The Council Implementing Decision to authorize Belgium's continued derogation from Article 285 of the VAT Directive (2006/112/EC) regarding its VAT exemption threshold for small businesses was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 28 December 2018. The decision authorizes Belgium to continue to apply its increased VAT exemption threshold of EUR 25,000 (standard for Belgium under the Directive is EUR 5,000). The authorization is effective from 1 January 2019 until the earlier of 31 D…