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The launch of the new kilometre tax across Belgium on 1 April has met with protests by truck drivers who resorted to blocking motorway exits and interchanges.
So far, more than 2,500 Belgians have reported an offshore company in their tax return for fiscal year 2015, according to the FPS Finance.
Women are the victims of fiscal discrimination in Belgium, where tampons and sanitary napkins are taxed at the highest rate (21%), in the same category as so-called luxury goods.
The Belgian tax authorites have been ordered to reclaim about €700 million from 35 multinationals, after the European Commission ruled that Belgium granted the corporations a number of consi
Billboards along Flemish motorways announcing the launch of road pricing for lorries are in violation of Belgium's language laws, according to the Standing Committee for Language Supervision
The Belgian government's new tax on soft drinks also applies to diet drinks and even sugar-free drinks, the Belgian media recently brought to light.
Belgium needs to go further in its tax reforms, according to a report released yesterday by the European Commission.
The French-speaking liberal party MR proposes to introduce a tax on all flights flying over Brussels, writes La Libre Belgique.
Brussels finance minister Guy Vanhengel (Open VLD) wants to abolish the mortgage tax break in the Brussels-Capital Region in exchange for a substantial lowering of the registration fees, rep