by Niels Saelens
published on To •
5 min read
published on To •
5 min read
Singles are financially disadvantaged compared to couples and/or families. For example, within the OECD, no one is as heavily taxed as the single Belgian. But that’s far from the only downside.
Why is this important?
The number of single people continues to grow in our country. Unfortunately, tax authorities, streaming services, and stores, among others, don’t always pay the same attention to this group.The essential : there are more and more single people.
- Figures from the Belgian statistical office Statbel (2022) show that almost 36% of all households in our country are single people.
- By comparison, in the early 1990s, single people made up less than 30% of all households.
Although there are more and more singles, this growing group is not always taken into account.
Taxes
Taxation : at the beginning of s
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