The life of an independent professional tends to be very hectic and it's not always easy to be up-to-date with all the tax deadlines imposed by the Federal Public Service of Finances.
That's why we list them for you below. Put them in your diary or simply save this page as a bookmark to never miss a deadline.
Social contributions are a cost no full-time self-employed professionals can escape. They can often be quite high, especially if you forget to pay for them and receive a fine! Make sure you pay them on time by transferring the amount to your social security fund before the deadlines below.
Not sure how much social contributions you should pay? Accountable will give you the answer in real-time!
In reality, these dates may differ depending on your social security fund. So always check the due date carefully!
Find out more about social contributions here.
Paying your taxes in advance? We admit it may not sound very attractive, but it might be worth it.
The tax authorities reward new natural person enterprises who pay their taxes in advance in their first 3 years of being self-employed. This way they try to encourage it as much as possible. After three years, you won't receive a bonus for doing your advance payments anymore and you even risk a fine if you don't pay them on time.
As it is difficult to estimate the amount of taxes you pay when you've just started and do no risk anything by not doing it, our partner accountant recommends not to do the advance payment in the first year of being a natural person enterprise. Self-employed professionals in companies (BV/SRL), however, are obliged to pay from year one.
Write the deadlines below in your calendar:
Learn more about advance tax payments here.
If you are subject to VAT, you receive VAT on your goods and services for each sales invoice. Every quarter, you need to return this VAT to the state. That means you kind of act as an intermediary between the state and the consumer. The good news is that you can make the amount of VAT you have to pay back to the state smaller, by deducting the VAT you pay on professional costs from this amount.
The handling of your VAT goes in two steps: the submission of your VAT-return and the payment of the amount you're due. Wondering what that exact amount should be or how to submit your VAT return? Accountable tells you the exact amount in realtime and generates your VAT-returns for you automatically.
The intra-EU sales listing is a list of all sales of goods or services your enterprise did to clients outside of Belgium, but inside the EU.
You will only need to submit this if you're subject to VAT and you've sold to at least one intra-EU client. The deadlines for the submission are exactly the same as the VAT submission deadlines:
The client listing is a list of the Belgian VAT numbers belonging to the clients to whom your enterprise has supplied goods or services during the previous calendar year for a total amount that's higher than €250 (excl. VAT).
Submitting your client listing is mandatory for every self-employed professional who's subject to VAT.
Find out more about the client listing here.
And last but not least: the personal income tax return.
Consult the website of the FPS Finance for the latest updates.
We hope that this blog post will help you to remember every important deadline for the upcoming year. Want to be even more sure? Download Accountable and receive reminders for all of these deadlines!
Author - Artyom Ghazaryan
Artyom is Head of Accounting at Accountable, and a chartered Accountant & Tax Specialist.
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