2020 Tax Return: Box III – Real Estate

In box III, you declare the income from any real estate you may own, that can be actual rental income you receive or the theoretical income from a second or third residence. If you only own the house you live in, you don’t need to declare anything at all, unless you rent out part of your house. If you have a second residence, you need …

2020 Tax Return : Box II – Your Family Situation

This is one box where people make a lot of mistakes. Check box 1001 if you are single or living with your partner and you haven’t formalised your partnership. Spouses and partners It is only if you are married or in a registered partnership that you file your tax return together but only for the following year. If you are currently married or registered partners, …

2020 Tax Return: Checklist

Hopefully, you have put all the documents you received in one envelope or box: your salary or pension statement for 2017, certificates of donations etc …. Which documents and certificates do you need to prepare your income tax return: Earnings: salary statement; holiday pay statement (if not paid by your employer); unemployment benefit statement; illness or occupational injury benefit statement pension statement; all documents evidencing …

Help!?

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. The first time, things may be quite straightforward because you only have your salary to declare. There …

2020 Tax Return: Filing on Paper

Let’s open that brown envelope; what will you find? The tax return You cannot miss it; it is the document with a little text and columns in red. It resembles a lotto form, and just like a lotto form it is scanned. Just seeing it is quite disheartening, with columns to complete. It is all a question of putting the right number or X with …

2020 Tax Return: Filing Online

To file online, you log in with your electronic id card, a token or via 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 AppStore or Google Play and you activate it once with your bank card or electronic identity card. With Itsme, you can login to …

2020 Tax Return: on Paper or Online?

Why file online? What are the advantages of filing online? first of all, you have more time to file, until 16 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 have to make a draft first and then copy the codes and numbers …

2020 Tax Return: When do I need to file?

The tax return on paper must be filed by 30 June. This means the tax return must hit the letterbox of the scanning centre in Jambes or in Ledeberg on that day. Don’t leave it until the last minute. Putting the tax return in the mail on the 27th may be too late. If you forgot the deadline, you can file online until 16 July. Plan …

2020 Tax return: Couples and Children

In Belgium, the tax return is a tax return for the whole family. Parents file jointly and declare their children’s income, unless they receive maintenance or had a student job. Filing jointly or separately? Spouses and registered partners (in Belgium they are called legal cohabitants / wettelijke samenwonenden) don’t get to choose whether they file jointly or separately. Couples who live together but have not …

2020 Tax Return: is this your first time?

If this is the first time you file a tax return, here are a few things you need to know. The first time, you will receive a brown envelope with a tax return and some documents to help you file (see Filing on Paper). Whether you receive a Brussels, Flemish or Walloon tax return depends on where you were registered on 1 January 2020. You …