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Nico100

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  1. 1 hour ago, Confuscious said:

    1. She had no income when we married.

    2. The taxing system in Belgium is following:
        Tax is being levied in the income, folllowing a scale system.
         Each step on the scale is divided by 3:
       a Living alone (Celibacy) = FULL taxes on that income scale
       b Living together with a somebody (family member; girlfriend/boyfriend; etc.) = deduction on that scale.
         The deduction depends on weither the member has an own income or not and how much income he/she has.
         Living together with children: deduction on that scale a ratio from amount of children and age of the children.
      c Married = lowest taxes

    In my case:
    1. Taxes were calculated on "Married" + "No income", which resulted in a tax reduction of 20% (about 150 Euro).
    2. Pension for "Married" + "No income", which was about 250 Euro/month extra.

    HTH
     

    Interesting, thanks for this detailed answer!

  2. On 4/21/2022 at 11:44 AM, Confuscious said:

    A few days after I married my girlfriend in Thailand, now almost 2 decades ago, I went to the Embassy to ask if I needed to regularize my marriage in Belgium.
    The answer was "Yes"and they gave me a list of documents that I needed to bring to the Embassy.
    Make copies of a lot of documents, legalize and certify the copies at Chang Watthana, translate the copies by a certified translator, etc.
    A lot of money spend only on certifications and translations.
    A few weeks after the regularization of my marriage, my wife went to visit her mother.
    At the house of her mother (my wife still had her address with her mother)  an assigned letter from Belgium had arrived.
    It was a letter from my Bank in Belgium, who send a Credit Card and all the details of my bank account.
    Luckelly, I could intercept that Credit Card in time and detroy it before anybody else could use it.
    Later I asked the bank why they had send a Credit Card to my wife without telling me and the answer was: "You are married to "Ms. xxxx" now and according to the Belgian law your wife has full access to your bank account now (Share of belongings)".
     

    Did she have an income? And if so, did this affect your tax return in Belgium?

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