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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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24/12/24
Reforming the public procurement regulatory framework?

Ten years after the introduction of the public procurement directives, Euro…

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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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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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21/03/16
Opinie: uw vermogen is een oldtimer

Het zijn rare, zelfs moeilijke tijden. Nul groei, waarbij negatieve economische groei helemaal niet kan worden uitgesloten. Samen met het wegzinken va…

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18/03/16
EU Lawmakers and experts voice doubts on Privacy Shield

Lawmakers and experts have voiced doubts about the value of new rules proposed by the European Commission to protect the privacy of EU citizens' data …

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18/03/16
EU Court Rejects Glucose Related Health Claims

Yesterday, the General Court confirmed that the European Commission is entitled to refuse to authorize health claims despite a positive opinion f…

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17/03/16
Nieuwe Permante Fiscale regularisatie goedgekeurd

Vrijdag 11 maart 2016 heeft de regering het wetsontwerp tot invoering van een permanent systeem van fiscale en sociale regularisatie goedgekeurd. Deze…

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15/03/16
Final list of tax havens published

On 10 and 11 March 2016, the final Royal Decrees regarding the revised list of tax havens that apply for the so-called dividends received deducti…

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14/03/16
Tate & Lyle decision implemented in Belgian tax law

The scope of the reduced rate of withholding tax on dividends has been increased in order to reflect the Court of Justice of the European Union's 2012…

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11/03/16
Tax Avoidance Directive

On 28 January 2016, the European Commission launched its proposal for a Directive laying down rules against tax avoidance practices that dir…

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11/03/16
Nouvelle procédure permanente belge de régularisation fiscale – DLU IV

Avec quelques mois de retard, le Gouvernement belge est sur le point de finaliser la nouvelle procédure de régularisation fiscale (et sociale) – …

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10/03/16
In-depth investigations by the Commission into abuses of dominant position

In July 2015, the Commission opened two in-depth investigations into potential abusive practices of Qualcomm, a baseband chipset company. The results …

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09/03/16
Ook de overheid (en dus ook de fiscus) dient de rechtsplegingsvergoeding te betalen

Het Grondwettelijk Hof heeft op 3 maart 2016 het artikel vernietigd waarin wordt bepaald dat publiekrechtelijke rechtspersonen die in het algemeen bel…

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08/03/16
SGEI in the airport sector

On 19 January 2016, the European Commission approved compensation for public service obligations to two Swedish airports (Sundsvall Timra and Skelleft…

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07/03/16
La taxe Caïman se peaufine

La loi du 26 décembre 20151 et l’arrêté royal d’exécution du 18 décembre 20152 modifient le régime de taxation connu sous le nom de « taxe Caïman ». L…

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03/03/16
The European Commission has adopted several recent decisions on State aid relating to the port sector.

Firstly, on 15 January 2016, the Commission opened an in-depth investigation into alleged aid to two container-terminal operators in the Port of Antwe…

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01/03/16
Illegal and incompatible State aid for 35 multinationals as part of the Belgian excess profit scheme

Since taking on her new role, the Commissioner in charge of competition policy, Margrethe Vestager, has targeted selective tax advantages granted by c…

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29/02/16
The speculation-tax : the present situation

In our Newsflash of 14 December 2015, we announced that the Belgian federal government was planning to introduce a speculation-tax.

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26/02/16
L’affaire Fortum: aucune substance spécifique requise pour la déduction des intérêts notionnels

La déduction des intérêts notionnels en Belgique (DIN) a été introduite en 2005 pour enrayer la discrimination fiscale entre le financement par f…

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25/02/16
Entry into force of EU trade mark reform package

EU trade mark reform is finally happening, as on 15 December 2015 the EU trade mark reform package was adopted by the European Parliament.

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24/02/16
Het familiebedrijf schenken aan kinderen en kleinkinderen over de grens - De Vlaamse Belastingdienst kijkt str…

Stel u bent ondernemer. Ergens in de vorige eeuw vestigde u zich in België, maar uw kinderen en kleinkinderen wonen in Nederland. Hoe kan u het best (…

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23/02/16
Belgium's "excess profit" tax scheme qualified as illegal state aid

On 11 January 2016, the European Commission decided that the selective tax advantages and related "rulings" granted by Belgium under its "excess profi…

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19/02/16
Eindelijk meer duidelijkheid over het verlaagd btw-tarief voor scholenbouw

Met ingang van 1 januari 2016 is er een verlaagd btw-tarief van 6% voor ‘scholenbouw’ van toepassing. Het verlaagd tarief kan echter enkel worden toeg…

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