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Webcast Belgium - Budget 2012

Overview of Tax Measures - Update
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Speakers

                            Herwig Joosten
                           Matthias Franz                                         Koen Cooreman
                            Ernst & Young
                           Partner, Tax                                           Ernst & Young

                           Ernst & Young, Stuttgart Belgium
                            Managing Partner Tax
                                                                                  Executive Director Corporate Tax




                             Johan Bellens                                        Stijn Vanoppen
                             Ernst & Young                                        Ernst & Young

                             Executive Tax Director Human Capital                 FSO Tax Executive Director




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Agenda


             1.                 Introduction

             2.                 Notional interest deduction

             3.                 Thin cap

             4.                 Capital gains on shares (corporate income taxation)

             5.                 General anti-abuse provision – Art. 344, §1 ITC 92

             6.                 Pension taxation

             7.                 Taxation of company cars

             8.                 Withholding tax measures

             9.                 Conclusion




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Introduction

Budget plan Di Rupo I partially put into legislation
►     Law of 28 December 2011 containing miscellaneous provisions (Belgian
      Official Gazette of 30 December 2011)
►     Bill of second program law submitted to Parliament
      ►      Still not all announced measures included
Budgetary exercise of EUR 11.3 billion
►     Original hypothesis: economic growth of 0.8%
►     Projected growth reduced to
      ►      0.1% (Federaal Planbureau/Bureau fédéral du Plan) in February 2012
      ►      - 0,1% (IMF/EU Commission) in February 2012
►     Need for additional EUR 1 to 2 billion
►     New budget round started previous weekend




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Introduction

Tax measures: impact in 2012 (EUR 3,449 mio)
                                                                                  EUR (in mio)   Percentage
          Notional interest deduction                                                   1,620       + 45.6%
          Taxation of capital gains on shares                                             150        + 4.2%
          Company car taxation                                                            200        + 5.7%
          Externalization pension provisions                                               55        + 1.6%
          Stock options                                                                    20        + 0.5%
          Benefit in kind housing, etc.                                                   170        + 4.8%
          WHT increase and solidarity levy                                                917       + 26.0%
          Stock exchange tax                                                               50        + 1.4%
          VAT pay-TV                                                                       84        + 2.4%
          VAT notaries and bailiffs                                                       100        + 2.8%
          Excises                                                                         158        + 4.5%

Related measures (combat fraud, …): EUR 3,220 mio (2012-2014)

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Corporate tax – Notional interest deduction

Adopted (applicable as from TY 2013)
►     NID rate: reduction of cap to 3% (3.5% for SME) for 2012-2014
      ►      As from 2015: NID rate will be determined by law
Still no draft text on
► Abolishment of NID carry-forward for future excess NID
►     Limitation of deduction of existing stock excess NID (40/60-rule and
      combination with 7-year limitation still to be determined)
Other news
► Reasoned opinion EU Commission regarding exclusion EU/EEA branch
      equity and real estate from NID basis (26 January 2012)
      ►      EU Commission: incompatible with freedom of establishment and EU free
             movement of capital
      ►      Belgium has 2 months to answer – probably negative answer



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Corporate tax – Thin capitalization
(new regime)
Modification still in the pipeline (applicability planned as from date of
  publication): scope
►     No longer limited to interest paid to beneficial owner, subject to no income tax
      or a far more beneficial regime for interest income
►     Also for intra-group loans (irrespective of tax treatment of interest at the level
      of the beneficiary)
      ►      Definition of group companies in accordance with Art. 11 Companies Code
             ►      Connected companies (concept of control)
             ►      Consortium (companies under central management)
             ↔ Initial version: (broader) BCC definition
►     Excluded: loans contracted by
      ►      Leasing companies under supervision of BNB/NBB and FSMA insofar the
             loans relate to leasing activities
      ►      Factoring companies under supervision of BNB/NBB and FSMA insofar the
             loans relate to factoring activities
      ►      Companies primarily active in the field of public-private cooperation


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Corporate tax – Thin capitalization
(new regime)
Modification still in the pipeline: scope (cont’d)
►     Change of thin cap ratio from 7:1 now to 5:1
►     Debt
      ►      All loans, with the exclusion of
             ►      Bonds
             ►      Other publicly issued borrowing instruments
             ►      Loans granted by certain financial institutions (banks, insurance
                    companies and other types of financial institutions listed in Art. 56, §2,
                    2° ITC 92)
      ►      Look at beneficial owner in case of indirect loans and guaranteed loans when
             main aim of indirect loan/guarantee is tax avoidance
►     Equity = fiscal equity
      ►      The sum of the taxed reserves at the beginning of the accounting period and
             the paid-in capital at the end of the accounting period
             ↔ Initial version: accounting equity
      ►      Special provision neutralizing the decrease of taxed reserves in case of
             parent-subsidiary restructurings (merger goodwill)
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Corporate tax – Thin capitalization
(new regime)
Open questions - what about
►     EU context ?
►     Renting?
►     FX intercompany loans that are potentially swapped?
►     Trade debt?
Future of Belgium as location for financing centers?
►     Future of cash pooling and intercompany factoring?
      ►      No netting (no Dutch 10d-type rule – still very soft rule and relatively easy to
             come by)
      ►      Factoring/leasing exclusion: too restrictive scope of application
      ►      No tax consolidation
►     Lobbying (AmCham) in progress to
      ►      Exclude bona fide intra-group finance companies
      ►      Introduce netting (only on excess of loans-in vs. loans-out and interest-out vs.
             interest-in)
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Corporate tax – Thin capitalization
(new regime)
Risk of double taxation
►      Article 55 ITC 92 (transfer pricing) continues to exist
►      Article 54 ITC 92 continues to exist
►      Reporting requirement for certain payments ≥ EUR 100,000 (Article 307, § 1
       ITC 92)
►      Pro rata temporis application (on a day-per-day basis?)




