{"id":369,"date":"2018-10-25T13:49:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T11:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fidupress.be\/ba\/?page_id=369"},"modified":"2018-10-25T13:49:01","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T11:49:01","slug":"belgian-vat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.leuven-accountants.be\/en\/setting-up-business-in-belgium\/belgian-vat\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgian VAT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Value-added tax<\/strong>&nbsp;is applied to all exchanges of goods and services except for exports, real estate rents, dividends, interest on loans and deposits, and limited categories of fees (e.g. journalists or&nbsp;doctors). As far as intra-Community Trade (within the EU) is concerned, the concepts \u201cexportation\u201d and \u201cimportation\u201d were abolished and replaced by \u201cintra-Community supply\u201d for supply of goods (which continues to be exempted from VAT) and \u201cintra-Community acquisition\u201d (which is a taxable event according the so-called VAT-reverse charge mechanism: the VAT being due is in principal simultaneously deductible within the same VAT-return).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three VAT rates apply:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>a lower rate of 6% (basic food, water distribution, hotel services, transportation, property restoration, cinema, etc.);<\/li><li>a 12% (social housing, margarine, etc.);<\/li><li>a basic rate of taxation of 21% from January 1st 1996. For gold as an investment asset an exemption of VAT applies.&nbsp;Not to&nbsp;be confused with VAT are the excise duties imposed on petroleum, tobacco products,&nbsp;alcoholic drinks and sugar.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Leuven Accountants&nbsp;<\/strong>has experienced contacts helping clients in obtaining a Belgian excise license. The office is very experienced in filing quarterly or monthly VAT-returns and other related VAT-formalities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The firm also has a few clients having the obligation to submit INTRASTAT declarations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Leuven Accountants<\/strong>&nbsp;can also study any specific VAT-question you might have. For VAT-queries in very complex situations (possibly cross-border transactions), the office liaises with&nbsp;experienced VAT-specialists who focus on customs and\/or VAT-problems&nbsp;solely from a legal perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Leuven Accountants<\/strong>&nbsp;will then implement the offered solutions in client\u2019s accounts as well as valid VAT-returns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Value-added tax&nbsp;is applied to all exchanges of goods and services except for exports, real estate rents, dividends, interest on loans and deposits, and limited categories of fees (e.g. journalists or&nbsp;doctors). 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