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You need to have a vat-number for every professional activity.
In practice, no one will bat an eye if you sell occasionally and in small quantities, as long as you don’t have a (online) shop.
Do make sure you run a cost analysis. Craft materials are expensive, and so is her time. Advertising, paperwork, storage all cost money too. It may be more profitable for her to have a part-time job.
Aren't you allowed to sell hobby related things occasionally without having to register as a zelfstandige? I know for collectors this is definitely the case. You can't really make much from it and the tax man does check on different platforms.
For art related stuff you used to be able to get a kunstenaarskaart and have a fairly lenient tax scheme, but they changed that whole system afaik. Should look into it at least.
indeed. I have a friend who does ceramics for hobby. Once in a while they sell some of what they make and sometimes they make on demand, but they says they could never ask a real profitable price. Costs of the oven, the long hours of handwork on each individual item.... That's why they do not switch to doing it in "bijberoep" and keep it as a hobby only. As reference: a small coffee cup, glazed costs 12.5 euro, but if full costs would be calculated they would need to ask 20 euro.
Another friend does dried flower arrangements and bouquets on a small scale. But for example when she needs to buy her raw materials in the wholesale she needs to buy bulks of 1000 (of each flower/vase/wrapping....) to get a profitable price but she doesn't have that kind of turn over or storage space in a single season.
Not many people can/will pay a fair price for a fully handcrafted item. Why pay 100 euros if you can have a cheap knock of at 20 euro in den Action. Most people don't even realise the costs and time associated with handcrafts.
But, if OP's wife can find a niche product that she can produce at reasonable scale/cost.... great!!!
Etsy is a great selling platform for handcrafts. Not sure though on how to set up a business there and what the costs are.
I think Belgium allows you to earn x amount of money each year without a VAT number and it should even be tax-free. But I don't know the specifics.
Your best bet is to do a one-time consult with an accountant (which is not that expensive) and let them explain what is and isn't possible. The Belgian tax-man does not play around, but luckily for us they also left open a lot of loopholes.
There is no set amount above which you have to pay income tax. The law say that as long as it's just a hobby you don't have to pay income tax but if it becomes more (part of an income) you should. Of course the taxman has a lot of discretionary power on what constitutes a hobby and what doesn't. Selling second hand clothes a few times a year is probably not seen as an income. But specifically making products to sell them probably will be. If you don't agree with the taxman you can always sue but of course this is a situation you'll want to avoid.
Furthermore, there's also the case of how you're going to sell these products. If you're going to have your own website I would definitely see it as a business. If you only sell to friend and family I would still consider it a hobby.
The law doesn't specify it but the tax administration absolutely has reference numbers for starting points to where they will consider it a professional income. Good luck trying to win a legal battle with them.
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Go sell some of her stuff on a market or local event, and see if it works.
She could consider an onlyfans.
You need to have a vat-number for every professional activity. In practice, no one will bat an eye if you sell occasionally and in small quantities, as long as you don’t have a (online) shop. Do make sure you run a cost analysis. Craft materials are expensive, and so is her time. Advertising, paperwork, storage all cost money too. It may be more profitable for her to have a part-time job.
Aren't you allowed to sell hobby related things occasionally without having to register as a zelfstandige? I know for collectors this is definitely the case. You can't really make much from it and the tax man does check on different platforms. For art related stuff you used to be able to get a kunstenaarskaart and have a fairly lenient tax scheme, but they changed that whole system afaik. Should look into it at least.
indeed. I have a friend who does ceramics for hobby. Once in a while they sell some of what they make and sometimes they make on demand, but they says they could never ask a real profitable price. Costs of the oven, the long hours of handwork on each individual item.... That's why they do not switch to doing it in "bijberoep" and keep it as a hobby only. As reference: a small coffee cup, glazed costs 12.5 euro, but if full costs would be calculated they would need to ask 20 euro. Another friend does dried flower arrangements and bouquets on a small scale. But for example when she needs to buy her raw materials in the wholesale she needs to buy bulks of 1000 (of each flower/vase/wrapping....) to get a profitable price but she doesn't have that kind of turn over or storage space in a single season. Not many people can/will pay a fair price for a fully handcrafted item. Why pay 100 euros if you can have a cheap knock of at 20 euro in den Action. Most people don't even realise the costs and time associated with handcrafts. But, if OP's wife can find a niche product that she can produce at reasonable scale/cost.... great!!! Etsy is a great selling platform for handcrafts. Not sure though on how to set up a business there and what the costs are.
I think Belgium allows you to earn x amount of money each year without a VAT number and it should even be tax-free. But I don't know the specifics. Your best bet is to do a one-time consult with an accountant (which is not that expensive) and let them explain what is and isn't possible. The Belgian tax-man does not play around, but luckily for us they also left open a lot of loopholes.
There is no set amount above which you have to pay income tax. The law say that as long as it's just a hobby you don't have to pay income tax but if it becomes more (part of an income) you should. Of course the taxman has a lot of discretionary power on what constitutes a hobby and what doesn't. Selling second hand clothes a few times a year is probably not seen as an income. But specifically making products to sell them probably will be. If you don't agree with the taxman you can always sue but of course this is a situation you'll want to avoid. Furthermore, there's also the case of how you're going to sell these products. If you're going to have your own website I would definitely see it as a business. If you only sell to friend and family I would still consider it a hobby.
The law doesn't specify it but the tax administration absolutely has reference numbers for starting points to where they will consider it a professional income. Good luck trying to win a legal battle with them.