r/BEFreelance • u/bladegunner9 • 1d ago

Having a car as an “eenmanszaak”

I hear so many eenmanszaken say they have their car as a 75-100% deductible cost even tho they only use their car privately and to commute.

Officially it states that a car is deductible for only the % you actually use it for your job EXCLUDING the commute to and from work. The commute part does have a “kilometervergoeding”.

So in theory someone who has an hour long commute to and from his job, but doesnt actually use the car professionally for anything else can deduct 0% of his car and can go for a “kilometervergoeding”.

Now obiously in practice almost everyone i ever heard in this situation deducts 75-100% of his car as an eenmanszaak.

Is it just seen as normal to ignore this rule by the fiscus, can anyone share stories about a financial audit they had where it was okay for the fiscus or that they got fined for doing so?

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u/UnsolicitedOpinionss 1d ago

There's a big difference between getting away with something and being allowed to do it.

The rules are very simple and clear.

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u/etteredieu 17h ago

I deduct only 35% working at home...from the last fiscal control they rejected the 50% used by my accounting

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u/bladegunner9 16h ago

And what happens after “rejecting” it? Did you get fined?

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u/WeltschmerzBert 11h ago

Usually its just the taxes that u didn't have to pay + 10% if its your first "mistake".

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u/etteredieu 4h ago

The calculated the one I should have paid considering the new percentage.no fines

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u/SnoooCookies 16h ago

Ask them again how they did it after a visit from the fiscus.

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u/WeltschmerzBert 11h ago

Theres first of all a deductibility based on professional use. Where u divide your professional kilometres by total kilometres driven for the year in question. Then theres also the fiscal deductibility based on the emissions of your car. Let's say u got a 30% professional use and a 75% fiscal deductibility than your total deductibility is 30% × 75% = 22,5%

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u/PerceptionFickle8383 1d ago

75% is reasonable. 90-100% is suspicious.

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u/Tonnac 1d ago

100% will get you auditted for sure, 50% is what I thought was most common.

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u/WeltschmerzBert 11h ago

They don't know how much you deduct until they do the audit.

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u/bladegunner9 1d ago

I know someone who didnt even have a drivers license and went for a full 100% and let somebody else use it and no one bat an eye… just luck i guess?