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2023/05/26 : Outbound transfer of seat : taxable dividend?
For the first time, a Belgian court has ruled on the question whether an outbound transfer of seat of a Belgian company could trigger a dividend (with ...
2023/03/15: The substance of foreign holding companies : a paradigm shift
A lot of Belgian residents (HNWI, Belgian group of companies,...) use a Luxembourg holding (the so-called SOPARFI) as part of their tax planning. I ...
2023/03/09: The modification of the Belgian ruling procedure : quo vadis?
The draft legal texts of the Belgian tax reform contain a set of provisions aiming at amending the tax ruling procedure. Two key takeaways: - th ...
2023/01/01: Investment by a Luxembourg SOPARFI in tax exempt investment funds
In a decision dated 31 March 2022, the Luxembourg Administrative Court of Appeal denied the application of the Luxembourg participation exemption regi ...
2022/12/31: Luxembourg : requalification of an interest free loan into a deemed contribution
In the last issue of Agefi, I comment a recent judgment dated 23 September 2022 in which the Luxembourg administrative tribunal requalified an interes ...
2022/10/11: General anti abuse rule : must the taxpayer implement himself all the steps of an arrangement?
In a recent ruling, the application of the Belgian anti-abuse provision laid down in article 344(1) of the Belgian Income Tax Code (BITC) was rejected ...
2022/10/10: DAC 6 : recent developments in Belgium
In its second action plan against tax and social fraud, of 1 April 2022, the Belgian government announced that the Belgian tax authorities have been r ...
2022/08/13: How are stock spinoffs taxed at the level of the common shareholder / Belgian individual ?
How are stock spinoffs taxed at the level of the common shareholder / Belgian individual ? Is the distribution by a company (parent) A of the share ...
2022/06/15: Taxation of capital gains realised by private indivuals : recent case law
This recent ruling of the Court of appeal of Ghent shows that capital gains on shares realised by private individuals may be taxed (at a rate of 33%) ...
2022/06/04: Bloom and the Metaverse
As one of the founders of Bloom, I am pleased to announce that our law firm will soon be active in the metaverse (see below the itw of my partner Mich ...
2022/10/11: Champ d’application personnel de la mesure générale anti-abus
Suivant une interprétation littérale de l’article 344,§1er du code des impôts sur les revenus, la mesure générale anti-abus s’applique uniqu ...
17/04/2019 Het Grondwettelijk Hof vernietigt de Fairness Tax : Welke pistes liggen open ?
De Fairness Tax is een afzonderlijke belasting die werd ingevoerd in 2013. Het tarief van deze belasting bedraagt 5,15% en wordt toegep ...

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