VAT in Belgium
In order to grow your business in Europe and in Belgium, you may require a VAT registration in Belgium. Whether your company is located in the European Union or not, you will potentially need a tax agent or a tax representative to prepare your Belgian VAT statements, Intrastat, EC Sales List, DES or EMEBI (Monthly Statistical Survey on the Exchange of Intra-Community Goods) statements.
Moreover, if you are paying VAT during your transactions with Belgian companies, you could be eligible for the refund of this VAT.
Below we gathered all the services we offer in Belgium as well as the essential information for your tax obligations in Belgium.
Our services: VAT in Belgium
Indirect Taxes
- VAT refund requests
- Audit & VAT assistance
- Declaration & payment of excises duties
Training and Tools
VAT in Belgium : Essential information you need to know for your tax obligations
Information on Belgium :
- Adhesion to the EU : 1957
- ISO Code : BE
- Currency : EUR
- Structure of the VAT number : BE + 10 chiffres
Essential information on VAT in Belgium
VAT rates in Belgium
- Standard rate : 21%
- Reduced rate : 12%
- Super reduced rate : 6%
VAT declaration periods in Belgium
- Periodicity : Monthly or Quarterly
- Submission date : before the 20th of the following month
VAT & e-commerce in Belgium
- Global threshold : 10.000 €
- VAT declaration & payment : in the One Stop Shop (OSS) of the country of establishment
Why and how to register for VAT in Belgium?
DES | Intrastat | ESL
Intrastat
Intrastat declarations allow the Belgian administration to compile statistics on the international trade of goods.
Companies are required to submit such declarations whenever they exceed a certain threshold:
- Threshold for Intra-EU imports into Belgium: 1.500.000€
- Threshold for Intra-EU exports from Belgium: 1.000.000€
EC Sales List
The EC Sales List (ESL) in Belgium is a tax declaration. It must be submitted from the very first euro of intra-community sales.
European Declaration of Services (DES)
The European declaration of services is a declaration equivalent to the Intrastat but for the supply of services. Commonly called the DES, it includes all the services sold between a Belgian taxable person and a taxable person established in another member state of the European Union
VAT Refund in Belgium
The refund request must be for a minimum VAT amount of :
- 400 € or the equivalent in national currency for a claim covering a period of three months to less than one year;
- 50 € or the equivalent in national currency for a claim covering a period of one calendar year.
Requests for VAT refunds must be filed electronically on the portal of the country of origin before :
- September 30 (of the following year) for companies located in the European Union
- June 30 (of the following year) for third-party companies (located outside the European Union)
Why use our Service to be your tax representative / tax agent?
Eurofiscalis is an international tax company specialising in tax representation. Our experts (statutory auditors, accountants, lawyers) speak many languages and will take care of all tax obligations on behalf of your company. European tax law and related aspects are a critical issue in a company’s development on the international arena, which is why we establish long-term relations based on trust.
Analysis of your flows and compliance with VAT, Intrastat, invoices, customs
Processing and submission of your VAT registration
Getting your local VAT and EORI numbers
Simplified customer/supplier bookkeeping
Filing of your periodic VAT and Intrastat returns
Single point of contact with local authorities
Countries where we provide our services
- Germany
- Austria
- Belgium
- Spain
- France
- Ireland
- Italy
- Luxembourg
- The Netherlands
- Portugal
- United Kingdom
- Switzerland
- Bulgaria
- Estonia
- Hungary
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Poland
- Czech Republic
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Denmark
- Finland
- Sweden
- Norway
- Cyprus
- Croatia
- Malta
- Greece
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