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How to exit the Belgian system please?

Question

What are the most important things to do to be sure you are out of the system if planning to leave Belgium? (Back to blighty perhaps.)
Thanks

J

Ask the commune. You'll have to ask them at some point - they probably have a checklist you can start from now.

May 9, 2013 23:25
Gecko

Just leave.... do you really think any Belgians living in the Uk would give a toss about leaving the UK. We don't have any such nonsense in the UK so if I was you I'd Just pack and go... it's not your problems once you have gone.

May 10, 2013 15:32
IxellesIndependent

Are you employed or self-employed?
If you're an independent you have to close your 'business' (terminate your VAT number); leave your mutuelle; and quit the commune.
The commune might be the first port of call. Note that your mutuelle charges you quarterly for every quarter - or part thereof - you're in the system. So if you leave in July 3 you'll still pay for Q3 2013.
You could just do a runner as Gecko suggests but there's always a chance that you'll receive a bill at some point if they track you down in the UK. Not sure how easy that would be for them but it's not like you're moving somewhere far away beyond the EU.

May 10, 2013 16:11
J

Nice one Gecko. Just stick your head in the sand and potentially miss out on a huge tax rebate. Yeah - you do that - just go.

May 10, 2013 21:52
sparkles

be sure to de-register at the commune so that you will not be liable for any future taxes. As long as you remain on the books, you are liable for taxes.

May 11, 2013 20:35
Gecko

@J .... you make a big assumption that the dperting person pays tax. I don't :-)

May 12, 2013 13:29
Gecko

It's a typical Belgian standoff- one Belg says you have to deregister to get a tax rebate the other says you have to deregsiter to avoid having to pay more tax... as with most things it's just random.

May 12, 2013 13:30
J

@Gecko
Given that you clearly don't know what you're talking about, you should do us all a favor and STFU.

May 12, 2013 14:35