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Hello,

What tax are you talking about?  The only tax for which you are responsible is that relating to refuse.

Tax on second home.

Must be related to the yearly tax declaration, where the landlady is taxed extra for having a vacant property, and considered a second home.

Thats what she states, but im trying to figure out whether this is true or not.

Tax on empty property in Belgium.

Hello expats, I am much wondering how much would an empty property be taxed. I have an empty property in Antwerp and was charged the whole amount to pay.

I have written the Vlaamse belastingdienst to ask for a rebate but to date have not heard for an answer.  I would appreciate any help from you out there.

Thank you very much.
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Vacancy tax is decided by the municipality, and i don’t know what the numbers for Antwerp are exactly, but Leuven for instance has a vacancy tax per year of 1000 euro per room, or 3750 for the whole house, whichever is bigger.

As an example: Castle Nottebohm in Brecht (Antwerp province) was demolished in 2018 as the family that owned it no longer wanted to pay the 30,000 vacancy tax a year.