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Corporate tax – Capital gain on shares

Modification still in the pipeline (entry into application planned for TY 2013
and TY 2012 if accounting period not closed on date of publication)
►     Taxation at 25% of capital gains on shares held for less than one year
      (exception to principle of tax exemption of capital gains held for 1 year in full
      ownership)
►     Capital losses remain non-deductible
►     To be assessed on a share-per-share basis
►     Neutrality of tax-neutral restructurings for assessment holding period
      requirement
►     Special regime for shares in trade portfolio of financial institutions and certain
      traders
      ►      Taxation of capital gains – deductibility of capital losses (reference date: 31
             December 2011)
      ►      Special rules for transfers between portfolios



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Corporate tax – Capital gain on shares

          Company type                                  Portfolio                   Taxation      Holding     Tax rate
                                                                                  requirement      period
                                                                                                requirement
 Financial institutions/                                   Trade                       -             -        33.99%
 Traders
 Financial institutions/                                   Other                      X              -        33.99%
 Traders
 Financial institutions/                                   Other                                   X         25.75%
 Traders
 Financial institutions/                                   Other                                            Exempt
 Traders
 Other companies                                             N/A                      X              -        33.99%
 Other companies                                             N/A                                   X         25.75%
 Other companies                                             N/A                                            Exempt



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Corporate tax – Capital gain on shares

Open questions:
►     Imputation of deductions and losses
      ►      Different value in case of imputation on taxable capital gains on shares (at
             25.75%) or normal taxable basis (at 33.99%/progressive rates for SME)
      ►      Imputation at choice of taxpayer? Pro rata parte?
►     Probably no impact on application of progressive corporate tax rates




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General anti-abuse provision
Art. 344, §1 ITC 92
Original provision adopted in 1993
►      Recharacterization of transaction(s), when aim of legal characterization of
       the parties opted for is tax avoidance
►      Taxpayer may prove legitimate needs of a financial or economic nature for
       the chosen legal characterization
►      Limited application in practice due to strict legal approach adopted in case
       law of Supreme Court : need for similar legal consequences (impossible for
       one-step transactions and difficult for step-by-step transactions unless (near-
       )simulation)




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General anti-abuse provision
Art. 344, §1 ITC 92 - Modification
In the pipeline: modification of the general anti-abuse provision
►     Abuse of tax law
      ►      Avoidance of the application of provisions of ITC 92 or RD/ITC 92 (taxation vs.
             tax benefit)
      ►      Through legal and non-simulated legal acts
      ►      Approximating to taxable acts vs. acts not benefiting from a tax benefit
      ►      Not in line with the objectives of the tax provision
      ►      Avoidance of Belgian income tax as sole material purpose
►     Inspiration in ECJ case law – aimed at wholly artificial arrangements
      ►      Not pursuant the economic goals of the tax provision; or
      ►      Not pursuant the economic reality; or
      ►      Not at normal economic or financial conditions
►     Entry into application
      ►      Tax year 2013
      ►      Tax year 2012 if accounting period is not closed on date of publication
►     Similar provisions for registration duties and inheritance tax

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General anti-abuse provision
Art. 344, §1 ITC 92 - Modification
                                                  Current provision                         New provision
  Scope                             Legal act or legal acts establishing a        Legal act or legal acts establishing a
                                    same operation                                same operation
  Burden of proof                   Tax avoidance                                 Abuse of tax law (wholly artificial
  tax authorities                                                                 arrangements (inspired by ECJ case
                                                                                  law)): (non) application of provision,
                                                                                  contrary with its aim

  Means of                          All, including presumptions but               All, including presumptions but
  evidence tax                      excluding oath                                excluding oath, based on objective
  authorities                                                                     circumstances

  Counterproof                      Justified economic or financial needs         Other specific and material objectives,
                                                                                  not limited to sphere of economic or
                                                                                  financial needs (ruling possible on
                                                                                  motives, not on procedure)
  Inopposability                    Classification of legal act(s)                Legal act(s)
  Sanction                          Reclassification in an act with identical     Repairment of tax base or calculation
                                    or similar legal consequences                 as if there is no abuse



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General anti-abuse provision
Art. 344, §1 ITC 92 – Potential examples
Letting - Subletting
►     Ignoring subletting?
Reduction of paid-up capital
►     Dividend distribution?
Liquidation of company followed by reincorporation
►     Dividend distribution?
Back-to-back financing via Belco to avoid WHT
►     Direct payment to ultimate economic lender with WHT?
Split acquisition of usufruct and ownership via management company?
Split sale transactions (long lease rights with option on naked ownership) to
  avoid upfront registration duties?




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General anti-abuse provision
Art. 344, §1 ITC 92 – Potential examples
►    Sale of shares of a single residential real estate asset company? Step-up
     for the purchaser?
►    Recharacterisation of profit-participating loans as profit-sharing
     certificates?
►    Sale of shares in Opco by individuals to new Holdco for deferred
     payment, followed by dividend distribution by Opco to Holdco?
►    Sale of cash management company to a financial institution, followed by
     liquidation?
►    Contribution of share-bond portfolio by director/shareholder into fully-
     owned EBVBA/SPRLU to avoid WHT?




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General anti-abuse provision
Art. 344, §1 ITC 92
Potential issues
►     Retroactive entry into application?
►     Application possible over several years for step-by-step transactions in case
      of “eenheid van opzet / unité d’intention”
Action points:
►     Assess impact of extended reclassification possibilities on structures and
      operations
►     Consider potential planning before enactment and publication still
►     Ernst & Young has dedicated a team of tax specialists to further analyze the
      new provision and to follow-up on developments in its application




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Corporate income tax - Pensions

Modification still in the pipeline: mandatory externalization of individual
pension promises (financing via internal provisions is no longer allowed)
►     Initial plan:
      ►      Existing internal provisions: externalization within three years
      ►      Insurance premium tax
            4.4% on new insurances
             ►
        ► 1.75% on externalization of existing internal pension provisions
►     BUT: rumored agreement on
      ►      Externalization requirement only for future – no externalization obligation for
             existing pension provisions; and
      ►      Tax of 1.75% on existing pension provisions, with possibility to spread over 3
             years (at 0.6% per year)
      ►      Tax of 4.4% on future contributions
►     Date of entry into application unknown


