05/12/24
Tuerlinckx Tax Lawyers legt nieuwe stukken in organisatorische puzzel met NXTGEN-2024

Tuerlinckx Tax Lawyers zet een nieuwe stap voor duurzame groei met blijvende focus op de cliënt. Het kantoor verwelkomt immers twee nieuwe vennoten en een counsel, de NXTGEN-2024: …

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19/11/24
19/11/24
Liberius welcomes new EU Competition and Trade Law Partner in Brussels

Liberius is thrilled to announce the arrival of David Henry as a Partner in its Brussels-based EU, Competition & Trade Practice. David, a member of the Brussels Bar and a quali…

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17/11/24
17/11/24
Toestemming voor boekenonderzoek: geen vrijgeleide voor fiscale visitatie

In een arrest van 3 oktober 2024 heeft het Hof van Cassatie de krijtlijnen voor een fiscale visitatie verder afgebakend en daarbij nogmaals het belang van een geldige toestemming b…

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18/12/24
European Commission consultation on the revision of its Stat…

On 11 December 2024, the European Commission launched a public consultation…

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16/12/24
Class 23 insurance: Opportunity for non-resident insurers to…

On 7 November 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) hande…

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Each day we publish several articles written by legal and tax specialists from law firms, notaries offices, the legal departments from payroll agencies and tax consultants.

It is the perfect way for lawyers at the Bar, in-house counsel, barristers, solicitors, notaries, bailiffs, paralegals and any other legal professional with an interest in Belgian and European law to keep informed of new legislative initiatives, case law, legal doctrine and all other legal developments on the Belgian legal scene!

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21/06/21
CJEU clarifies competence of non-lead supervisory authorities in cross-border GDPR infringements (C-645/19)

On 16 February 2018, the Brussels Court of First Instance condemned Facebook, including Facebook Ireland Limited and Facebook Inc., for having tracked…

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17/06/21
The ELTIF: amendments in the Belgian AIFM Law

On 19 April 2021, a draft law on diverse financial provisions (the “Draft Law”) was published. The Draft Law was adopted by the Parliament at the end …

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07/06/21
Europe proposes first-ever statutory framework for AI

Following its White Paper on AI in 2020, the European Commission released in April of this year a proposal for a regulation laying down harmonised rul…

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07/06/21
Dividendes de sociétés française : circulaire du 28 mai 2021

La date de dépôt des déclarations à l’impôt des personnes physiques approchant à grands pas, beaucoup de contribuables se demandent comment faire pour…

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07/06/21
VAT fixed establishment non-existing without staff

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled in the highly anticipated Titanium case that own staff is required for a ‘fixed establishment’ for VAT. In t…

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02/06/21
More Brexit Consequences: the Situation of British EU Officials Having Acquired Belgian Nationality

The withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) has had – and will still have – numerous legal consequences in various areas. O…

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01/06/21
COVID-19: EU General Court upholds Ryanair’s appeals against aid to KLM and TAP

On 19 May 2021, in its judgments T-643/20 and T-465/20, the General Court of the European Union annulled two decisions of the European …

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28/05/21
COVID-19: the European Commission approves EUR 392,000 Belgian aid for the Waterloo 1815 Memorial

On 18 May 2021, the European Commission approved an aid of EUR 392,000 to compensate for the damage suffered by SA Kléber Rossillon Waterloo, in charg…

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20/05/21
Far-reaching EU tax reform plans announced: what they could mean for corporate taxpayers

On 18 May 2021, the European Commission issued a communication on “Business Taxation for the 21st Century”. The announcements made therein are expecte…

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19/05/21
Op weg naar de alwetendheid van de fiscus? DAC 7 gepubliceerd, DAC 8 op komst

De fiscus weet al behoorlijk veel over de burgers en een groot deel van die informatie is opgeslagen in een “datawarehouse”.

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19/05/21
European Commission Proposal on Foreign Subsidies: Towards a Globalization of EU State Aid Control?

On May 5, 2021, the European Commission unveiled a proposal for a Regulation “on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market.” This leg…

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19/05/21
The zero-emission company car as the new standard

As mentioned in our newsflash of 21 April 2021, the text of the government declaration indicated that it was the intention to modify the tax…

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17/05/21
Sustainable taxonomy in the aviation sector: European Commission publishes Steer’s study on projects and inves…

In the aviation sector, identifying "green" economic activities and projects is not an easy task. The European Commission has published Steer's study …

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12/05/21
EU lower court annuls State aid decision in Amazon case but upholds finding of State aid in ENGIE case

On 12 May 2021, the General Court of the EU issued its judgments concerning the appeals brought by Amazon and Luxembourg, respectively ENGIE and Luxem…

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12/05/21
Coronavirus raises various tax questions in Belgium

The rapid spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19) leads to far-reaching measures at home and abroad.  

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11/05/21
Proposed Regulation against Harmful Foreign Subsidies in the European Union

On 5 May 2021, the European Commission (the “Commission”) proposed a legislation that regulates foreign subsidies causing some distortion of competiti…

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10/05/21
Violation of merger control procedural rules

On 3 May 2021, the European Commission fined chemical maker Sigma-Aldrich EUR 7.5 million for providing misleading information during merger control p…

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06/05/21
EU Commission proposes new investigative review tools to tackle market distortions by foreign subsidies

On 5 May 2021, the European Commission proposed the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on foreign subsidies distorting the inter…

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03/05/21
Les 40 milliards euros d’argent noir sur les comptes belges, une manne financière idéale pour renflouer les ca…

Dans un rapport explosif de février 2021, la Cour des comptes exhorte le gouvernement à “porter plus d’attention” aux 40 milliards d’euros de capitaux…

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30/04/21
How to protect your data in times of digital audits?

In the pre-covid-19 era, data dumps were performed by the tax authorities during dawn raids at the premises of audited companies.

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