Income Tax - Report Disability-Related Amounts

Verified 17 April 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

Are you receiving a pension, annuity or benefit because of your disability? It is subject to income tax. However, some income is exempt. We'll tell you what you need to know.

You must declare a pension paid by a pension or provident society under collective and compulsory contracts.

The tax authority automatically applies a abatement of 10% on the reported total amount of pensions.

The amount of the rebate must be within the following range:

  • Minimum: €442 per pensioner
  • Maximum: €4,321 by tax shelter

Please note

You must declare you yourself will receive dependants' or dependants' pensions, because these amounts are never pre-filled.

You must declare the pension paid by social security following an accident or illness.

However, if you are receiving a disability pension from Social Security that does not exceed €3,738.75 a year, it is exempt provided your resources do not exceed the following amount:

  • €11,553.02 per year for a single person
  • €17,905.06 per year for a couple

If this condition is met, you do not have to declare it.

The tax authority automatically applies a abatement of 10% on the reported total amount of pensions.

The amount of the rebate must be within the following range:

  • Minimum: €442 per pensioner
  • Maximum: €4,321 by tax shelter

Please note

You must declare you yourself will receive dependants' or dependants' pensions, because these amounts are never pre-filled.

Military disability pensions and pensions paid to civilian victims of war (including as a result of acts of terrorism) are exempt.

This is also the case for supplementary allowances to these pensions (temporary allowance for the severely disabled, etc.).

The third-party assistance surcharge (TPM) is exempt.

You must declare the life annuities collected as a result of a disability, whether annuities free of charge or for consideration.

Life annuities paid without consideration (free of charge) are taxed after deduction of an allowance.

The tax authority automatically applies a abatement of 10% on the reported total amount of pensions.

The amount of the rebate must be within the following range:

  • Minimum: €442 per pensioner
  • Maximum: €4,321 by tax shelter

Life annuities paid for consideration (against payment) are subject to income tax for a fraction of their amount.

Please note

You must declare you yourself will receive dependants' or dependants' pensions, because these amounts are never pre-filled.

Life annuity paid for damages following a judicial conviction for the compensation of very serious bodily injury is exempt.

This is the case if you suffer from a total permanent disability (e.g. due to a motor vehicle accident).

Compensation paid to asbestos victims by the Asbestos Victims Compensation Fund or by court order is exempt.

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Temporary allowance

The temporary allowance you receive as a victim of an accident at work or an occupational disease is exempt for 50% of its amount.

Benefit paid

This benefit is exempt.

Life annuity

The rent is exempt.

Disabled adults' allowance is exempt.

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