Commons Hub

Taxes

A commons still pays its share. Here is everything the Commons Hub has paid, or still owes, in taxes to the City, the Region and the federal state.

€78,878.18

in taxes since 30 August 2024, VAT refunds deducted (including €40,717.99 tax claims that still need to be paid).

By level of government

Local
City of Brussels
€4,981.24
paid so far
+ €25,522.80 billed, not paid yet

Office tax (taxe sur les bureaux), levied on the building's owner and passed through to us for our share of the building.

1 payment, 2 pending
  • Office tax 2025
    Billed, not paid yet
    €12,603.85
  • Office tax 2026
    Billed, not paid yet
    €12,918.95
  • Office tax
    30 August 2024
    €4,981.24
Regional
Brussels-Capital Region
€20,625.03
paid so far
+ €15,195.19 billed, not paid yet

Property tax (précompte immobilier), levied on the building's owner and passed through to us for our share of the building.

2 payments, 1 pending
Federal
Federal state (FPS Finance)
€12,553.92
paid so far

VAT, settled every quarter: a payment when we collected more VAT than we paid, a refund when we paid more than we collected.

2 payments

VAT, quarter by quarter

Every quarter we file a VAT return. When we collected more VAT on our sales than we paid on our purchases, we owe the difference to the State; when we paid more, the State owes it to us (shown in green, with a minus sign). A credit is not always refunded: it is usually carried forward on our VAT account and offset against later quarters, so there are fewer payments than quarters.

QuarterResult
2026 Q2
corrected return
€11,778.73
due to the State
€8,152.21 paid 25 Jul 2026 ↗€3,626.52 not found
2026 Q1€4,401.77
due to the State
Paid 28 Apr 2026 ↗
2025 Q4€5,644.59
due to the State
No payment found
2025 Q3€2,824.49
due to the State
No payment found
2025 Q2−€3,695.54
owed to us
Not refunded: carried forward
2025 Q1€3,288.22
due to the State
No payment found
2024 Q4−€11,712.49
owed to us
Not refunded: carried forward
2024 Q3−€7,313.61
owed to us
Not refunded: carried forward
2024 Q2−€472.58
owed to us
Not refunded: carried forward
Total€4,743.58
due to the State
€12,553.92 paid, net of refunds

The quarterly returns as filed with the FPS Finance (Intervat), VAT number BE0804505132. Payments made from our on-chain accounts link to the transaction on the blockchain; bank transfers link to that month's transactions. A return is filed in the month after its quarter ends, so the latest quarter can take a few weeks to appear.

How the building's taxes are shared

The property tax and the office tax are levied on the owner of the building, who passes our share on to us. The share follows the cadastral income (revenu cadastral) of the floors we occupy: €11,626 of the building's €26,727. The office tax leaves out the ground-floor shop and the basement, so our share of it is larger.

2026Our shareWe pay
Property tax (regional)43.50%€15,194.86
Office tax (local)55.28%€12,917.78
Total€28,112.64

That is about €2,343 a month. The owner's bills can differ from this split by a few cents; they are counted above as pending until we pay them.

Every payment above comes from the Commons Hub's own bank movements in the public dataset; each date links to that month's transactions.