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Corporate income tax - Pensions

Modification still in the pipeline: adaptation of treatment of employers’
  contributions (second pillar)
►     Initial plan: Additional limitation of tax deductibility of complementary pension
      contributions based on amount of pension payment upon retirement
      ►      Currently: cap of 80% of last annual gross salary
      ►      Introduction of an additional cap: pension of the highest public official (gross
             EUR 72,480.72 per year or EUR 6,040.06 per month)
►     BUT: rumored agreement on changes to initial plan
      ►      No change to 80%-rule
      ►      Social security contribution on employers’ contributions if the premiums paid
             constitute a pension (legal and extra-legal pensions combined) which exceeds
             the pension of the highest paid public official
►     Date of entry into application unknown




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Corporate income tax - Pensions

Action points / points of attention
►     Follow-up on rumored changes to initial plans - Ernst & Young keeps
      subscribers up-to-date on developments via Tax Alerts!




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Personal income tax - Pensions

Still in the pipeline: modification of treatment of payments and contributions
►     Pension payments (second pillar): increase of tax rate on payments (part
      relating to employer contributions)
      ►      Current situation
             ►      Payment at ages 60 to 64: 16.5%
             ►      Payment at age 65: 10%
      ►      New situation
            Payment at age 60: 20%
             ►
         ► Payment at age 61: 18%
         ► Payment at age 62 to 64: 16.5%
         ► Payment at age 65: 10%
►     Personal pension contributions (second and third pillar)
      ►      Current situation: tax reduction at rate between 30% and 40%
      ►      New situation: tax reduction at 30%


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Corporate and personal income tax
Company cars
Adopted (applicable as from 1 January 2012)
►      New calculation formula for benefits in kind (BIK) for company cars (to be
       amended)
►      Deduction of lump sum commuting cost limited to amount of BIK
►      Additional disallowed item related to company car costs (corporate and legal
       entities taxation)




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Corporate and personal income tax
Company cars

New calculation formula for BIK company cars

                  BIK = car list value x age correction x CO2 coefficient x 6/7

Law of 28 December 2011
►      Car list value = amount invoiced, including VAT and options, but excluding
       rebates and discounts
Modification in the pipeline: same car list value for all cars
►      Car list value = car list price in case of sale of new car to an individual,
       including VAT and options, but excluding rebates and discounts




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Corporate and personal income tax
Company cars

Modification in the pipeline: age-correction : 6% per year– Age correction
  up to a max. of 70% of list price

        Number of months expired from                                             Percentage of car list value to be
        first registration date (month                                            taken into account
        started = full month)
        From 0 to 12 months                                                       100 %
        From 13 to 24 months                                                      94 %
        From 25 to 36 months                                                      88 %
        From 37 to 48 months                                                      82 %
        From 49 to 60 months                                                      76 %
        As of 61 months                                                           70 %

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Corporate and personal income tax
Company cars
Car type                                                                           Current BIK        BIK new regime
                                                                                    (7,500 km)               (year 1)
Audi A6 3,0 TDI                                                                   EUR 2,397.75         *EUR 3,640.37
BMW X5 xDrive30D 245                                                              EUR 3,363.75          EUR 7,380.21
Mercedes-Benz CLS 350 CDI I                                                       EUR 2,742.75          EUR 7,254.85
Mini One D                                                                        EUR 1,707.75        **EUR 1,200.00
                                                                                                          * See below
                                                                                                          ** Minimum BIK

►    Example: Audi A6 Diesel
     ►      List price: EUR 42,900
     ►      CO2 level: 139 g/km
     ►      CO2 coefficient: 5.5% + 4.4% = 9.9%
     ►      BIK year 1: List price x CO2 coefficient x 6/7 = EUR 3,640.37
     ►      [BIK year 2: List price x 94% x CO2 coefficient x 6/7 = EUR 3,421.95]
     ►      [BIK > year 5: List price x 70% x CO2 coefficient x 6/7 = EUR 2,548.26]

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Corporate and personal income tax
Company cars
FAQ on website tax authorities
►      Pro rata temporis calculation on calendar day basis
       ►      First day to be included, day of return of car excluded
►      Pro rata applies in case
       ►      Company car available during part of year
       ►      Temporary car (“aanloopwagen / véhicule de transition”)
       ►      Switching cars during the year
       ►      Absence from work (e.g. illness) and car is to be returned to employer during
              the period of absence
►      No pro rata termporis reduction in case of
       ►      Temporary unavailability of car (repair) / no impact of replacement car
       ►      Normal absence from work (leave, sickness)




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Corporate and personal income tax
Company cars
FAQ on website Tax Authorities
►      Partial private use
       ►      Rule: normal calculation if any private use
       ►      Exception: social benefit in case of exceptional private use of a pool car (e.g.
              exceptional family circumstance)
►      Discounts
       ►      Not to be deducted from car list value / calculation base
       ►      Fleet discount/ free options / …
       ►      FAQ: VAT on discount to be included in car list price
              ↔       Explanatory memorandum of pending modification: only include
                      VAT really paid (=> not VAT on discount)
►      Options financed by employee
       ►      Price of the options not to be included in the calculation base
       ►      Irrespective of payment modality
►      Payments by employee for repair/damages: not deductible


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Management Company Car Tool: Input (1)




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Management Company Car Tool : Output (1)




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Management Company Car Tool : input (2)




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Management Company Car Tool: output (2)




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Personal income tax – BIK housing/utilities

RD of 23 February 2012 (published on 28 February 2012)
►      Increase of the BIK for heating from 1.640 to EUR 1,820 (indexed amounts)
       for income year 2012
►      Increase of the BIK for electricity from EUR 820 to EUR 910 (indexed
       amounts) for income year 2012
►      Increase of the BIK for free housing for house with a notional income (non-
       indexed) exceeding EUR 745
       ►      Currently: 100/60 x notional income x 2
       ►      2012 : 100/60 x notional income x 3.8
►      Subject to indexation annually
Action points / points of attention
►      Reconsider the remuneration package of employees/directors involved (e.g.
       minimum salary threshold to benefit from the corporate income tax rate for
       SME)


