Question re 5-year residency and work

15POSTS

9 months ago

I was told (and read) that even if you work (an a non-EU citizen) in Belgium for the required number of years, pay taxes and social, etc., but if your employer of record is a non-Belgian entity (in my case, it is an American company), all these years and taxes are in vain, because they won't count towards your accumulation of years in BE. Even if that company has a Belgian enterprise number (BCE). So, basically, you are throwing all those crazy taxes for nothing! Did anyone hear about this?

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Elena Igor Active member

26POSTS

9 months ago

@ruslan.galkanov

There are so many multinational corporations in Belgium which have a Belgian branch and don’t pose this issue. If you are on an expat contract (you pay less tax) within the company in belgium instead of the local contract, that would be the issue

ruslan.galkanov Member

15POSTS

9 months ago

Thank you - I am not an expat, I do pay full tax and everything else.

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Liwane Member

13POSTS

9 months ago

I think if the company has a belgian VAT number it should be OK, I worked for a luxembourg company that has a "filiale" in Belgium and it was OK, I had a belgian work contract as well.