The European Commission is referring Belgium to the Court of Justice of the European Union because of its tax legislation which provides for different methods of assessing income from property. As a result of this, the income which a Belgian resident earns from property located abroad is assessed at a higher value than that from comparable property in Belgium.
Belgian law thus favours investments in certain properties located in Belgium and penalises taxpayers who choose to invest in similar property in other Member States of the EU or the European Economic Area (EEA). Such a difference in tax treatment constitutes an infringement of the free movement of capital guaranteed by Article 63 TFEU and Article 40 of the EEA Agreement. 
 
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