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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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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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Laura Jakobs Joins DALDEWOLF: A New Asset for the EU Law Practice

DALDEWOLF is pleased to announce the arrival of Laura Jakobs in its European Union law team. Laura brings significant expertise in European litigation.

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The Cyber Resilience Act - A new step forward for the cybers…

The Cyber Resilience Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 of the European Parlia…

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18/11/24
Overview of the new legal framework for Designs in the EU - …

Often misunderstood and definitely underused, EU design law is about to rec…

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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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Adjustment with respect to the tax reduction for pension savings

A bill of law containing various provisions was recently submitted to Belgian Parliament. Amongst other measures this draft legislation contains …

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VAT exemption for Alternative Investment Funds management

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled again on the scope of VAT exemption regarding the "management of special investment funds as defined by …

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European Commission probe into French support for electricity capacity provision

On 13 November 2015, the European Commission announced the opening of two separate in-depth investigations into plans of the French government to remu…

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Benefit in kind related to the private use of a company car: updated formula for 2016

The new reference CO2 emission for calculating the taxable benefit in kind for the private use of a company car in the hands of company directors and …

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Sous le sapin, une donation immobilière pour 2016?

Sous le sapin, une donation immobilière pour 2016? Le point sur la réduction des droits de donation sur les immeubles dans les trois régions.

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Privileged nature of tax debts on the basis of article 37 of the Act on Continuity of Enterprises continues to…

Article 37 of the Act on Continuity of Enterprises states that "claims against the debtor related to services provided by its co-contractor during a j…

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Have you considered the VAT impact when dealing with Transactions?

In today’s tax world, considering VAT in a timely manner is key to limiting the negative impact it can have on your transaction budget. VAT on transac…

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National judges must in certain circumstances set aside final judgments in order to prevent illegal State aid

On 11 November 2015, the Court of Justice ruled that national judges should, in certain circumstances, depart from a final judgment in order…

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Fiscale regularisatie anno 2016: de recentste wijzigingen

In een vorig artikel (24/10/2015) hebben wij de krachtlijnen van de regeling van de nieuwe permanente fiscale regularisatie kort toegelicht.…

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Legal entities serving as directors or liquidators become subject to VAT as of … 1 April 2016

In our Tax Newsletter of November 2014 we explained that the Minister of Finance decided to abolish the favourable regime whereby legal entities servi…

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Alignment of French Social Surtaxes with EU Legislation

In order to make French social surtaxes, which are levied on investment income, compliant with EU legislation, the French State Secretary for the Budg…

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Court of Justice ruled on restrictions by object in relation to vertical agreements

On 26 November 2015, the Court of Justice ruled in case C-345/14 Maxima Latvija on a request for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court of L…

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Lists of tax havens revised

On 27 November 2015 the Council of Ministers revised the lists of tax havens that apply for the purposes of the so-called dividends-received deduction…

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Tax-Shift: reduction of social security contributions for the first recruitments

The government recently adopted the first measure within the tax shift framework, more precisely the abolition of social security contributions for a …

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Alignment of French Social Surtaxes with EU Legislation

In order to make French social surtaxes, which are levied on investment income, compliant with EU legislation, the French State Secretary for the Budg…

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The Court of Justice of the EU confirms the General Court’s judgment on the infringement of AC Treuhand as fac…

In 2009, the European Commission fined the Swiss consultancy AC Treuhand for facilitating two heat stabilizer cartels.

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Btw-plicht rechtspersoon-bestuurder met drie maanden uitgesteld tot 1 april 2016

De beleidscel van de Minister van Financiën heeft beslist om de datum van inwerkingtreding voor de BTW-plicht van bestuurders-rechtspersonen nogmaals …

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VAT on directors’ fees: application as from 1 April instead of 1 January 2016

The Belgian VAT authorities have decided to abolish the tolerance for companies acting as directors to carry out their services without charging VAT. …

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European Commission declares tax advantages to Fiat in Luxembourg and to Starbucks in The Netherlands as illeg…

In June 2014 the Commission initiated an investigation into the tax rulings issued by the Luxembourgish and Dutch national tax authorities related to …

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Invoering van een fiscale step-up in Luxemburg: nieuwe kansen voor Belgische particulieren?

 Het Groothertogdom Luxemburg heeft de voorbije jaren heel wat maatregelen genomen om gefortuneerde particulieren (High Net Worth Individuals) aa…

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