The Foreign Relations Committee of the US Senate held hearings on 17 July 2007 on the new income tax treaty and protocol between Belgium and the United States, which was signed on 27 November 2006. The Senate hearings are expected to lead to the US ratification of the treaty.
On 18 July 2007, the US Treasury Department released the text of the US Technical Explanations of the above treaty and protocol. The texts of the statement of the International Tax Couns…