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Reader's question: Document regarding alimony for taxes in Belgium

By Submitted Message
Posted in Reader question
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April 27, 2020

Dear readers,

I have been sending monthly maintenance money to my wife in Thailand for years. I can therefore include this maintenance in my (Belgian) taxes. However, for my 2019 personal income tax, the tax inspector asks for 2 extra documents: 1 of my wife's proof of life (which has now been arranged through the amphur) and also proof that my wife is "needy", so that she has no income herself. has. But apparently you don't get a tax statement in Thailand if you have no income.

Does anyone know which official document my wife should get (which I then have translated by a sworn translator) so that I can hand over this document as proof to the tax inspector?

Thanks in advance for any responses.

Regards,

Marc

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9 responses to “Reader question: Document regarding maintenance money for taxes in Belgium”

  1. Walter Claes says up
    27 April 2020 at 11: 20

    Perhaps her tax return in Thailand or, much more likely, a certificate that she does not have to file a return because her income is too low?

  2. Michel says up
    27 April 2020 at 12: 22

    My wife then had a paper drawn up at her ampur with a witness that she has no income and takes care of her parents

    • Marc says up
      27 April 2020 at 14: 25

      Michel, thanks in advance for the explanation. I presume this paper was in Thai and you then had to have it translated by a sworn translator?
      Regards, Marc

      • Michel says up
        28 April 2020 at 07: 42

        Yes that's right I had it translated in the Netherlands I needed it to get a social security number for her
        Good luck Mark

        Regards Michael

  3. Dirk says up
    27 April 2020 at 12: 31

    Last year I also had that problem that I had to prove to the (Belgian) tax authorities that my wife had no income in Thailand. I couldn't do that through the Thai tax authorities either, because if she doesn't work they don't know her... I then had to draw up a document (myself) stating that she didn't work and therefore had no income. That document had to be signed and stamped by the head of the municipal service on the amphur (municipal secretary in my case), and dated. This document has been accepted.

    • Marc says up
      27 April 2020 at 14: 24

      Dear Dirk,

      thanks in advance for the useful info! But a few more questions : the document you had drawn up, in what language was it ? Do you still have a copy of that? And if so, would you mind emailing it to me? my email address is [email protected]
      Regards, Marc

  4. martin says up
    27 April 2020 at 14: 28

    Just go to the Amphur and ask for proof that she has no income and that you only support her, have it translated with proof from the bank that you have transferred money and give it to the tax authorities; I have been doing this for 14 years and no problem ,
    Kind regards, Martin

  5. Lung addie says up
    28 April 2020 at 04: 39

    I do have some reservations about the question and the responses to it.
    The questioner speaks of “his wife”, so I assume that they are legally married and that this marriage has been accepted in Belgium.
    If we now look at the term 'maintenance money', we must conclude that tax-deductible maintenance money is linked to a number of conditions, the most important of which I will list in this case:
    – the receiving person may NOT be part of the family anymore. In this case this is possible as the recipient apparently does not live with the payer and can therefore be regarded as 'de facto separated'
    -“maintenance money” is only maintenance money if it results from a court decision (legal separation) or from a notarial agreement (EOT: divorce by mutual consent). If this is not the case and someone provides financial support on a voluntary basis, then these financial contributions are considered a “GIFT” and are NOT tax deductible.
    In the case of being married and the wife has no income, the husband can, however, enter his wife as a 'dependant' for tax purposes and transfer part of his income to her. But there are also conditions attached to this:
    - MUST form a family and therefore also live under the same roof. If not, they will again be regarded as 'de facto separated' for tax purposes and this tax deduction is not possible.
    So there are some reservations about this post and comments.

    • Walter Claes says up
      28 April 2020 at 09: 00

      A notarial deed is not required.
      https://financien.belgium.be/nl/particulieren/gezin/onderhoudsgeld/betaald#q4
      The term “family” is also defined here. See also the provisions on temporary absence and payments abroad.


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