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arshia2002
Italian looking for information about Belgium
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8
About me
Italian
Lives in Brussels Capital
Registration: 09 November 2017
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spouse visa and travel visa by taushif
We are planning to apply for a spouse visa in February, 2018. I have read about the long waiting times for this type of visa. I was wondering will it be possible to apply for a tourist and spouse visa at the same time ? Our thinking behind it was ...
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Dear friends, I could get the Work Permit from Belgium by a company, and I am currently living in Italy with a valid Italian long Stay Permit (until July 2018). I have a question if I still need to apply for a visa to go and start working? Does my ... Read More
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Disadvantages of The Special Tax Status by NiiChe
Hello Everyone, Thanks to all the active members, you helped me and gave me a clean overall picture of how living in Belgium – Brussels is. I’m still stuck with one question regarding the Special Tax Status, I’m planning to move ...
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Hi Arshia, Well if the 10k was not attributed to your spouse and if the tax and social security was calculated on this amount as part of your salary, it would amount to around 60% (13.07% social security , followed by possibly 50% tax) i.e 6000 ... Read More
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Disadvantages of The Special Tax Status by NiiChe
Hello Everyone, Thanks to all the active members, you helped me and gave me a clean overall picture of how living in Belgium – Brussels is. I’m still stuck with one question regarding the Special Tax Status, I’m planning to move ...
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Hi Arshia, Yes both tax reduction are combinable. For the dependent tax free allowance a portion of your salary (30%) max upto 10750 euros gets attributed to your spouse .then a tax is calculated on this amount which amounts to 750 euros so ... Read More
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Disadvantages of The Special Tax Status by NiiChe
Hello Everyone, Thanks to all the active members, you helped me and gave me a clean overall picture of how living in Belgium – Brussels is. I’m still stuck with one question regarding the Special Tax Status, I’m planning to move ...
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Thanks a lot, May I ask how much is the percentage of tax reduction for expat case? Thank you again A. Read More
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Disadvantages of The Special Tax Status by NiiChe
Hello Everyone, Thanks to all the active members, you helped me and gave me a clean overall picture of how living in Belgium – Brussels is. I’m still stuck with one question regarding the Special Tax Status, I’m planning to move ...
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Dear all, I have a question regarding expat contract, I will be grateful if you would guid me. I have been offered a position in Brussels and the company insists to offer me the expat contract. Now based on the info I gathered and also read here ... Read More
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Advantages / disadvantages of an expat contract by zied007
HI all, I got 3 interviews with an international company in Belgium. After 2 months, they provided me 2 offers: 1- A contarct with belgian residence: my net salary will be around 1900 euros. 2- An expat contract: my net salary will be around 2400 ...
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Thanks for your guidance! A. Read More
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Advantages / disadvantages of an expat contract by zied007
HI all, I got 3 interviews with an international company in Belgium. After 2 months, they provided me 2 offers: 1- A contarct with belgian residence: my net salary will be around 1900 euros. 2- An expat contract: my net salary will be around 2400 ...
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Dear Friends, I have been offered a permanent position in an international company in Brussels. They insist to make an expat contract as it has the advantage of having a higher net salary. I was wondering what are the drawbacks of having this ... Read More