Month: December 2024
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Renting in Brussels: new guidelines for registration of the rent contract starting 1 January 2025
1. What does the new registration entail? The new system, managed by the Regional Service for Rent Contract Registration, requires landlords to submit several documents and provide specific data. These include: 1.1 Documents to be registered: 1.2 Data to be provided: At registration, landlords must also input metadata regarding the rent contract, including: This comprehensive…
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Rezoning areas as water-sensitive open space areas
How does this affect property agents and owners? This obligation arises from the decisions of the Flemish Government of 19 July 2024 on the definitive designation of water-sensitive open space areas. Water-sensitive open space areas are undeveloped water-sensitive areas with a hard designation. The Flemish Government decided that it would be better not to develop…
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Belgium implements CSRD: SMEs also feel the impact
1. The reporting requirement will be introduced in phases The planned phases are as follows: Although the CSRD’s reporting requirements will implemented in phases and will initially affect only large companies and organisations of public-interest, SMEs are also impacted. Indeed, SMEs will be indirectly affected by the additional reporting requirements. This is because companies at…
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Even in the case of furnished rentals, foreign rental income may be fully taxable abroad
1. Belgian tax authorities are currently organising an audit campaign Since 2021, online platforms, such as Airbnb, are obliged to exchange data with the Belgian tax authorities. Based on this data exchange, the Belgian tax authorities have launched a general control action.The starting point of this action is that in the case of a furnished…
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Is any agricultural land eligible for expropriation for reasons of afforestation and nature realization?
Flemish Farming Lease Decree explained (Part 13) 1. When the lessor is expropriated If the lessor is expropriated, the old Farming Lease Law clearly states in the preparatory works that the consequences of an expropriation of a leased property are beyond the scope of the Farming Lease Law. In the case of judicial expropriation, the…
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Court forces sperm donor to undergo DNA testing
A groundbreaking judgment obtained by our firm 1. Previously… A child conceived through anonymous sperm donation and in-vitro fertilization discovers at a certain age that her legal father is not her biological father. She therefore seeks clarity about her biological paternity on her father’s side, without wanting to break the bond with her legal father. …