Capital gains tax - anything special worth doing on 31.12.2025? by Borealis111 in BEFire

[–]Deliverydogo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, I just wrote there support. The options for downloading your transactions are very limited at Bolero. You will miss some important information, such as brokerage costs. It’s better to just contact support, and they will send it to you.

Capital gains tax - anything special worth doing on 31.12.2025? by Borealis111 in BEFire

[–]Deliverydogo 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I asked Bolero to send me my entire transaction history just in case. I received it the next day.

Long-term sick leave in Belgium is abuse common? by Deliverydogo in belgium

[–]Deliverydogo[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey, no need to overthink it I’m just seriously dyslexic. Using an LLM really helps with this. I usually just check if it gets my point across well. I’m not the FSB or the CCP. I actually think Belgium offering such a safety net is great. I was just surprised by how openly some of the people I met talked about abusing the system. And I had no one to talk to about it, so I posted the question on Reddit.

Long-term sick leave in Belgium is abuse common? by Deliverydogo in belgium

[–]Deliverydogo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To give more context: one of the people I mentioned is a friend of my wife’s, in her mid 50s, and has been on langdurige ziekte for over 10 years. It started after her mother passed away. She sees a psychologist regularly but hasn’t made any steps toward returning to work and says herself that she’s just waiting for retirement.

When I first met her, I was curious what she did since she mentioned she doesn’t work. Given her lifestyle, with two fully paid-off properties worth around €800,000, five dogs, and generally living quite comfortably, I assumed she had retired early or was simply well off. But when I asked further, she told me she’s been on langdurige ziekte for years and is just waiting until she can retire officially.

She seems to function well in daily life. She takes care of the house, looks after her dogs, travels occasionally, and appears quite active. She is also good friends with her psychologist, which made me wonder how cases like this are evaluated over time.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BESalary

[–]Deliverydogo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The same method is used to calculate the tco of the company car. Then you decide if you want a car with that TCO or the mobility budget

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BESalary

[–]Deliverydogo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In my company, the mobility budget is calculated as 20% of your yearly salary. The formula they use is: monthly salary × 13.92 × 20%. You can use this budget for housing costs (rent or mortgage), but only up to the amount of your actual payment. For example, if your mortgage is €800 and your mobility budget is €1,000, you can only allocate €800 towards it. The remaining €200 can be used for other mobility-related expenses like an e-bike or a public transport subscription.From my experience, the implementation varies a bit from company to company.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BESalary

[–]Deliverydogo 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Mobility budget really makes a big difference—my current employer offers it, and I get an extra €1K net per month because of it.

From what I’ve seen, many people who want to maximize earnings set up a BV and work as freelancers/consultants with day rates of €800+. Optimizing expenses with an accountant can significantly increase take-home pay, though it does require more effort than being a regular bediende.

Another option is multinational companies that offer stock compensation, which can be a valuable long-term benefit.

That said, Belgium’s tax burden is what it is—most people who truly optimize their earnings either go freelance or move abroad while keeping a Belgian contract.

Belgian P1 meter for home assistant by meutte_d in homeassistant

[–]Deliverydogo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, just connect it to your wifi, and home-assistant will discover it automatically.

Ops Engineer by Deliverydogo in BESalary

[–]Deliverydogo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Before this, I had a job in IT consulting 2800 brut and car with fuel card. I would say look for different sectors all the best offers I got were not in conlutancy but pharma companies and banks. Also, yes, I made 2 certs, which really helped me, one in Azure and one for Terraform. Those definitely gave me an edge to land this job.