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Declaration  
 
 

Tax Period

  The tax period has been modified and the tax shall now be calculated and remitted each quarter.
Every employer shall submit the tax return (form R 10) within 15 days from the end of the tax period. He also shall submit for the year an “End of year” declaration before the 1st of march of the following year.

Employer's Obligations

  Other than registering their employees, employers have the following obligations: 
  • To maintain employees book keeping: names, salaries, nature of work, starting and ending date of employment, employees’ family status, amounts to be deducted, amount of withheld tax. 
  • To withhold the tax when paying the employees’ salaries 
  • To submit a declaration form each quarter (form R10) 
  • To pay the withheld amounts of tax each quarter
  • To submit an end of year declaration (form R5) 
  • To pay any tax difference owed to the treasury after reconciliation, if any.

For further information, please consult the circular number 2600 dated 23/12/2002

 

Employee's Obligations

  Employees have the following obligations:
  • To keep their Personal Identification Card.
  • To fill the commitment form (R4) that will be kept by the employer.
  • To update their personal information yearly (form R4).
  • To submit a yearly personal declaration to the income tax department (form R8) before the 30th of April if he/she is working for several employers, or if he/she is owner or partner in any other business.
  • In the latter case, to pay the amount of tax due to the tax administration.

For further information, please consult the circular number 2540 dated 18/12/2002



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