You cannot miss it; it is the document that has little text and columns in red. It resembles a lotto form, and just like a lotto form it will be scanned. Just seeing it is quite disheartening, with columns and codes to complete. It is all a question of putting the right number or X with the correct...

To file online, you log in with your electronic ID card, a token or Itsme. Itsme is a Belgian app that you can use to identify yourself with the tax office and other government services. You download the app from the App Store or Google Play and you activate it once with your bank card or...

What are the advantages of filing online? First of all, you have more time to file, until 15 July. It is more user-friendly than completing the paper form. You work on a traditional tax return where you see clearly what you are doing. If you file on paper, you make a draft first and then copy the...

Let's have a closer look at the boxes on the tax return. I. Bank account and contact details This is the easy part. If you expect a tax reimbursement, make sure the taxman has your bank account number. If it is printed on the tax return, you don't have to give it again, unless you want to change...

Hopefully, you have put all the documents you received in one envelope or box: your salary or pension statement for 2023, certificates of donations to charities etc. So, which documents and certificates do you need to prepare your income tax return? Earnings salary statement; holiday pay statement...

Don't get daunted by the tax return; it looks more complicated than it really is. How difficult is it really? For most, filing a tax return should not be that difficult. It is just a question of copying the numbers from one piece of paper onto another one. Make no mistake: that brown envelope...

For years, many people thought they could safely "forget" the income they had outside Belgium; the taxman would never find out. The EU Savings Directive was a rude wake-up call as the Belgian tax authorities started receiving information about overseas bank accounts and enquiring about overseas...

If you live in Belgium and you have income from another country, both countries will want to tax the entire income and that may result in double tax. To prevent double taxation, governments sign “conventions for the avoidance of double taxation”. In these double tax treaties, the two states agree...

Now that you have filed your tax return, all that you can do is wait for the tax man to send you the tax assessment or tax bill. The “avertissement extrait de role”/”aanslagbiljet” is really the tax bill for your 2023 income. If you have not seen one before, you can click here to see one. If the...

How and where you appeal is explained on page 2 of your tax bill. You have to send a letter to the address in the middle of the page within 12 months after you receive the tax bill. That means the letter must arrive with the tax authorities within 12 months plus three working days from the date the...