Trainer Bart De Wever wants to establish a tax exemption for all income from financial investments and increase the withholding tax to 30% on savings accounts. The Flemish liberals counterattack in the House.
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Journalist at the Economy department
By Dominique BernsPublished on 11/27/2024 at 4:33 p.m.
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Lhe savings account is now benefiting from the favors of the tax authorities. Beyond a first tax-exempt tranche, the interest received is taxed at 15%, while the normal rate of withholding tax is set at 30%. But here’s the thing: this reduced withholding tax on regulated savings deposits (that’s the official name) could soon disappear as part of a reform of the taxation of income from financial assets envisaged by federal trainer Bart De Wever (N -GO). A member of the Flemish nationalist party, Charlotte Verkeyn, has also tabled a bill to this effect.
Surprise: the Open VLD – which chose the opposition and is not participating in the Arizona negotiations – decided to counter-attack, via an alternative proposal signed by Alexia Bertrand and Vincent Van Quickenborne, as we learn Litter. With the objective (or hope?) of weighing in on the issue via the French-speaking sister party, the MR.
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