Fiscal partnership, when and why?

25 February 2021 - reading time: 2 minutes

When do you become fiscal partners and what should you pay attention to? Being fiscal partners mostly has benefits, but it can also have some cons. What are the things you should keep in mind when you do your income tax return together?

When do you become fiscal partners?
You become fiscal partners when you’re married or when you have a registered partnership with someone. You also become fiscal partners when you’re not married, but living together and when you meet certain requirements. For instance when you bought a house with someone and you’re living together in that house. But also when you’re both older than 18 years old and you have a notarial cohabitation agreement. Or you’re living together and you have a child together. Once you meet these requirements and you’re fiscal partners, it’s impossible not to be fiscal partners.

Of course it can occur that you marry your partner during the year. In that case you’re fiscal partners from that moment on. But you can also choose to be fiscal partners for that whole year. You can also have multiple fiscal partners in one year, but not at the same time. For instance when you got divorced and you buy a house with someone in which you live together later that same year. In that case you can choose to be fiscal partners with one of these people for the whole year.

Fiscaal partnerschap, wanneer en waarom?

Pros and cons of fiscal partnership
Fiscal partnership has several benefits for your income tax return. The main ones are:

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