Corporate tax and reporting practice (in French)

Language

French

Prerequisites

Bachelor's degree in management, law or economics.  De minimis, students must have followed a course covering the general principles of Belgian taxation as well as a course covering the sources and principles of Belgian accounting.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

The in-depth Corporate Tax Course ("ISOC") aims to provide a deeper and more practical knowledge of ISOC. The course also aims to put into practice the use of the 1992 Income Tax Code, to understand the relationship between accounting and ISOC and the tax reporting technique, and to solve realistic and current practical cases of direct taxation.

Content

The course outline is as follows:
- Introduction, Sources and General Principles
- From annual accounts to ISOC: taxed reserves and exempt reserves
- From annual accounts to ISOC: Grants and capital gains/losses
- From annual accounts to ISOC: business expenses
- From annual accounts to ISOC: dividends
- From the annual accounts to ISOC: the distribution of the fiscal result
- From annual accounts to ISOC: tax deductions: non-taxable items, income definitely taxed, innovation income deduction, investment deduction and R&D tax credit, intra-group transfer deduction, risk capital deduction, and prior tax losses
- Tax Calculation
- The practice of tax declaration
- Return of capital transactions and distributions of reserves
- The main anti-abuse provisions
- Tax benefits for SMEs
- Case studies
- Q&A Session

Teaching methods

The pedagogical method is based on the following axes:

(i) Multidisciplinarity: the course is given by a tax lawyer (G. GALEA) and a tax consultant approved by the IEC (N. BISSCHOP). This complementary multidisciplinarity allows the course themes to be approached from different angles, which perfectly reflects the current practice of tax law as well as the daily life of the two trainers.
(ii) Legal and practical approach to taxation: the trainers adopt both a legal and practical approach to taxation. The lessons given always start from the legal basis and end with practical examples. At the end of each course, the trainers analyse (together with the participants) recent practical cases that illustrate the material seen during the course.
(iii) Interactivity: the trainers interact as often as possible with the participants.
(iv) Timeliness: in both the theoretical and practical parts of the course, the trainers give concrete (from their daily practice) and current examples to illustrate what they are saying.

Evaluation methods

- A practical case to be solved and presented as a group during the penultimate class session (6 points)
- A written or oral examination covering the subject seen in the course (12 points)
- Active participation in courses and practical cases (2 points)

Teaching materials

• Slide deck, articles récents de doctrines et cas de jurisprudence, cas pratiques

Faculty or entity

CLSM