Category: Dividends
Dividend withholding
A tax taken when the company pays profit out to you personally.
When your company distributes after-tax profit to you as a dividend, a further tax is withheld before it lands in your account. That is why company profit is effectively taxed twice — once as corporate tax, then again on the way out. Regimes like VVPRbis can lower this second layer.
In the worked example
On the worked example for a freelancer in Belgium with €115,500 of revenue, this line comes to €6,600.
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This article is general information for a one-person company (BV/SRL), not tax advice. Rules and figures change — confirm your situation with your accountant before acting.