{"id":93913,"date":"2024-09-20T11:26:04","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T09:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dexxter.be\/top-5-mistakes-in-your-vat-declarations\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T13:20:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T11:20:31","slug":"top-5-mistakes-in-your-vat-declarations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dexxter.be\/en\/blog\/top-5-mistakes-in-your-vat-declarations\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 mistakes in your VAT declarations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You can perfectly do the VAT declaration yourself, but watch out for common mistakes! Dexxter reduces the chance of mistakes, but mistakes can always creep in.
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Fortunately, these mistakes are easy to avoid; below we give you the top 5 most common mistakes in VAT declarations:
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1) VAT recovered on taxes & miscellaneous contributions<\/strong>
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Think of social security contributions, provincial tax, municipal tax, etc. VAT will never be charged here and, of course, this is why you will not be able to reclaim VAT on these expenses.
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2) Reclaiming foreign VAT paid in Belgium<\/strong>
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Have you received an invoice from a foreign supplier on which (foreign) VAT was charged? You cannot reclaim this foreign VAT in Belgium!
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For a small amount of foreign VAT<\/strong>, you can go for an easy solution. You simply<\/strong> enter the foreign VAT paid as an expense, together with the rest of the invoices.
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Is the amount of foreign VAT somewhat larger? Then we give you the tip to question your foreign supplier for a new invoice that charges 0% VAT (reverse charge).
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