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Withholding tax

Adopted (applicable to payments as from 1 January 2012)
► Increase of WHT rate on interest and reduced WHT rate on dividends to 21%
►     Introduction of an additional “solidarity levy” of 4%
►     New reporting requirements for withholding agents
Legislative amendments in the pipeline
► Practical aspects of the “solidarity levy” (reporting requirements, nature of the
      levy, etc.)
Finance Minister: “Reform of WHT rules of Law of 28 December 2011 is still
   possible”, referring to
      ►      Return to system of anonymity and final character of WHT
      ►      25% WHT rate with reimbursement of 4% on EUR 20,020 of qualifying interest
             and dividends upon request via the tax return




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Withholding tax

Additional solidarity levy – What?

►     Extra levy of 4% (no municipality surcharge)

►     Applicable to the net amount of interest income and dividends exceeding EUR
      20,020 (in 2012), excluding
      ►      Dividends and interest payments subject to the 10 or 25% rate of WHT
      ►      Interest paid on government debt securities issued and underwritten between
             24 November 2011 and 2 December 2011; and
      ►      Interest from qualifying savings accounts


►     Ongoing lobby from financial sector for abolishment (application of 25% with
      reimbursement of excess, cfr. previous slide)




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Withholding tax

Additional solidarity levy – How?

►     Either to be levied at source

►     Or via assessment (optional)
      ►      At the request of the beneficiary
      ►      Giving rise to reporting formalities of the relevant investment
             income




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Withholding tax

Additional solidarity levy – How?
► Levy at source: 4% on the entire amount
      ►      Possibility to claim back excess via the tax return
      ►      Character: not tantamount to a withholding tax
      ►      Via a specific form (not WHT returns): still to be issued
      ►      Extent to which existing rules regarding WHT apply: still uncertain!
      ►      Legislative amendments in the pipeline
             ►      Specific references to certain (sub-)sections of the ITC 92
             ►      Sub-section relating to WHT exemptions (articles 264-266 ITC 92) is
                    explicitly set aside!
             ►      Unwanted effect: does that mean that investment income subject to 0%
                    WHT (e.g. share redemption through stock exchange, dividends from
                    domestic REITs) will always be subject to the 4 % of additional
                    solidarity levy ??



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Withholding tax

Additional solidarity levy – Assessment through reporting
► Act of 28 December 2011: obligations on withholding agent
      ►      The issuer in the case of Belgian sourced income (except for securities held in
             the X/N system for which BNB is the WHT agent)
      ►      First intermediary or subsequent financial institution for foreign sourced
             income
►     Problem: the beneficiary’s identity is unknown to withholding agent
      ►      No election possible? Always via levy at source? At what rate?
      ►      No solution yet
►     Problem: withholding agent has not all info subject to reporting
      ►      Legislative amendments in the pipeline
             ►      Withholding agent for income from nominative securities
             ►      Income arising from all other securities: reporting obligation shift to
                    paying agent



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Withholding tax

Additional solidarity levy – Reporting: to whom? What?
► To whom? Legislative amendment in the pipeline:
      ►      Reporting to the competent department of the FOD/SPF Finance
             ►      Instead of the National Bank
             ►      Department independent from tax authorities (IT staff)
      ►      Reporting of personal (beneficiary) and payment identification data
►     What income?
      ►      No reporting requirement for interest income/dividends on which the additional
             solidarity levy was applied at source
             ►      Legislative amendment in the pipeline: exception (reporting) if debtor
                    bears WHT
      ►      Reporting requirement for all other interest and dividend income listed in article
             17, §1, 1° and 2° ITC 92
      ►      Reporting only in view of applying the additional solidarity levy/treshold
             computation? Quid liquidation boni taxable @ 10%, government debt taxable
             @ 15%?

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Withholding tax

Additional solidarity levy – Reporting to the tax authorities?
► Communication to the tax authorities FOD/SPF Finance
►     Upon request:
      ►      Only possible in respect of the solidarity levy (when the taxpayer requests a
             refund of 4% levy)
      ►      Not for other purposes, e.g. taxation based on “tekenen en indiciën van
             gegoedheid / signes et indices d’aisance”
►     Automatic communication
      ►      Only if more than EUR 20,020 reported to the competent department of the
             FOD/SPF Finance
      ►      Practical aspects to be laid down in a Royal Decree




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Withholding tax – Examples
                                           WHT rate                       Threshold   Solidarity levy    Reporting to
                                                                                                          FOD/SPF
 Dividends (strips)                             21%                                                         
                                                                                                         (unless 4%)
 Dividends                                      25%                                        X                 
 (no strips)
 Regulated                              15% (exempt                                        X                 
 Interest savings                        up to EUR
 accounts                                  1,830)
 Interest                                       15%                               X         X                 
 government
 bonds 24/11-
 2/12/2011
 Interest on debt                               25%                                        X                 
 pre-1990
 Other interest                                 21%                                                         
                                                                                                         (unless 4%)


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                                             WHT rate                     Threshold   Solidarity levy    Reporting to
                                                                                                          FOD/SPF
 Dividends                                        21%                                                       
 beveks/sicavs                                                                                           (unless 4%)
 Dividends REITS                                  21%                                                       
                                                                                                         (unless 4%)

 Dividends                                         0%                             X          ?                ?
 residential REITS

 EU passported                                    21%                                                       
 beveks/sicavs,                                                                                          (unless 4%)
 > 40% debt
 (accumulating)




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Withholding tax – Examples
                                         WHT rate                         Threshold   Solidarity levy    Reporting to
                                                                                                          FOD/SPF
 Liquidation boni                             10%                                 X         X                 

 Redemption                                   21%                                                           
 share buy-back                                                                                          (unless 4%)

 Income listed in                              N/A                                X         X                 X
 Art. 21 ITC
 Other movable                                15%                                 X         X                 X
 income




