- Belgian authorities clarify scope of insurance premium tax and VAT for insurance-related services
- IPT applies to insurance related-services benefiting from VAT exemption
- Clarifications provided by Belgian tax authorities include:
- Referring to existing VAT guidance for concepts of broker and agent
- IPT applies to services related to taxable insurance transactions
- Applicable IPT rate is same as insurance transaction
- IPT with respect to service fee due by insurance intermediary
- Deadline extension for filing IPT returns available
- Amended legal provisions effective from 8 January 2024
- IPT returns for January to August 2024 must be filed by 20 October 2024
- Insurance intermediaries and insurers should implement changes to comply by end of leniency period.
Source: dlapiper.com
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