Tax on Vacant property

2POSTS

6 years ago

Hello, I would like to know the aproximate ammount of a Vacant property tax.

For this, both are useful:
if anyone can recomend me a profesional who could adviseme in the matter. Or if anyone knows by their own experience how much this tax is.

(The property is a studio of less than 40m2, in Zuid, Antwerpen)

I just need a broad approximation, as my landlady is holding 500鈧� from my deposit for this tax.

Thanks a lot!

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Larans Member

2POSTS

6 years ago

Tax on second home.

Must be related to the yearly tax declaration, where the landlady is taxed extra for having a vacant property, and considered a second home.

Thats what she states, but im trying to figure out whether this is true or not.

gem20 Member

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5 years ago

Tax on empty property in Belgium.

Hello expats, I am much wondering how much would an empty property be taxed. I have an empty property in Antwerp and was charged the whole amount to pay.

I have written the Vlaamse belastingdienst to ask for a rebate but to date have not heard for an answer.聽 I would appreciate any help from you out there.

Thank you very much.
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RobbertM Member

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last year

Vacancy tax is decided by the municipality, and i don鈥檛 know what the numbers for Antwerp are exactly, but Leuven for instance has a vacancy tax per year of 1000 euro per room, or 3750 for the whole house, whichever is bigger.

As an example: Castle Nottebohm in Brecht (Antwerp province) was demolished in 2018 as the family that owned it no longer wanted to pay the 30,000 vacancy tax a year.