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Conclusion

What’s next?
►      Second bill of program law submitted to Parliament (cf. supra)
       ►      General anti-abuse measure (Art. 344, §1 ITC),
       ►      Thin cap
       ►      Modifications relating to solidarity levy
       ►      Capital gains on shares (corporate income taxation)
       ►      Company cars
►      Legislation for remaining items to be drafted
       ►      NID carry-forward
       ►      Conversion of tax deductions into tax reductions (personal income tax)
       ►      Pension taxation
       ►      Measures relating to the combat of tax fraud




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Conclusion

What’s next? (cont’d)
►     First and preliminary information budget round last weekend: new tax measures?
      ►      Proposals shot down:
             ►      VAT increase
             ►      Minimum tax for companies
             ►      Tax amnesty
      ►      Pick-up of measures abandoned earlier (note Di Rupo)?
             ►      Exclusion of mandatory equity from NID basis (minimum capital and legal
                    reserves)?
             ►      Tax on airplane tickets (business and first class)?
             ►      Increase of tax on liquidation boni?
             ►      2-year holding period requirement for participation exemption and
                    exemption of capital gains on shares in corporate tax?
             ►      Taxation of capital gains on shares in personal income taxation?
             ►      VAT for lawyers?
             ►      Wealth tax?
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  • 1. Webcast Belgium - Budget 2012 Overview of Tax Measures - Update
  • 2. Technical notes Enlarge display Download PDF Ask questions via chat 08.03.2012 Ernst & Young 2 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 3. Speakers Herwig Joosten Matthias Franz Koen Cooreman Ernst & Young Partner, Tax Ernst & Young Ernst & Young, Stuttgart Belgium Managing Partner Tax Executive Director Corporate Tax Johan Bellens Stijn Vanoppen Ernst & Young Ernst & Young Executive Tax Director Human Capital FSO Tax Executive Director 08.03.2012 Ernst & Young 3 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 4. Agenda 1. Introduction 2. Notional interest deduction 3. Thin cap 4. Capital gains on shares (corporate income taxation) 5. General anti-abuse provision – Art. 344, §1 ITC 92 6. Pension taxation 7. Taxation of company cars 8. Withholding tax measures 9. Conclusion 08.03.2012 Ernst & Young 4 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 5. Introduction Budget plan Di Rupo I partially put into legislation ► Law of 28 December 2011 containing miscellaneous provisions (Belgian Official Gazette of 30 December 2011) ► Bill of second program law submitted to Parliament ► Still not all announced measures included Budgetary exercise of EUR 11.3 billion ► Original hypothesis: economic growth of 0.8% ► Projected growth reduced to ► 0.1% (Federaal Planbureau/Bureau fédéral du Plan) in February 2012 ► - 0,1% (IMF/EU Commission) in February 2012 ► Need for additional EUR 1 to 2 billion ► New budget round started previous weekend 5 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 6. Introduction Tax measures: impact in 2012 (EUR 3,449 mio) EUR (in mio) Percentage Notional interest deduction 1,620 + 45.6% Taxation of capital gains on shares 150 + 4.2% Company car taxation 200 + 5.7% Externalization pension provisions 55 + 1.6% Stock options 20 + 0.5% Benefit in kind housing, etc. 170 + 4.8% WHT increase and solidarity levy 917 + 26.0% Stock exchange tax 50 + 1.4% VAT pay-TV 84 + 2.4% VAT notaries and bailiffs 100 + 2.8% Excises 158 + 4.5% Related measures (combat fraud, …): EUR 3,220 mio (2012-2014) 6 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 7. Corporate tax – Notional interest deduction Adopted (applicable as from TY 2013) ► NID rate: reduction of cap to 3% (3.5% for SME) for 2012-2014 ► As from 2015: NID rate will be determined by law Still no draft text on ► Abolishment of NID carry-forward for future excess NID ► Limitation of deduction of existing stock excess NID (40/60-rule and combination with 7-year limitation still to be determined) Other news ► Reasoned opinion EU Commission regarding exclusion EU/EEA branch equity and real estate from NID basis (26 January 2012) ► EU Commission: incompatible with freedom of establishment and EU free movement of capital ► Belgium has 2 months to answer – probably negative answer 7 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 8. Corporate tax – Thin capitalization (new regime) Modification still in the pipeline (applicability planned as from date of publication): scope ► No longer limited to interest paid to beneficial owner, subject to no income tax or a far more beneficial regime for interest income ► Also for intra-group loans (irrespective of tax treatment of interest at the level of the beneficiary) ► Definition of group companies in accordance with Art. 11 Companies Code ► Connected companies (concept of control) ► Consortium (companies under central management) ↔ Initial version: (broader) BCC definition ► Excluded: loans contracted by ► Leasing companies under supervision of BNB/NBB and FSMA insofar the loans relate to leasing activities ► Factoring companies under supervision of BNB/NBB and FSMA insofar the loans relate to factoring activities ► Companies primarily active in the field of public-private cooperation 8 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 9. Corporate tax – Thin capitalization (new regime) Modification still in the pipeline: scope (cont’d) ► Change of thin cap ratio from 7:1 now to 5:1 ► Debt ► All loans, with the exclusion of ► Bonds ► Other publicly issued borrowing instruments ► Loans granted by certain financial institutions (banks, insurance companies and other types of financial institutions listed in Art. 56, §2, 2° ITC 92) ► Look at beneficial owner in case of indirect loans and guaranteed loans when main aim of indirect loan/guarantee is tax avoidance ► Equity = fiscal equity ► The sum of the taxed reserves at the beginning of the accounting period and the paid-in capital at the end of the accounting period ↔ Initial version: accounting equity ► Special provision neutralizing the decrease of taxed reserves in case of parent-subsidiary restructurings (merger goodwill) 9 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 10. Corporate tax – Thin capitalization (new regime) Open questions - what about ► EU context ? ► Renting? ► FX intercompany loans that are potentially swapped? ► Trade debt? Future of Belgium as location for financing centers? ► Future of cash pooling and intercompany factoring? ► No netting (no Dutch 10d-type rule – still very soft rule and relatively easy to come by) ► Factoring/leasing exclusion: too restrictive scope of application ► No tax consolidation ► Lobbying (AmCham) in progress to ► Exclude bona fide intra-group finance companies ► Introduce netting (only on excess of loans-in vs. loans-out and interest-out vs. interest-in) 10 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 11. Corporate tax – Thin capitalization (new regime) Risk of double taxation ► Article 55 ITC 92 (transfer pricing) continues to exist ► Article 54 ITC 92 continues to exist ► Reporting requirement for certain payments ≥ EUR 100,000 (Article 307, § 1 ITC 92) ► Pro rata temporis application (on a day-per-day basis?) 