Die belgische Regierung plant, den Ehequotienten, einen Steuervorteil für verheiratete Paare und legal zusammenlebende Partner, zu halbieren und ihn nicht mehr an die Inflation anzupassen.
Durch den Ehegattenquotienten kann ein Teil des Einkommens des höherverdienenden Partners zu Steuerzwecken auf den schlechterverdienenden oder nichtverdienenden Partner übertragen werden, was in der Regel die Gesamtsteuerbelastung des Paares verringert, da in Belgien progressive Steuersätze gelten.
Ab dem Steuerjahr 2026 wird die Leistung nicht mehr an die Inflation gekoppelt. Das bedeutet, dass sein tatsächlicher Wert mit der Zeit sinken wird. Die Regierung plant, den Ehequotienten für Paare, die nicht im Ruhestand sind, bis 2029 schrittweise um die Hälfte zu senken, wobei die Reduzierung für Rentner langsamer erfolgen soll. Für Paare, bei denen ein Partner kein oder nur ein geringes Einkommen erzielt, führt diese Änderung künftig zu höheren Steuern als heute.
„Diese Entscheidung ist ein erheblicher Rückschritt im Hinblick auf die Unterstützung von Familien, deren Mitglieder über kein oder nur geringes Einkommen verfügen“, sagt die Liga der Familien.
Die Regierung sagt, sie wolle die Arbeit beider fördern.
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Englisch: https://www.belganewsagency.eu/ Government-to-stop-indexation-of-marriage-quotient-tax-benefit
Niederländisch: https://www.nieuwsblad.be/binnenland/indexering-huwelijksquotient-permanent-stopgezet/122230389.html
Französisch: https://www.7sur7.be/belgique/le-quotient-conjugal-ne-sera-plus-indexe~abaaa521/
Government to stop indexation of marriage quotient tax benefit
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>Starting with the 2026 tax year, the benefit will no longer be indexed to inflation. Over time, this means its real value will decline. The government plans to gradually reduce the marital quotient by half for non-retired couples by 2029
Am I correct to understand this in the way they will cut it in half by 2029 and then stop indexing that amount?!
Way to make sure birth rates crater.
They also silently cut, without telling anyone even the creche, the discount you get for creche price for having kids under 12 years old. Now it’s only if you have kids under 30 months old. So our creche price went up by 5 euro per day.
It’s a double fuck you to people with kids. It’s not like our pensions rely on introducing more tax payers into the system, amirite. Who needs kids
Felt like an unfair tax advantage. Be single or get divorced, well, obviously you deserve to be taxed more than your married colleague. /s
Yeh, my gf and i have been thinking about a kid. Been looking at it financially and administrative. This deffinitely doesn’t help and might be the nail in the coffin for my gf’s child dream. I’m saying my gf’s dream since even tho i would like to have a family, i’m not looking forward to a future stuck with a mortgage and kids we can’t pay for.
It shouldn’t even exist in the first place.
Classic bommer move. Marriage quotient for the boomerkes, maar niet voor de jonge mensen. Die mogen dokken voor de pensioenen.
Bartje will probably travel around a bit and make a show of himself everywhere with that money. We have to save.
It’s a tax increase plain and simple. Another one.
Our government is lead by retards, there’s no way around it.
We don’t have enough houses and being alone reduces qualitative life expectancy, so we need to have more people living together. We also need more kids. But the policy is to make it harder and less affordable. Which is funny because a lot of divorce issues rely in money issues.
CD&V should be all pro kids and nuclear family. Where the fuck did this come from? NVA hates people now?
The benefit is only worth if if your partner doesn’t work or only earns less than 13.460 EUR a year.
To be honest if you want to make working more beneficial it’s one of the measures.
As of now it’s better for the partner to not work and gain 3,4K benefit.
De „we moeten besparen, MAAR NIET OP MIJ“ crew is gearriveerd.
Lol so typical. I’ve worked for two decades and am now unemployed for the first time in my life – exactly at the time they’re going to limit unemployment in time AND they start these kinds of shenanigans. Glad I paid into the system for 20 years, now that I need it due to circumstances out of my control: fuck you, drop dead. And fast please, we need the space.
And people will keep voting for the same parties in 2029 🙂
Very good. I still don’t understand why my wife & I are supposed to pay taxes for these husbands and wifes that decide to „Netflix & chill“ all day.
>The government says it wants to encourage the work of both.
Why? We need to encourage childbirth with higher priority. People need to be comfortable and stable to make babies.
Probleem: alleenstaanden worden te zwaar belast in dit land. Dat is niet eerlijk!
Oplossing: gehuwden meer belasten.
Gezinspartij CD&V lijkt ook niet veel in de pap te brokken in deze regering.
Een schande deze regering kost ons echt duizenden euro’s per jaar
Why not Pensioneers? Are they more important people? They 100 percent don’t raise kids…