Law and regulation of Covid-19 tax relief in Belgium

All businesses can apply for:

• An extended payment plan for VAT debt
• An exemption from interest on late payments of VAT
• Waiver of fines for non-payment of VAT

All businesses can apply for:

• An extended payment plan for CIT debt
• An exemption from interest on late payments of CIT
• Waiver of fines for non-payment of CIT

• Extended payment plan, exemption from interest on late payments, waiver of fines for non-payment of payroll tax
• Extension of deadline for social security contributions

• Automatic extension of payment term by two months for the payment of payroll tax, VAT, personal income tax, CIT, non-resident tax and legal entities tax due for March 2020/Q1 2020.
• Automatic extension of payment term by two months for payroll tax and VAT due for April 2020.
  • Payroll tax payment deadline: 15 July 2020;
  • VAT payment deadline: 20 July 2020.
• Automatic extension of deadline for submission of corporate income tax return, legal entities tax return or a non-resident tax return due between 16 March and 30 April 2020. New deadline for submission is 30 April 2020.
• Automatic extension of deadline for submission of VAT returns:
  • VAT returns for February 2020: deadline extended to 6 April 2020;
  • VAT returns for March 2020: deadline extended to 7 May 2020;
  • VAT returns for April 2020: deadline extended to 5 June 2020;
  • VAT returns for the first quarter of 2020: deadline extended to 7 May 2020.

The possibility of obtaining an extended payment plan, exemption from interest on late payments, waiver of fines for non-payment of tax exists for:

• VAT
• CIT
• personal income tax
• payroll tax and 
• legal entities tax

The tax measures are available to all registered businesses that can demonstrate an impact of Coronavirus.

Deadline for application is 30 June 2020.