11 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 12. Corporate tax – Capital gain on shares Modification still in the pipeline (entry into application planned for TY 2013 and TY 2012 if accounting period not closed on date of publication) ► Taxation at 25% of capital gains on shares held for less than one year (exception to principle of tax exemption of capital gains held for 1 year in full ownership) ► Capital losses remain non-deductible ► To be assessed on a share-per-share basis ► Neutrality of tax-neutral restructurings for assessment holding period requirement ► Special regime for shares in trade portfolio of financial institutions and certain traders ► Taxation of capital gains – deductibility of capital losses (reference date: 31 December 2011) ► Special rules for transfers between portfolios 12 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 13. Corporate tax – Capital gain on shares Company type Portfolio Taxation Holding Tax rate requirement period requirement Financial institutions/ Trade - - 33.99% Traders Financial institutions/ Other X - 33.99% Traders Financial institutions/ Other  X 25.75% Traders Financial institutions/ Other   Exempt Traders Other companies N/A X - 33.99% Other companies N/A  X 25.75% Other companies N/A   Exempt 13 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 14. Corporate tax – Capital gain on shares Open questions: ► Imputation of deductions and losses ► Different value in case of imputation on taxable capital gains on shares (at 25.75%) or normal taxable basis (at 33.99%/progressive rates for SME) ► Imputation at choice of taxpayer? Pro rata parte? ► Probably no impact on application of progressive corporate tax rates 14 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 15. General anti-abuse provision Art. 344, §1 ITC 92 Original provision adopted in 1993 ► Recharacterization of transaction(s), when aim of legal characterization of the parties opted for is tax avoidance ► Taxpayer may prove legitimate needs of a financial or economic nature for the chosen legal characterization ► Limited application in practice due to strict legal approach adopted in case law of Supreme Court : need for similar legal consequences (impossible for one-step transactions and difficult for step-by-step transactions unless (near- )simulation) 15 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 16. General anti-abuse provision Art. 344, §1 ITC 92 - Modification In the pipeline: modification of the general anti-abuse provision ► Abuse of tax law ► Avoidance of the application of provisions of ITC 92 or RD/ITC 92 (taxation vs. tax benefit) ► Through legal and non-simulated legal acts ► Approximating to taxable acts vs. acts not benefiting from a tax benefit ► Not in line with the objectives of the tax provision ► Avoidance of Belgian income tax as sole material purpose ► Inspiration in ECJ case law – aimed at wholly artificial arrangements ► Not pursuant the economic goals of the tax provision; or ► Not pursuant the economic reality; or ► Not at normal economic or financial conditions ► Entry into application ► Tax year 2013 ► Tax year 2012 if accounting period is not closed on date of publication ► Similar provisions for registration duties and inheritance tax 16 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 17. General anti-abuse provision Art. 344, §1 ITC 92 - Modification Current provision New provision Scope Legal act or legal acts establishing a Legal act or legal acts establishing a same operation same operation Burden of proof Tax avoidance Abuse of tax law (wholly artificial tax authorities arrangements (inspired by ECJ case law)): (non) application of provision, contrary with its aim Means of All, including presumptions but All, including presumptions but evidence tax excluding oath excluding oath, based on objective authorities circumstances Counterproof Justified economic or financial needs Other specific and material objectives, not limited to sphere of economic or financial needs (ruling possible on motives, not on procedure) Inopposability Classification of legal act(s) Legal act(s) Sanction Reclassification in an act with identical Repairment of tax base or calculation or similar legal consequences as if there is no abuse 17 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 18. General anti-abuse provision Art. 344, §1 ITC 92 – Potential examples Letting - Subletting ► Ignoring subletting? Reduction of paid-up capital ► Dividend distribution? Liquidation of company followed by reincorporation ► Dividend distribution? Back-to-back financing via Belco to avoid WHT ► Direct payment to ultimate economic lender with WHT? Split acquisition of usufruct and ownership via management company? Split sale transactions (long lease rights with option on naked ownership) to avoid upfront registration duties? 18 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 19. General anti-abuse provision Art. 344, §1 ITC 92 – Potential examples ► Sale of shares of a single residential real estate asset company? Step-up for the purchaser? ► Recharacterisation of profit-participating loans as profit-sharing certificates? ► Sale of shares in Opco by individuals to new Holdco for deferred payment, followed by dividend distribution by Opco to Holdco? ► Sale of cash management company to a financial institution, followed by liquidation? ► Contribution of share-bond portfolio by director/shareholder into fully- owned EBVBA/SPRLU to avoid WHT? 19 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 20. General anti-abuse provision Art. 344, §1 ITC 92 Potential issues ► Retroactive entry into application? ► Application possible over several years for step-by-step transactions in case of “eenheid van opzet / unité d’intention” Action points: ► Assess impact of extended reclassification possibilities on structures and operations ► Consider potential planning before enactment and publication still ► Ernst & Young has dedicated a team of tax specialists to further analyze the new provision and to follow-up on developments in its application 20 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 21. Corporate income tax - Pensions Modification still in the pipeline: mandatory externalization of individual pension promises (financing via internal provisions is no longer allowed) ► Initial plan: ► Existing internal provisions: externalization within three years ► Insurance premium tax 4.4% on new insurances ► ► 1.75% on externalization of existing internal pension