Updates, guides, and analysis on e-invoicing, PEPPOL compliance, and financial automation for Belgian businesses.
The EU adopted ViDA in March 2025. Belgium already lives under a national Peppol mandate from January 2026, but ViDA layers cross-border B2B e-invoicing, real-time digital reporting, and platform-economy VAT on top — phased through 2030 and 2035.
From 1 January 2026, software developers regain access to the 15% copyright tax regime — three years after being excluded. The flat 30% cost deduction has been abolished for everyone without an artist certificate. Net effect: broader access, narrower benefit.
Since 1 January 2025, the Belgian investment deduction is restructured into three pillars: basic (10%, up to 20% for digital), thematic (40% for green / clean), and technology (13.5% for R&D and patents). The rules, the certificates, and the trap of missed deadlines.
Since 2023, EU platforms must report every host, driver, and seller above the threshold to the tax authorities of each Member State. From 2025, the Belgian FOD Financiën uses DAC7 data for systematic risk analysis. The grace period of "nobody will see this" is over.
VVPRbis is the most popular legal way for Belgian BV/SRL owners to take money out of their company: 15% dividend withholding instead of 30%. The programme law of 18 July 2025 raises that to 18% from June 2026 and harmonises it with the liquidation reserve. The rules, the trap, the math.
From 1 January 2026, a new combustion-engine company car bought or leased by a Belgian company is 0% tax deductible. Plug-in hybrids survive only for the self-employed, on a tightening curve. Pillar 1 of the mobility budget must be a fully electric car. The decision tree.
Learn how Belgian freelancers can model what-if scenarios before major decisions: hiring subcontractors, buying equipment, pricing shifts, and client-loss risk.
A practical guide for Belgian IT freelancers on social contributions: provisional vs regularized payments, quarterly timing, cash-flow planning, and forecasting methods.
Why Belgian freelancers are replacing spreadsheet bookkeeping with a financial OS: fewer VAT errors, cleaner expense tracking, better visibility, and faster decisions.
Why Belgian freelancers should connect their bank to their financial tool: faster reconciliation, cleaner VAT prep, better cash visibility, and fewer manual errors.
Do Belgian freelancers still need an accountant in 2026? Practical guide on what software can automate, where accountants still add critical value, and the best hybrid setup.
Belgian freelancers: prepare now for the 2026 Peppol e-invoicing mandate. Learn scope, deadlines, setup steps, and how to avoid compliance stress.
Your invoice went out via PEPPOL but your client says they never got it. Here is a structured guide to diagnosing and fixing the five most common delivery failures — before they become legal or financial problems.
A month-by-month breakdown of every tax, VAT, social contribution, and voorafbetaling deadline Belgian freelancers face in 2026 — with amounts, penalties, and a cash reserve strategy for a €60,000 income.
Belgian VAT deduction rules are full of traps — from non-deductible restaurant VAT to car caps, wrong period allocation, intracommunity errors, and forgotten nil returns. Here are the 5 costliest mistakes with real euro examples.
Belgian social contributions are provisionally calculated on income from 3 years ago. When your actual income is finalized, RSVZ sends the difference as a lump sum. Here is how the regularisatie works, with worked examples at €40K, €60K, and €80K.
Dokus is now in public beta. A financial operating system for Belgian freelancers and small businesses — documents captured automatically, PEPPOL, cashflow. Free to start.
A practical guide for Belgian freelancers and SMEs on sharing sales invoices, purchase documents, and bank data with your accountant — covering PEPPOL, CODA files, gestructureerde mededeling, and the platforms that connect you.
VAT deadlines, what to file, common mistakes, and how Dokus automates the preparation so you never scramble at quarter-end again.
Automatic document capture vs manual data entry — what changed, what works, and how Dokus processes financial documents for Belgian businesses.