Belgium: new government agrees on VAT compliance updates

08 November, 2014

The new government of Belgium has agreed on changes of VAT compliance issues. The changes are:

6% of the reduced VAT rate will be applicable on the expenditure for improvements to homes of at least 10 years old. Previously it was 5 years old to avail of the reduced VAT rate.
New January 2015 B2C digital services VAT rule has been implemented.
VAT registration threshold has been increased to Euro 25,000 per annum.
Cosmetic surgery has been reclassified to the standard rate from the reduced rate from July 2015.

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