Thierry Litannie

Thierry has been a member of the Brussels and Walloon Brabant Bars since 1993. He advises and defends his clients in all areas of taxation, business law, financial and tax criminal law and estate and inheritance planning.

He was appointed as a specialist in tax law by the French-speaking Bar Association of Brussels and the Walloon Bar Association of Walloon Brabant.

For more than 30 years, he has practiced tax law on a daily basis in all its forms: personal income tax, corporate income tax, VAT, registration duties, inheritance tax and municipal taxes.

In tax matters, Thierry advises, assists and defends his clients at every stage of the proceedings:

• He works pre-emptively to provide his clients with optimal legal and tax certainty through advice based on his extensive knowledge of taxes and recent or upcoming changes. For this purpose, he is in constant contact with the Service des Décisions Anticipées department with a view to obtaining certain and tax-efficient rulings.
• He assists and advises his clients in filing tax claims in all areas of taxation and defends them, or negotiates on their behalf, with all authorities of the Ministry of Finance or the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
• He defends his clients before all Belgian and foreign courts in all tax, commercial and criminal proceedings.
• He also has extensive experience in tax regularization, allowing him to assist numerous taxpayers with foreign assets not known to the tax authorities who wish to regularize their situation and that of their heirs.

In corporate law, he assists his clients in negotiating and drafting contracts for the sale of businesses, companies or shares, and for mergers, demergers, liquidations or judicial reorganizations.

Thierry advises, assists and defends individuals, SMEs and large corporations, as well as non-profit associations and foundations.

In addition to his activities as a tax lawyer, Thierry is also a director of the Ordre des Experts Comptables et Comptables Brevetés de Belgique (O.E.C.C.B.B.) and teaches or lectures on tax law at several universities and colleges, including UCL Mons, EPHEC and the Belgian Chamber of Accountants.

Publications:

• Amortization of Business Expenses (Anthémis 2015)
• Tax Audits (Anthémis 2015)
• Handbook of Tax Procedure (Anthémis 2014)
• Tax Optimization of Real Estate (Anthémis 2007 and 2013)
• The investigative powers of the tax authorities and the Public (Anthémis 2006)
• Dream Team Tax (Anthémis 2012, 2013, and 2014)
• Tax Optimization for Medical Professions (Anthémis 2013)
• From Tax Engineering to Serious and Organized Tax Fraud (Anthémis 2008)
• Family Real Estate Assets (Anthémis 2009)
• Doctors and Taxes (Anthémis 2009 and 2010)