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# Quittio\\Country\\BE

## quittio/country-be \#

### [Quittio\\Country\\BE](https://quittio.dev/docs/api/Quittio/Country/BE)

- [`CountryBE`](https://quittio.dev/docs/api/Quittio/Country/BE/CountryBE)Country pack for Belgium.

### [Quittio\\Country\\BE\\Dunning](https://quittio.dev/docs/api/Quittio/Country/BE/Dunning)

- [`ReferenceRateTable`](https://quittio.dev/docs/api/Quittio/Country/BE/Dunning/ReferenceRateTable)The reference rate of the late payment law of 2 August 2002: the main refinancing rate of the ECB on the first day of the half-year, which with the 8 points of the law gives the published rate rounded up to the next half point. The table holds the rates the points are added to, so that the sum is the rate published by the FPS Finance (e.g. 2.50 + 8 = 10.50 % for 2026).

### [Quittio\\Country\\BE\\Formats](https://quittio.dev/docs/api/Quittio/Country/BE/Formats)

- [`BelgianFormatRule`](https://quittio.dev/docs/api/Quittio/Country/BE/Formats/BelgianFormatRule)Since 1 January 2026 invoices between businesses established in Belgium are structured e-invoices, by default Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 (law of 6 February 2024): domestic invoices to businesses get the format "peppol". Not for consumers and not for businesses that only perform exempt supplies without input tax deduction (Art. 44 VAT Code).

### [Quittio\\Country\\BE\\Rules](https://quittio.dev/docs/api/Quittio/Country/BE/Rules)

- [`VatCodeRules`](https://quittio.dev/docs/api/Quittio/Country/BE/Rules/VatCodeRules)Mentions of a Belgian invoice: Art. 53 § 2 of the VAT Code and Art. 5 of Royal Decree No. 1, and the use of languages in the Dutch, French and German language regions.

### [Quittio\\Country\\BE\\Support](https://quittio.dev/docs/api/Quittio/Country/BE/Support)

- [`EnterpriseNumber`](https://quittio.dev/docs/api/Quittio/Country/BE/Support/EnterpriseNumber)The Belgian enterprise number (ondernemingsnummer, numéro d'entreprise) of the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises: ten digits, the last two 97 minus the first eight modulo 97. The VAT number is "BE" and the enterprise number; Peppol uses it with scheme 0208.
- [`LanguageRegion`](https://quittio.dev/docs/api/Quittio/Country/BE/Support/LanguageRegion)The language region of a Belgian address by its post code: the Dutch language region (Flanders), the French language region (Wallonia without the German-speaking municipalities), the German language region and the bilingual region Brussels-Capital.

### [Quittio\\Country\\BE\\Tax](https://quittio.dev/docs/api/Quittio/Country/BE/Tax)

- [`CustomVatPreset`](https://quittio.dev/docs/api/Quittio/Country/BE/Tax/CustomVatPreset)Ad-hoc preset of the Belgian pack, e.g. from VatPreset::exempt(). Like the VatPreset cases, its text defaults to Dutch when the invoice has no locale; other locales without a text fall back to English.
- [`TaxTables`](https://quittio.dev/docs/api/Quittio/Country/BE/Tax/TaxTables)Belgian VAT rates (Royal Decree No. 20), each valid from its date on.
- [`VatPreset`](https://quittio.dev/docs/api/Quittio/Country/BE/Tax/VatPreset) enumTax presets for Belgium (VAT Code, Royal Decree No. 20 on the rates).

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