A B&B operator that initially suffered losses due to large investments, but expected profits in the future, had to take on the tax authorities, which denied the deductibility of the losses. The tax authorities argued that the operation was a hobby rather than a professional...

A retired Dutch citizen living in Belgium received a supplementary Dutch pension. This supplementary pension was wrongly taxed in Belgium because he was thought to have received tax relief in Belgium, which was not the case. After the tax authorities issued a negative decision on...

We assisted a producer in agricultural products who made a mistake in his declaration and therefore did not obtain exemption from subsidies. An ex officio waiver application was filed by Tuerlinckx Tax Lawyers showing that there was a material error. This request was granted in...

We helped a butler who travels around Europe with his employer. His income was fully taxed in Belgium, despite not physically working in Belgium for most of the year. To avoid double taxation on his income, we filed an objection. We helped the taxpayer to...

An employee of a Dutch company, working from Belgium, claimed relief from double taxation in the Netherlands to avoid double taxation for two income years. He had to pay taxes in Belgium but had already paid taxes in the Netherlands on the same income. Following...

A retired director-major shareholder from the Netherlands, resident in Belgium, had surrendered his self-administered pension in the Netherlands and requested exemption of the pension capital in Belgium. This was important to avoid the capital being subject to the Dutch tax credit and taxed at Belgian...

In practice, Tuerlinckx Tax Lawyers found that natural persons with securities portfolios abroad were not aware of the obligation to declare and pay the tax on stock market transactions since 2017. However, a failure to file is heavily sanctioned in the legislation. We assisted individuals...

8A Bulgarian company carrying out real estate work on construction sites in Belgium faced significant and unexpected tax claims. Initially, the administration claimed that the company had a material permanent establishment in Belgium. When this argument was refuted, the administration claimed that there was a...

A catering company was accused by the tax administration of generating turnover off the books. This resulted in significant corporation tax and VAT assessments, including heavy fines. This would have left the company with more than a million euros in tax debts and led to...

A couple was subjected to an index settlement by the tax administration for alleged irregularities, including unusual cash deposits and transfers from the company account to their private account. The audit resulted from a CTIF-CFI notification by the bank. This led to allegations of misuse...