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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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14/01/15
EU Data Protection Rules May Apply to Home Surveillance Cameras

On 11 December 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "ECJ") handed down a judgment on a reference for a preliminary ruling from the Su…

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13/01/15
Belgium may not impose stricter conditions than the EU for price announcement reductions

By a judgment of the 10th of July 2014, the European Court of Justice sanctioned the Kingdom of Belgium for, inter alia, imposing via the national leg…

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09/01/15
ECJ Ruling on Application of Article 101(1) TFEU to Collective Labour Agreements for Self-Employed Service Pro…

On 4 December 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "ECJ") handed down a judgment regarding the application of Article 101 of the Trea…

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07/01/15
Verhoging taks op beursverrichtingen

De Programmawet van 19 december 2014 voorziet in een verhoging van de taks op de beursverrichtingen en dit vanaf 1 januari 2015. De taks op de beursve…

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06/01/15
The Rubik's cube is a valid three-dimensional trademark (General Court of the European Union, 25 November 2014…

The General Court of the European Union ruled that a three-dimensional representation of the Rubik's cube is a valid Community trademark, given that t…

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06/01/15
Public libraries may, under certain conditions, digitalise books in their collections without the author’s con…

On the 11th of September the European Court of Justice handed down a decision clarifying the lawfulness of the digitalisation of books by public libra…

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26/12/14
VAT change for legal entities acting as directors in companies deferred until 1 January 2016

In our VAT newsflash of 27 November 2014, we informed you that, as of 1 January 2015, legal entities would no longer be able to choose whether their s…

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23/12/14
Wage withholding tax scales as applicable for income year 2015

The Royal Decree of 10 December 2014 containing the wage withholding tax scales for income year 2015 was published in the Belgian Official Gazette of …

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04/12/14
Companies acting as director must apply VAT on their fees as of January 1st, 2015

Based on previous administrative decisions and guidelines, companies acting as director in Belgium had the choice whether or not to charge VAT on thei…

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01/12/14
Legal entities serving as directors or liquidators become subject to VAT as of 1 January 2015

Until now legal entities serving as board members, directors, or liquidators of companies could choose whether to subject themselves to VAT for the se…

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27/11/14
Annulment of the Lübeck decision of the European Commission.

On 9 September 2014, the General Court annulled the decision of the European Commission concerning airport charges at Lübeck Airport. The General Cour…

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26/11/14
Tax Flash: OECD publishes a further discussion draft on preventing tax treaty abuse

On 21 November 2014, the OECD published the discussion draft "Follow Up Work on BEPS Action 6: Preventing Treaty Abuse" (the "Discussion Draft"). In i…

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25/11/14
Bestuurders, zaakvoerders en vereffenaars van vennootschappen en BTW : opheffing van de keuzemogelijkheid voor…

Door een beslissing van 20 november 2014, heeft de BTW-administratie de toepasselijke BTW-toegeving voor rechtspersonen die optreden als bestuurders, …

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25/11/14
Changes to the EU Parent-Subsidiary Directive to prevent double non-taxation

One of the key pillars of the EU internal market, the Council Directive 2011/96/EU of 30 November 2011 (the "Parent-Subsidiary Directive") was origina…

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07/11/14
Third parties have the right to access uncontested parts of cartel decisions

On 7 October 2014, the General Court ("GC") handed down a judgment in the hotly debated area of access to the file. Damage claimants are frequently se…

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04/11/14
New EU Data Protection Guidance on the Internet of Things

The EU's main data protection body, the Article 29 Working Party, recently published an Opinion on the application of European data protection rules t…

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03/11/14
Gewijzigde BTW-regels voor online dienstenlevering vanaf 1 januari 2015

Levert u als online verkoper diensten,-zoals webhosting, SEO diensten, maar bijvoorbeeld ook de verkoop van e-boeken of elke vorm van online advies en…

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30/10/14
Guidelines, Fact Sheets and Myth-Busting: EU Working Hard to Clarify the Right to Be Forgotten

Since the EU Court of Justice made its ruling on the right to be forgotten in May 2014, the topic has been in the media almost incessantly. Most of th…

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21/10/14
Taks op omzetting van effecten aan toonder is in strijd met EU-recht

In het kader van de afschaffing van de effecten aan toonder, werd eind 2011 een taks op de omzetting van effecten aan toonder ingevoerd. Deze taks bed…

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20/10/14
Pas de précompte professionnel pour les jeunes travailleurs pendant le dernier trimestre 2014

Aucun précompte professionnel n'est dû sur les rémunérations payées ou attribuées durant les mois d'octobre, novembre et/ou décembre aux jeunes travai…

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