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Change to non-residents tax rules
We have recently received a significant tax bill for the year 2010. We left Belgium mid-2010. This tax bill is apparently as a result of a new law (royal decree) passed this year (Jan 2011) backdated to last year (Jan 2010) for non-resident tax status workers who leave Belgium and whose income therefore wasn't 75% in Belgium (i.e. if you left before the end of the year). We paid tax as we went along. Can anyone provide any advice (other than to pay up and shut up)? Thanks.
Firstly, your time to appeal is very short, so move now.
Secondly, how well to you understand the breakdown of the calculation, and do you think it might be out by over €2000? If so, then it's probably worth paying for professional advice to help you sort it out.
Non-resident an split year taxation is complex and could well depend on what taxes you paid in the other country, and the dual tax treaty between that country and Belgium, so you should need good advice from a specialist, and I would not expect that to come cheap.
