January 2024 - A new (tax) year calls for a new annual calendar. In this overview, we list all the important dates (deadlines for VAT returns, withholding taxes, etc.) for the first quarter. Handy!

January

01/01: Happy New Year 
05/01: Rsz… ➤

January 2024 - Although work stress remains a concern, Flemish self-employed people's satisfaction is in good shape. This is according to research by SERV, the socio-economic council of Flanders.
Of the 1,788 Flemish self-employed who gave their input this year (in the first measurement since the corona… ➤

January 2024 - In March 2019, you as an employer had the opportunity to introduce the mobility budget in your company. As part of a simplification of this measure, a flat-rate formula to calculate this budget will be available from 1 January 2024. Through the mobility budget, an employee can exchange his or her company car for… ➤

January 2024 - Through a bill dated 19 October 2023, the federal government announced a new measure for tenants deducting rent paid as a professional expense. This bill was passed on 28 November 2023. Today, if an owner of a second home rents this property privately, it is not taxed on the real… ➤

January 2024 - Under the November 2022 labour deal, every full-time employee will be entitled to at least five training days a year from 2024. Before 2023, this amounted to four days. At the same time, this law requires companies employing at least 20 workers to draw up a training plan once a calendar year. ➤

January 2024 - The Miscellaneous Tax and Financial Provisions Act of 20 November 2022 extends the audit and assessment deadlines for income taxes in certain situations that the tax administration must take into account. The applicable three-year period for checking a timely filed and formally correct return remains unchanged. ➤

November 2023 - SMEs are pessimistic about their profitability and the rising number of late payments. This is according to the SME barometer of business association Unizo.
According to Unizo, the profitability problems are due to sharply rising wage costs and energy bills. These weigh on the cost structure of… ➤

November 2023 - On 14 November, the Flemish government agreed on the new nitrogen standards. The rules have quite an impact on agriculture and also businesses.
Whether the agreement is also legally watertight remains to be seen. But that there is an agreement can already be called a small miracle. For farmers and… ➤

November 2023 - Taking inventory a few times a year? It is a time-consuming and error-prone activity from which, unfortunately, you cannot escape. Fortunately, it can be done faster and more accurately. Software does the difficult counting and calculation in your place. Thanks to automated stock management, you always have up-to-date inventory figures. ➤

November 2023 - Is your accountant busy with the year-end closing process but can't imagine much about it? This article explains in non-technical terms what the year-end process entails, what exactly the government expects from you and your accountant, and what you, as a business owner, can do to help your accountant. ➤

November 2023 - If you invest in software, you (rightly) set high standards for performance, user-friendliness and versatility. But before buying, do you ever consider the security of your data? Cyber attacks and data breaches can cause a lot of (financial) damage - just check the newspapers. Moreover, when confidential business… ➤

November 2023 - From 2024, the federal government plans to modernise the registered cash register system (GKS). Specifically, this means that this system could also become mandatory in sectors other than the hospitality industry; the technology should become more compatible with new POS technology/software, and transaction data will be reported online in... ➤

November 2023 - The following holidays will apply in 2024:
·      New Year: Monday, 1 January
·      Easter Monday: Monday 1 April
·      Labour Day: Wednesday 1 May
·      Ascension Day: Thursday 9 May
·      Whit Monday: Monday 20 May
·      National Day: Sunday 21 July
·      Assumption Day: Thursday, 15 August… ➤

November 2023 - In autumn, the federal government reached an agreement on the 2024 budget. This agreement includes the measure that flexi-jobs will be extended to 12 new sectors from 1 January 2024.
With this measure, the federal government aims to address staff shortages in these sectors, allowing employers to deploy additional staff flexibly. ➤

November 2023 - Did you know that since 1 August 2023, details of persons on whom board prohibitions have been imposed will be registered, kept and amended in a central register of board prohibitions? Through this register, public authorities and third parties can check whether there is a board prohibition for the following mandates: director, manager… ➤

November 2023 - If an employee receives a bicycle allowance, this allowance is exempt from social and tax charges up to a certain amount. This bicycle allowance is currently capped at EUR 0.27. The Council of Ministers recently decided to increase this amount to EUR 0.35 from 1 January 2024. At the same time, an annual ceiling… ➤

October 2023 - Through the investment deduction, a company can exempt part of its profits for certain new investments made during the taxable period. What (changed) percentages for the investment deduction should you take into account? For investments obtained or made between 12/03/2020 and 31/12/2022, an increased… ➤

October 2023 - With the wage bonus (collective agreement 90), an employer has the possibility to grant its staff an advantageous bonus based on collective objectives. Such a form of remuneration is very advantageous from a fiscal and social point of view. ➤

October 2023 - On 7 June 2023, the restructuring directive 2019/1023 was implemented in Belgian law. The new law came into force on 1 September 2023, with an impact on all judicial reorganisation proceedings opened from that date. For SMEs, there are... ➤

October 2023 - From passenger cars to laptops: for many entrepreneurs, tax-friendly benefits in kind (VAA) are a popular way to supplement their monthly remuneration. Central to this is the favourable flat-rate basis for its taxation. These benefits include a wide range of perks, ranging from a private… ➤