CountryBE

class in quittio/country-be · extends AbstractCountryPack · implements CompletesInvoices, ProvidesReferenceRates

Quittio\Country\BE\CountryBE · Source

Country pack for Belgium.

Not reviewed by a tax adviser yet (see the README of the pack).

Constants#

Constant	Value	Description
`CODE`	`'BE'`
`TRANSLATION_NAMESPACE`	`'quittio-be'`

Methods#

Method	Description
`->addressFormatter()`	Default: international address format.
`::belgianDunningLaw()`
`->buyerCountryRules()`	Default: no rules.
`->code()`
`->complete()`	Peppol identifies Belgian businesses by their enterprise number (scheme 0208): a seller or buyer without electronic address (BT-34, BT-49) gets the enterprise number of its Belgian VAT number, unless the setting peppol_endpoints is false (quittio.countries.be).
`->correctionPolicy()`	Cancellation by credit note, correction by cancel and reissue.
`->defaults()`
`->dunningLaw()`	Law of 2 August 2002: the reference rate plus 8 points between businesses and a flat rate of 40 EUR; consumers owe the legal interest rate, 4.5 % in 2026.
`->exporters()`	Default: no exporters.
`->formatAliases()`	Default: no aliases.
`->formatRules()`
`->formats()`	Default: no own formats.
`->legalTexts()`	Default: an empty catalog.
`->letterLayouts()`	Default: the free layout only.
`::locales()`	Locales the pack ships translations for, e.g. ["de", "en", "fr", "nl"].
`->mandatoryOutput()`
`->numberingRules()`	A sequential number in one or more series (Art. 5 § 1, 2° Royal Decree No. 1).
`->paymentQr()`	Default: none; the EPC GiroCode is used for the type "girocode".
`->profiles()`	Default: no profiles.
`->readers()`	Default: no readers.
`->referenceRates()`
`::registerTranslations()`	Makes the pack's translations available to the active translator.
`->retention()`	Seven years from the end of the calendar year of issue (Art. 60 § 3 VAT Code, as amended by the law of 18 December 2025, for VAT due from 2023).
`->rules()`	Mentions of Art. 5 Royal Decree No. 1 and the use of languages (applies to every format).
`->serializers()`	Default: no serializers; CII and UBL are built in.
`->taxPresets()`
`->translationPath()`

`addressFormatter()`#

public function addressFormatter(): AddressFormatter

inherited from AbstractCountryPack

Default: international address format.

Returns: AddressFormatter

`belgianDunningLaw()`#

public static function belgianDunningLaw(): DunningLaw

static

Returns: DunningLaw

`buyerCountryRules()`#

public function buyerCountryRules(): array

inherited from AbstractCountryPack

Default: no rules.

Returns: array

`code()`#

public function code(): string

Returns: string

`complete()`#

public function complete(InvoiceData $invoice, array $settings): InvoiceData

Peppol identifies Belgian businesses by their enterprise number (scheme 0208): a seller or buyer without electronic address (BT-34, BT-49) gets the enterprise number of its Belgian VAT number, unless the setting peppol_endpoints is false (quittio.countries.be).

Parameter	Type	Description
`$invoice`	`InvoiceData`
`$settings`	`array`

Returns: InvoiceData

`correctionPolicy()`#

public function correctionPolicy(): CorrectionPolicy

Cancellation by credit note, correction by cancel and reissue.

Returns: CorrectionPolicy

`defaults()`#

public function defaults(): CountryDefaults

Returns: CountryDefaults

`dunningLaw()`#

public function dunningLaw(): DunningLaw

Law of 2 August 2002: the reference rate plus 8 points between businesses and a flat rate of 40 EUR; consumers owe the legal interest rate, 4.5 % in 2026.

Returns: DunningLaw

`exporters()`#

public function exporters(): array

inherited from AbstractCountryPack

Default: no exporters.

Returns: array

`formatAliases()`#

public function formatAliases(): array

inherited from AbstractCountryPack

Default: no aliases.

Returns: array

`formatRules()`#

public function formatRules(): array

Returns: array

`formats()`#

public function formats(): array

inherited from AbstractCountryPack

Default: no own formats.

Returns: array

`legalTexts()`#

public function legalTexts(): LegalTextCatalog

inherited from AbstractCountryPack

Default: an empty catalog.

Returns: LegalTextCatalog

`letterLayouts()`#

public function letterLayouts(): array

inherited from AbstractCountryPack

Default: the free layout only.

Returns: array

`locales()`#

public static function locales(): list<string>

static

Locales the pack ships translations for, e.g. ["de", "en", "fr", "nl"].

Returns: list<string>

`mandatoryOutput()`#

public function mandatoryOutput(InvoiceData $invoice): MandatoryFieldList

Parameter	Type	Description
`$invoice`	`InvoiceData`

Returns: MandatoryFieldList

`numberingRules()`#

public function numberingRules(): NumberingRules

A sequential number in one or more series (Art. 5 § 1, 2° Royal Decree No. 1).

Returns: NumberingRules

`paymentQr()`#

public function paymentQr(): ?PaymentQrGenerator

inherited from AbstractCountryPack

Default: none; the EPC GiroCode is used for the type "girocode".

Returns: ?PaymentQrGenerator

`profiles()`#

public function profiles(): array

inherited from AbstractCountryPack

Default: no profiles.

Returns: array

`readers()`#

public function readers(): array

inherited from AbstractCountryPack

Default: no readers.

Returns: array

`referenceRates()`#

public function referenceRates(): ReferenceRates

Returns: ReferenceRates

`registerTranslations()`#

public static function registerTranslations(): void

static

Makes the pack's translations available to the active translator.

`retention()`#

public function retention(): RetentionRule

Seven years from the end of the calendar year of issue (Art. 60 § 3 VAT Code, as amended by the law of 18 December 2025, for VAT due from 2023).

Returns: RetentionRule

`rules()`#

public function rules(): array

Mentions of Art. 5 Royal Decree No. 1 and the use of languages (applies to every format).

Returns: array

`serializers()`#

public function serializers(): array

inherited from AbstractCountryPack

Default: no serializers; CII and UBL are built in.

Returns: array

`taxPresets()`#

public function taxPresets(): TaxPresetCollection

Returns: TaxPresetCollection

`translationPath()`#

public function translationPath(): string

Returns: string

CountryBE

Constants#

Methods#

addressFormatter()#

belgianDunningLaw()#

buyerCountryRules()#

code()#

complete()#

correctionPolicy()#

defaults()#

dunningLaw()#

exporters()#

formatAliases()#

formatRules()#

formats()#

legalTexts()#

letterLayouts()#

locales()#

mandatoryOutput()#

numberingRules()#

paymentQr()#

profiles()#

readers()#

referenceRates()#

registerTranslations()#

retention()#

rules()#

serializers()#

taxPresets()#

translationPath()#

`addressFormatter()`#

`belgianDunningLaw()`#

`buyerCountryRules()`#

`code()`#

`complete()`#

`correctionPolicy()`#

`defaults()`#

`dunningLaw()`#

`exporters()`#

`formatAliases()`#

`formatRules()`#

`formats()`#

`legalTexts()`#

`letterLayouts()`#

`locales()`#

`mandatoryOutput()`#

`numberingRules()`#

`paymentQr()`#

`profiles()`#

`readers()`#

`referenceRates()`#

`registerTranslations()`#

`retention()`#

`rules()`#

`serializers()`#

`taxPresets()`#

`translationPath()`#