The Retail Apocalypse
Our Virtual Series publications bring together a number of the network’s members to discuss a different practice area-related topic. The participants share their expertise and offer a unique perspective from […]
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Buyssens Advocaten Sociaal Recht joins IR as the exclusive Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Member in Belgium
IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Tony Van de Calseyde of Buyssens Advocaten Sociaal Recht. Tony has joined IR as our exclusive Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Member in Belgium. Tony Van de Calseyde specialises in employment law and social security law. He has broad expertise gained over […]
Tony Van de CalseydePartner, Buyssens Advocaten Sociaal Recht
Let’s not blame it all on banks
IN BELGIUM AND ABROAD, banks find themselves increasingly in trouble because they accept money that may not have been taxed fully in the past. It recently happened to KBC in the Netherlands, and to Degroof-Petercam before that. Sooner or later, however, all banks will probably face the same music. The financial system has undergone a […]
Dave van MoppesPartner, Tuerlinckx Tax Lawyers
Meeting of IR Global Colleagues: Sébastien Watelet meets with Rosenberg & Estis, P.C.
Here we see Sébastien Watelet (& his partner Patricia) of Law Tax meeting with Richard L. Sussman & Eric S. Orenstein of Rosenberg & Estis, P.C at their office in New York. At IR Global, we love to receive your photos of member meetings when you’re travelling. Therefore, please send them across to the IR team, […]
Sébastien WateletPartner, Law Tax
Only crazy people work for shares
THE BELGIAN COMPANY CODE (Wetboek van Vennootschappen en Verenigingen – WVV) came into effect last month. The possibility to contribute to a company’s capital with one’s work is one of the Code’s signature reforms. Or to put it in the terminology of the old code: it is now possible to contribute to the capital of […]
Dave van MoppesPartner, Tuerlinckx Tax Lawyers
The European informer system for tax optimization
Our Finance Minister announced a few weeks ago the introduction – faster than expected by Europe – of a reporting requirement for accountants and tax advisers. In fact, aggressive tax planning will be the subject of the reporting. Judging from the reactions and questions of all those involved in tax advice, their response to the […]
Dave van MoppesPartner, Tuerlinckx Tax Lawyers
Full access to financial data in the pipeline
Almost three years ago to the day, my article “Le cadastre des fortunes arrive” was published under this section. The Central Contact Point (CCP), created by the National Bank of Belgium, has been operational since mid-2015. The CCP is and was the conclusion of the exercise started in 2011 and aimed at recording assets held […]
Dave van MoppesPartner, Tuerlinckx Tax Lawyers
Stock options and RSUs
The trees, the forest, the forester and the regulator Doctors have an unenviable position at parties. People bombard them with dozens of medical questions about their ailments, possible medication and corresponding prescriptions, let alone the situation in which and uncle or grandchild makes an unfortunate movement or breaks something. As a lawyer, fortunately, I have […]
Dave van MoppesPartner, Tuerlinckx Tax Lawyers
Dearer tomatoes
ON CLOSER INSPECTION, money matters are not so complicated. If you earn an income from your work, you can either keep, invest or spend that money. Whatever the option, the State has a finger in every pie. There are taxes at every level. For people who work, there is the sky-high, progressive tax rate on […]
Dave van MoppesPartner, Tuerlinckx Tax Lawyers
The right to government efficiency
YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE A MARTIAN to not know that elections are coming. A characteristic of our constitutional system is that the House of Representatives then designates the articles of the Constitution which may be amended in the following legislature. Nothing has changed with regard to our fundamental rights for decades. The amendments to […]
Dave van MoppesPartner, Tuerlinckx Tax Lawyers
Twenty years of uncertainty
THE TAX PROCEDURE of direct taxes and VAT dates back to March 1999, which is twenty years ago this month. If this anniversary may have gone unnoticed, the two decades following its introduction have by no means been plain sailing. Right from its conception, there was a suspicion that there were major flaws in the […]
Dave van MoppesPartner, Tuerlinckx Tax Lawyers
Copyright is the new company car
FISCALITY INFLUENCES our behaviour. People avoid highly taxed transactions or income, preferring tax exemption and low tax solutions. The government has planned for that. But if the taxpayer is the one taking initiatives to pay as few taxes as possible, this is called tax avoidance or evasion. This is perceived as undesirable behaviour. The company […]