Belgium has a high tax burden, both on professional income and on transfers of assets. What legal options are there to mitigate that bill, for yourself or your loved ones?
A separation or the passing of a loved one is a difficult phase in one’s life. There is a lot involved, firstly emotionally but also financially. What happens to the assets? How do we distribute the cash? A lawyer can help you.
The Belgian legislator has recently made successful efforts to make estate planning more accessible. The tax regime has unfortunately not been modified, or at most only here and there. In some situations, the already high tax burden has even increased.
Both privately and professionally, people have become much more mobile. Law, on the other hand, is to a large extent a national matter. This can lead to conflicts of laws in cross-border situations: two different legislations can apply to one and the same situation.