- The EU social security Framework Agreement aiming to increase the social security “threshold” for cross-border telework to 49% entered in force on the 1st of July 2023.
- As of the present date, eighteen countries have signed the agreement and among other Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany, and most recently France.
- Several points of attention however remain and notably:
- The application of the regime is subject to conditions and prior declaration with the social security authorities;
- For income tax purposes, different rules apply and teleworking may result in a taxation of the corresponding employment income in the country of residence, when the applicable tax threshold is exceeded:
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- Luxembourg - Belgium: 34 days;
- Luxembourg - France: 29 days (a 34 days threshold is expected to eventually apply for 2023).
- Luxembourg - Germany: 19 days (an agreement providing for 34 days as from 2024 was recently signed).
- Tolerances for teleworking do not prevent the employee (inadvertently) creating a permanent establishment for the employer in the state of residence, with all due consequences.
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