Tax Fraud in Belgium
Tax Fraud in Belgium

Author: Geert Delrue

Publisher: Maklu

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13: 9046603008

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The book explains the procedures in penal investigations of tax fraud in Belgium. This investigation is the mostly set up after a report from the competent tax administration or police. The essence of the penal investigation must necessarily concentrate on those issues from which it can be discerned that the person or company in question is guilty of tax fraud. This must be expressed by the responsible tax officials, the suspects, the accomplices and the witnesses, and also from the various obtained information and the analysis of the data gathered. Furthermore, the diversity of taxes (income tax, VAT, registration and inheritance taxes, customs and excise taxes) must be also taken into account. In spite of the fact that tax investigations differs from case to case, it is possible to specify a series of procedures which can be followed in each case of tax fraud investigation. The content of this book is focused on the manner in which a penal tax dossier may be composed and what it must contain. Daily cases of tax fraud are being treated, rather than the more advanced cases of tax fraud.

Value-added Tax Fraud in the European Union
Value-added Tax Fraud in the European Union

Author: A. A. Aronowitz

Publisher: Kugler Publications

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 9789062991365

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This research report aims at filling the knowledge gap concerning organized business crime by highlighting one specific phenomenon, that of EU cross-border VAT fraud. It intends to provide insight into: the effectiveness of the present VAT control system; the vulnerability of legitimate trade to criminal inroads; and, the development of organized crime in this area.

Belgium in International Tax Planning
Belgium in International Tax Planning

Author: Patrick A. A. Vanhaute

Publisher: IBFD

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 490

ISBN-13: 9087220391

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This book focuses on commercial and company law and corporate income tax. It provides a systematic and comprehensive overview of the current tax planning opportunities that exist in Belgium. After some essential legal knowledge of Belgium, the chapters consider the Belgian tax regime, special features of the Belgian tax system, specific anti-avoidance provisions and international tax planning, tax incentives, special tax regimes, and tax planning opportunities (including the tax treaties with Hong Kong, the USA and the UAE).

Tax Evasion and Tax Havens since the Nineteenth Century
Tax Evasion and Tax Havens since the Nineteenth Century

Author: Sébastien Guex

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-04-18

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 3031181190

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This collective book offers a panorama of the history of tax evasion, tax avoidance and tax havens from the nineteenth century to the present day, based on the latest research in contemporary history. It aims to show that this phenomenon is at the heart of global capitalism, partly as a response of the ruling classes to the rise of progressive taxation, but for other reasons too: notably the development of a powerful tax evasion and avoidance industry in different countries. The book argues that tax competition between states has stimulated the development of tax havens. It discusses the notion of the ‘tax haven’ and proposes a more rigorous concept - that of the ‘tax predator’. Finally, the book sheds light on the socio-political conflicts that have developed around tax evasion and the way in which states have fought against or tolerated the phenomenon.

Tax Evasion, Welfare Fraud, and "the Broken Windows" Effect
Tax Evasion, Welfare Fraud, and

Author: Mathieu Lefebvre

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 49

ISBN-13:

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In a series of experiments conducted in Belgium (Wallonia and Flanders), France and the Netherlands, we compare behavior regarding tax evasion and welfare dodging, with and without information about others' behavior. Subjects have to decide between a 'registered' income, the realization of which will be known to the tax authority for sure, and an 'unregistered' income that will only be known with some probability. This unregistered income comes from self-employment in the Tax treatment and from black labor supplementing some unemployment compensation in the Welfare treatment. Subjects have then to decide on whether reporting their income or not, knowing the risk of detection. The results show that (i) individuals evade more in the Welfare treatment than in the Tax treatment; (ii) many subjects choose an option that allows for tax evasion or welfare fraud but report their income honestly anyway; (iii) examples of low compliance tend to increase tax evasion while examples of high compliance exert no influence; (iv) tax evasion is more frequent in France and the Netherlands; Walloons evade taxes less than the Flemish. There is no cross-country difference in welfare dodging.