2025

• 18.06.2025 - [Solved] SME scheme: registration module unavailable

  Due to technical problems, the registration module of the SME scheme (special tax exemption scheme for small businesses) is currently unavailable in Intervat.

  Our teams do their best in order to solve this problem as soon as possible.

  We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause.

• 04.02.2025 - IT maintenance announcement February 6, 2025, from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM

  Intervat will not be accessible on Thursday February 6 between 1:00 PM and 2:00 PM.
   

2024

• 25.11.2024 - Intra-Community statement: no longer possible to enter clients with a final amount equal to 0

  You provided goods and/or services to a client and issued a credit note in their name for the same amount during the same period? You cannot enter it in the intra-Community statement if the final amount is equal to 0.
   

  From now on, if your intra-Community statement mentions one line with an amount equal to 0, a blocking error message will pop up on the screen when you click to validate it in Intervat. You must then correct your encoding (online or paper form) in order to be able to submit the statement.
  
  More information about how to draw up the VAT statement of intra-Community transactions

• 08.08.2024 - Mixed and partially taxable taxpayers - changes planned for the Pro rata section

  Final and temporary general pro rata

  The final general pro rata for the previous year is used as the temporary general pro rata for the current year. Intervat only contains one field for declaring the general pro rata.

  As from 26 August 2024, you can declare a general pro rata equal to 0 or 100. Until then:

  if the pro rata is equal to 0, enter 1.if the pro rata is equal to 100, enter 99.general pro rata and specific pro rata: always round up to the nearest whole number3 fields relating to the actual use rule:percentage with a decimal equal to or higher than 0.5: round to the nearest whole numberpercentage with a decimal lower than 0.5: round down to the nearest whole number

• 16.07.2024 - OSS - New VAT rate of 25.5% for Finland

   Standard VAT rate in Finland will increase from 24% to 25.5% from September 1^st 2024 onwards.

   What is the impact on OSS returns?

  • For Union and non-Union schemes: the returns of the third quarter 2024 may therefore contain transactions mentioning two different rates - a rate of 24% for the transactions made before September 2024 and a rate of 25.5% for the transactions made from September 1^st 2024 onwards.

  • For the Import scheme: the 25.5% rate must be applied from the return for transactions made in September onwards.

• 18.03.2024 - Maintenance online services on 21 March from 20:00 to 21:00

  On Thursday 21 March 2024 between 8 pm and no later than 9 pm, important maintenance is happening on the FAS which may cause you to experience glitches when logging on to all government online services. If you experience a problem, please try to log back in (after 9 pm).
  
  We apologise for the inconvenience.
   

• 12.03.2024 - Change of URL address and identification screen for Intervat

  From now on, you will need to access Intervat via the following link: https://intervat.minfin.fgov.be (you may need to change this in your bookmarks).

  Once logged into Intervat, you reach a new identification screen which directly displays your various possible profiles for:

  Then click on the company on whose behalf you want to proceed.
  

  You can only proceed in your own name (without a VAT number)?

  If there is only one available profile, you are automatically redirected to Intervat without going through this identification screen.

  Do you have to enter returns for different companies ?

  You no longer need to log off. 

  The new icon next to the CBE number of the company on whose behalf you proceed allows you to:

   
  • either logging into “in your own name”
  • or “on behalf of a company”: your company and those for which you are an authorised representative.
  • either to change profile and continue working in Intervat. Click on “Context switch” to return to the identification screen and choose another company.
  • or to log off completely (and delete linked cookies) by clicking on “Logout”.

2023

• 24.10.2023 - Commercial certificates “Isabel” and “Globalsign” will no longer give access to the e-services of the FPS Finance as of 31 January 2024

  From that date you will no longer be able to log in to Intervat with these certificates.
  More information
   

• 16.10.2023 - VAT returns: deadline extended

  The deadline for submitting VAT returns was 20 October 2023.

  Due to the exceptional circumstances of the last few days (attack on federal services by hackers), the Minister of Finance, Vincent Van Peteghem, has decided to extend the deadline for VAT returns to 23 October 2023, regarding the:

  • monthly return for September 2023
  • quarterly return for the 3rd quarter of 2023
  • monthly intra-Community statement for September 2023
  • quarterly intra-Community statement for the 3rd quarter of 2023

  Please note: there is no deferment of payment of the VAT due. The payment must be made by 20 October 2023.

2022

• 13.07.2022 - One Stop Shop (OSS) - EU e-commerce: reminder wrongly sent

  Due to a technical issue, taxable persons registered for the OSS scheme wrongly received a reminder to submit the 2nd quarter 2022 OSS VAT return. The legal deadline for submitting this return is 31 July 2022.

  Even if you have received this reminder, you still have until 31 July 2022 to fulfil your OSS VAT obligations for this tax period.

  We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
   

• 28.06.2022 - No more paper payment forms

  From 30 June 2022, you will no longer be able to order pre-printed forms for your VAT payments.

  The box "Ask payment form" will therefore disappear from Intervat.

  Do you still want to make your payments by bank transfer? The account number and communication will now be included in the acknowledgement of receipt of your return.