provisions ► BUT: rumored agreement on ► Externalization requirement only for future – no externalization obligation for existing pension provisions; and ► Tax of 1.75% on existing pension provisions, with possibility to spread over 3 years (at 0.6% per year) ► Tax of 4.4% on future contributions ► Date of entry into application unknown 21 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 22. Corporate income tax - Pensions Modification still in the pipeline: adaptation of treatment of employers’ contributions (second pillar) ► Initial plan: Additional limitation of tax deductibility of complementary pension contributions based on amount of pension payment upon retirement ► Currently: cap of 80% of last annual gross salary ► Introduction of an additional cap: pension of the highest public official (gross EUR 72,480.72 per year or EUR 6,040.06 per month) ► BUT: rumored agreement on changes to initial plan ► No change to 80%-rule ► Social security contribution on employers’ contributions if the premiums paid constitute a pension (legal and extra-legal pensions combined) which exceeds the pension of the highest paid public official ► Date of entry into application unknown 22 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 23. Corporate income tax - Pensions Action points / points of attention ► Follow-up on rumored changes to initial plans - Ernst & Young keeps subscribers up-to-date on developments via Tax Alerts! 23 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 24. Personal income tax - Pensions Still in the pipeline: modification of treatment of payments and contributions ► Pension payments (second pillar): increase of tax rate on payments (part relating to employer contributions) ► Current situation ► Payment at ages 60 to 64: 16.5% ► Payment at age 65: 10% ► New situation Payment at age 60: 20% ► ► Payment at age 61: 18% ► Payment at age 62 to 64: 16.5% ► Payment at age 65: 10% ► Personal pension contributions (second and third pillar) ► Current situation: tax reduction at rate between 30% and 40% ► New situation: tax reduction at 30% 24 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 25. Corporate and personal income tax Company cars Adopted (applicable as from 1 January 2012) ► New calculation formula for benefits in kind (BIK) for company cars (to be amended) ► Deduction of lump sum commuting cost limited to amount of BIK ► Additional disallowed item related to company car costs (corporate and legal entities taxation) 25 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 26. Corporate and personal income tax Company cars New calculation formula for BIK company cars BIK = car list value x age correction x CO2 coefficient x 6/7 Law of 28 December 2011 ► Car list value = amount invoiced, including VAT and options, but excluding rebates and discounts Modification in the pipeline: same car list value for all cars ► Car list value = car list price in case of sale of new car to an individual, including VAT and options, but excluding rebates and discounts 26 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 27. Corporate and personal income tax Company cars Modification in the pipeline: age-correction : 6% per year– Age correction up to a max. of 70% of list price Number of months expired from Percentage of car list value to be first registration date (month taken into account started = full month) From 0 to 12 months 100 % From 13 to 24 months 94 % From 25 to 36 months 88 % From 37 to 48 months 82 % From 49 to 60 months 76 % As of 61 months 70 % 27 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 28. Corporate and personal income tax Company cars Car type Current BIK BIK new regime (7,500 km) (year 1) Audi A6 3,0 TDI EUR 2,397.75 *EUR 3,640.37 BMW X5 xDrive30D 245 EUR 3,363.75 EUR 7,380.21 Mercedes-Benz CLS 350 CDI I EUR 2,742.75 EUR 7,254.85 Mini One D EUR 1,707.75 **EUR 1,200.00 * See below ** Minimum BIK ► Example: Audi A6 Diesel ► List price: EUR 42,900 ► CO2 level: 139 g/km ► CO2 coefficient: 5.5% + 4.4% = 9.9% ► BIK year 1: List price x CO2 coefficient x 6/7 = EUR 3,640.37 ► [BIK year 2: List price x 94% x CO2 coefficient x 6/7 = EUR 3,421.95] ► [BIK > year 5: List price x 70% x CO2 coefficient x 6/7 = EUR 2,548.26] 28 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 29. Corporate and personal income tax Company cars FAQ on website tax authorities ► Pro rata temporis calculation on calendar day basis ► First day to be included, day of return of car excluded ► Pro rata applies in case ► Company car available during part of year ► Temporary car (“aanloopwagen / véhicule de transition”) ► Switching cars during the year ► Absence from work (e.g. illness) and car is to be returned to employer during the period of absence ► No pro rata termporis reduction in case of ► Temporary unavailability of car (repair) / no impact of replacement car ► Normal absence from work (leave, sickness) 29 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 30. Corporate and personal income tax Company cars FAQ on website Tax Authorities ► Partial private use ► Rule: normal calculation if any private use ► Exception: social benefit in case of exceptional private use of a pool car (e.g. exceptional family circumstance) ► Discounts ► Not to be deducted from car list value / calculation base ► Fleet discount/ free options / … ► FAQ: VAT on discount to be included in car list price ↔ Explanatory memorandum of pending modification: only include VAT really paid (=> not VAT on discount) ► Options financed by employee ► Price of the options not to be included in the calculation base ► Irrespective of payment modality ► Payments by employee for repair/damages: not deductible 30 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 31. Management Company Car Tool: Input (1) 31 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 32. Management Company Car Tool : Output (1) 32 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 33. Management Company Car Tool : input (2) 33 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 34. Management Company Car Tool: output (2) 34 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 35. Personal income tax – BIK housing/utilities RD of 23 February 2012 (published on 28 February 2012) ► Increase of the BIK for heating from 1.640 to EUR 1,820 (indexed amounts) for income year 2012 ► Increase of the BIK for electricity from EUR 820 to EUR 910 (indexed amounts) for income year 2012 ► Increase of the BIK for free housing for house with a notional income (non- indexed) exceeding EUR 745 ► Currently: 100/60 x notional income x 2 ► 2012 : 100/60 x notional income x 3.8 ► Subject to indexation annually Action points / points of attention ► Reconsider the remuneration package of employees/directors involved (e.g. minimum salary threshold to benefit from the corporate income tax rate for SME) 35 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 36. Withholding tax Adopted (applicable to payments as from 1 January 2012) ► Increase