Belgium has published in the Official Gazette the Royal Decree of 19 July 2018 on the extension of the salary withholding tax exemption to R&D personnel holding bachelor's degrees. The decree provides that effective from 1 January 2018, employers of R&D personnel holding bachelor's degrees are exempted from withholding up to 40% of the salary tax. For SME's, the maximum amount that may be exempted is up to 50% of the withholding exemption applied for R&D personnel holding specifi…