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Belgian Chamber of Representatives Approves Pending Protocol to Tax Treaty with Luxembourg

22 December 2022

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Treaty Development

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Belgium-Luxembourg

On 12 December 2022, the Belgian Chamber of Representatives (lower house of parliament) approved the ratification of the pending protocol to the 1970 tax treaty with Luxembourg. The protocol, signed 31 August 2021, is meant to promote and facilitate teleworking for cross-border workers by relaxing the so-called 24-day rule with a further 10-day extension. The protocol will enter into force once the ratification instruments are exchanged and will apply from 1 January 2022, providing that cross-border workers will be allowed to exercise work activity for up to 34 days outside their usual country of activity while remaining taxable in that...