Cadastral income & property tax
Cadastral income is the reference value of every Belgian property: it sets the property tax you pay each year, and part of your income tax too. It is also one of the worst-explained notions in the sector. These guides set out where the figure comes from, how it is indexed, when it is revised, and what the tax assessment notice is actually made of.
What is cadastral income and what is it for?
Belgian cadastral income is the base for the property tax. Where to find it, how it is calculated, when it is revised and when it can be reduced.
Guide in French
Where do you find a property's cadastral income?
Three ways to find a Belgian property's cadastral income: MyMinfin, the property tax assessment notice, or the cadastral extract.
Guide in French
How do you get from cadastral income to the property tax?
Indexation, the basic regional rate, provincial and municipal surcharges: each step of the calculation that produces the amount on your assessment notice.
Guide in French
What is the difference between indexed and non-indexed cadastral income?
Which of the two figures appears on which document, and which one the property tax is actually calculated on.
Guide in French
Can you have your cadastral income reduced?
The grounds for objecting, the deadlines, and the situations where a revision downwards is genuinely possible.
Guide in French