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14/08/25
14/08/25
Legal tech company Afriwise acquires LawExplorer and boosts regulatory intelligence in Africa

Afriwise, Africa’s fastest-growing legal-intelligence platform founded by Belgian lawyer Steven De Backer, has acquired LawExplorer, South Africa’s most established provider of reg…

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04/08/25
04/08/25
Promotion at DALDEWOLF

DALDEWOLF is pleased to announce the promotion of Lucie MARCHAL to the position of Counsel in the European Union Law team.

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04/07/25
04/07/25
Goodwin Expands Global Antitrust and EU Regulatory Footprint with New Brussels Office

Goodwin has opened a new office in Brussels, the epicenter for EU policy, legislation and enforcement. Together with Goodwin’s existing US and UK-based Antitrust and Competition t…

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06/10/25
EU deforestation regulation (EUDR) proposed delay: What busi…

On 23 September 2025, the European Commission announced its plan to postpon…

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29/09/25
Constitutional Court clips the wings of the Belgian Cayman T…

Key elements of Belgium’s Cayman Tax 2.1 annulled, enhancing legal certaint…

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Each day we publish several articles written by legal and tax specialists from law firms, notaries offices, the legal departments from payroll agencies and tax consultants.

It is the perfect way for lawyers at the Bar, in-house counsel, barristers, solicitors, notaries, bailiffs, paralegals and any other legal professional with an interest in Belgian and European law to keep informed of new legislative initiatives, case law, legal doctrine and all other legal developments on the Belgian legal scene!

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29/05/18
Fiscale aftrek kosten privaat vastgoed en andere kosten in vennootschap - quo vadis anno 2018 ?

De verwerving van vastgoed dat (deels) privaat wordt aangewend, gebeurt vaak door een vennootschap. Doorgaans wordt dit vastgoed kosteloos ter beschik…

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28/05/18
Fiscale optimalisatie van auteursrechten : ook voor u interessant?

Op 23 april vieren meer dan 100 landen de Wereldboekendag. Die datum is niet willekeurig: het is de datum van het overlijden van een aantal gekende a…

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25/05/18
New reporting obligation for cross-border arrangements

Friday 25 May 2018 saw the approval of the Council Directive amending Directive 2011/16/EU concerning the mandatory automatic exchange of informa…

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23/05/18
Voordeel alle aard kosteloze ter beschikkingstelling bedrijfswoning : fiscus schikt zich naar de rechtspraak!

Zowel het hof van beroep van Gent als het hof van beroep van Antwerpen hebben recent geoordeeld dat het onderscheid in forfaitaire waardering naargela…

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14/05/18
European Commission's formal investigation into a public loan to Alitalia

On 23 April 2018, the European Commission announced the opening of a formal investigation into a bridge loan of €900 million granted by the Italian St…

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27/04/18
Belgian Tax Authorities announce focus areas for tax audits

The Belgian Tax Authorities have recently announced some of their focus areas for 2018 for tax audits. This early warning allows both individual taxpa…

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27/04/18
Establishing an SPV Specifically to Develop a Real Estate Project Is Not Abusive

On 9 and 23 June 2017, the Antwerp Court of First Instance issued two decisions confirming that establishing an SPV should not per se be considered ab…

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23/04/18
Géoblocage : aperçu des nouveautés du Règlement européen

Le 28 février 2018, le Parlement européen a adopté un nouveau Règlement visant à contrer le blocage géographique injustifié et d'autres formes de…

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20/04/18
Cateringkosten in het kader van een publicitair evenement - nu ook volledig aftrekbaar in de inkomstenbelastin…

Vorige maand heeft de minister van Financiën zich nu ook op het vlak van de inkomstenbelastingen uitgesproken in die zin dat de kosten van spijzen en …

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17/04/18
Grondwettelijk Hof vernietigt btw op online gokdiensten

Het Grondwettelijk Hof acht de schrapping van de btw-vrijstelling voor online gokdiensten strijdig met de Grondwettelijke bevoegdheidsverdeling, maar …

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16/04/18
European Commission imposes fine of €254 million on capacitor cartel

On 21 March 2018, the European Commission fined eight Japanese capacitor suppliers €254 million for their participation in a cartel between 1998 and 2…

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12/04/18
Tax efficiency of leveraged dividends challenged by recent court decision

Traditionally, Belgian tax law has been rather flexible in accepting the tax deductible character of interest due on leveraged financing structures. R…

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09/04/18
Federale regering beslist dan toch om verhuur met BTW mogelijk te maken

Op 21 oktober 2017 zag de federale regering omwille van budgettaire redenen af van haar voornemen om de verhuur van professioneel vastgoed met BTW mog…

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06/04/18
Tip 2 - Lenen om een dividend uit te keren; interest aftrekbaar?

TIP 2 - Kernpunten -  De scus vindt dat interest van leningen om dividenden uit te keren niet aftrekbaar is. -  Het argument is dat die le…

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03/04/18
Tip 1 - Recent vonnis past de algemene anti-misbruikbepaling toe op kapitaalverminderingen

TIP 1 - Kernpunten - De fiscale administratie merkt een kapitaalvermindering aan als een dividenduitkering. - De rechtbank van eerste aanleg van Bru…

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02/04/18
New EU Regulation to ban unjustified geo-blocking in the internal mark

Regulation 2018/302 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 February 2018 on addressing unjusti ed geo-blocking and other forms of discrim…

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30/03/18
Belgian VAT: Government reactivates option to tax immovable property leasing to professionals

We reported before [1] on the consensus of the Belgian Federal Government to introduce an option to make the leasing of immovable property b…

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30/03/18
The impact of the corporate income tax reform on private investment companies in Belgium

The Corporate Income Tax Reform Act of 25 December 2017 has introduced major changes to the Belgian tax landscape. The tax regime of capital gains on …

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29/03/18
Advertising in Relation to Plastic Surgery: ECJ Clears Prohibition

By order of 26 October 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “ECJ”) ruled that the Belgian prohibition on advertising for procedures r…

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29/03/18
Public consultation on common rules for the operation of EU air carriers in the internal aviation market

On 15 March 2018, the European Commission launched a public consultation on Regulation No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on c…

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