Thousands of Flemish tenants are missing out on a substantial tax cut price

Just like owners, tenants also are entitled to a reduction in belongings tax, a mysterious concession that rarely all people is aware of about. De Standaard writes this on Wednesday.

If you very own a house, have  based kids, or have a person with a disability to your family, owners receive a discount at the property tax you pay for that house, De Standaard explains. You don’t ought to do anything for this, the reduction is mechanically deducted.

Tenants additionally have that right. The reduction on the belongings tax that the proprietor pays for the rented residence accrues to the tenants. Only they need to ask for it themselves, if they already recognise that they're entitled to it. Here’s wherein the shoe pinches. Most tenants don't have any clue.

“A putting instance of the Matthew impact: the wealthy get richer, the terrible get poorer,” says Luc Vlerick to the newspaper. He is a volunteer at the Ghent non-profit association Thope, that is devoted to housing recognized refugees.

“A few years ago I by accident located that tenants had this proper. We then submitted an application for the families we help. Twelve of them have acquired the discount. The quantity relies upon on the quantity of the withholding tax, and varies among 153 and 457 euros in line with 12 months in step with own family. A big amount for human beings with a low profits.”