of WHT rate on interest and reduced WHT rate on dividends to 21% ► Introduction of an additional “solidarity levy” of 4% ► New reporting requirements for withholding agents Legislative amendments in the pipeline ► Practical aspects of the “solidarity levy” (reporting requirements, nature of the levy, etc.) Finance Minister: “Reform of WHT rules of Law of 28 December 2011 is still possible”, referring to ► Return to system of anonymity and final character of WHT ► 25% WHT rate with reimbursement of 4% on EUR 20,020 of qualifying interest and dividends upon request via the tax return 36 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 37. Withholding tax Additional solidarity levy – What? ► Extra levy of 4% (no municipality surcharge) ► Applicable to the net amount of interest income and dividends exceeding EUR 20,020 (in 2012), excluding ► Dividends and interest payments subject to the 10 or 25% rate of WHT ► Interest paid on government debt securities issued and underwritten between 24 November 2011 and 2 December 2011; and ► Interest from qualifying savings accounts ► Ongoing lobby from financial sector for abolishment (application of 25% with reimbursement of excess, cfr. previous slide) 37 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 38. Withholding tax Additional solidarity levy – How? ► Either to be levied at source ► Or via assessment (optional) ► At the request of the beneficiary ► Giving rise to reporting formalities of the relevant investment income 38 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 39. Withholding tax Additional solidarity levy – How? ► Levy at source: 4% on the entire amount ► Possibility to claim back excess via the tax return ► Character: not tantamount to a withholding tax ► Via a specific form (not WHT returns): still to be issued ► Extent to which existing rules regarding WHT apply: still uncertain! ► Legislative amendments in the pipeline ► Specific references to certain (sub-)sections of the ITC 92 ► Sub-section relating to WHT exemptions (articles 264-266 ITC 92) is explicitly set aside! ► Unwanted effect: does that mean that investment income subject to 0% WHT (e.g. share redemption through stock exchange, dividends from domestic REITs) will always be subject to the 4 % of additional solidarity levy ?? 39 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 40. Withholding tax Additional solidarity levy – Assessment through reporting ► Act of 28 December 2011: obligations on withholding agent ► The issuer in the case of Belgian sourced income (except for securities held in the X/N system for which BNB is the WHT agent) ► First intermediary or subsequent financial institution for foreign sourced income ► Problem: the beneficiary’s identity is unknown to withholding agent ► No election possible? Always via levy at source? At what rate? ► No solution yet ► Problem: withholding agent has not all info subject to reporting ► Legislative amendments in the pipeline ► Withholding agent for income from nominative securities ► Income arising from all other securities: reporting obligation shift to paying agent 40 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 41. Withholding tax Additional solidarity levy – Reporting: to whom? What? ► To whom? Legislative amendment in the pipeline: ► Reporting to the competent department of the FOD/SPF Finance ► Instead of the National Bank ► Department independent from tax authorities (IT staff) ► Reporting of personal (beneficiary) and payment identification data ► What income? ► No reporting requirement for interest income/dividends on which the additional solidarity levy was applied at source ► Legislative amendment in the pipeline: exception (reporting) if debtor bears WHT ► Reporting requirement for all other interest and dividend income listed in article 17, §1, 1° and 2° ITC 92 ► Reporting only in view of applying the additional solidarity levy/treshold computation? Quid liquidation boni taxable @ 10%, government debt taxable @ 15%? 41 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 42. Withholding tax Additional solidarity levy – Reporting to the tax authorities? ► Communication to the tax authorities FOD/SPF Finance ► Upon request: ► Only possible in respect of the solidarity levy (when the taxpayer requests a refund of 4% levy) ► Not for other purposes, e.g. taxation based on “tekenen en indiciën van gegoedheid / signes et indices d’aisance” ► Automatic communication ► Only if more than EUR 20,020 reported to the competent department of the FOD/SPF Finance ► Practical aspects to be laid down in a Royal Decree 42 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 43. Withholding tax – Examples WHT rate Threshold Solidarity levy Reporting to FOD/SPF Dividends (strips) 21%    (unless 4%) Dividends 25%  X  (no strips) Regulated 15% (exempt  X  Interest savings up to EUR accounts 1,830) Interest 15% X X  government bonds 24/11- 2/12/2011 Interest on debt 25%  X  pre-1990 Other interest 21%    (unless 4%) 43 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 44. Withholding tax – Examples WHT rate Threshold Solidarity levy Reporting to FOD/SPF Dividends 21%    beveks/sicavs (unless 4%) Dividends REITS 21%    (unless 4%) Dividends 0% X ? ? residential REITS EU passported 21%    beveks/sicavs, (unless 4%) > 40% debt (accumulating) 44 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 45. Withholding tax – Examples WHT rate Threshold Solidarity levy Reporting to FOD/SPF Liquidation boni 10% X X  Redemption 21%    share buy-back (unless 4%) Income listed in N/A X X X Art. 21 ITC Other movable 15% X X X income 45 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 46. Conclusion What’s next? ► Second bill of program law submitted to Parliament (cf. supra) ► General anti-abuse measure (Art. 344, §1 ITC), ► Thin cap ► Modifications relating to solidarity levy ► Capital gains on shares (corporate income taxation) ► Company cars ► Legislation for remaining items to be drafted ► NID carry-forward ► Conversion of tax deductions into tax reductions (personal income tax) ► Pension taxation ► Measures relating to the combat of tax fraud 46 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
  • 47. Conclusion What’s next? (cont’d) ► First and preliminary information budget round last weekend: new tax measures? ► Proposals shot down: ► VAT increase ► Minimum tax for companies ► Tax amnesty ► Pick-up of measures abandoned earlier (note Di Rupo)? ► Exclusion of mandatory equity from NID basis (minimum capital and legal reserves)? ► Tax on airplane tickets (business and first class)? ► Increase of tax on liquidation boni? ► 2-year holding period requirement for participation exemption and exemption of capital gains on shares in corporate tax? ► Taxation of capital gains on shares in personal income taxation? ► VAT for lawyers? ► Wealth tax? 47 © 2012 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. All Rights Reserved.
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