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title: "Subsidies & Tax | Pitch"
description: "R&D grants and subsidies, the innovation income deduction, the copyright tax regime and the R&D withholding exemption"
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SUBSIDIES & TAX

# Funding innovation and taxing IP income efficiently

R\&D grants and subsidies, the innovation income deduction, the copyright tax regime and the R\&D withholding exemption

01Solutions

## Solutions

- ### [R\&D Grants and Subsidies](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/r-d-funding)
  [Grants can fund a real share of an R\&D project, but only a well-built application gets there. We match the project to EU programmes such as Horizon Europe, or to national and regional schemes, and manage the file.](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/r-d-funding)
- ### [Belgian Withholding Tax Exemption for R\&D Staff](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/exemption-from-the-professional-withholding-tax-for-knowledge-staff)
  [In Belgium, employers running qualifying R\&D can keep up to 80% of the professional withholding tax on their researchers' pay. We handle the registration, the file and the follow-up.](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/exemption-from-the-professional-withholding-tax-for-knowledge-staff)
- ### [Belgian Innovation Income Deduction](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/innovation-income-deduction)
  [Belgian companies can deduct 85% of net income from qualifying IP, which brings the effective rate on that income down to about 3.75%. We establish whether you qualify and build the file.](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/innovation-income-deduction)
- ### [Belgian Copyright Tax Regime](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/copyright-tax-regime)
  [In Belgium, fees for the transfer or licence of copyright can be taxed as movable income at 15%. Since the 2023 reform the conditions are strict, so we test them and document the arrangement properly.](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/copyright-tax-regime)

02Academy

## Academy

- ### [Grants and Tax Incentives for IP in Belgium](https://www.pitch.law/academy/ip-grants-tax-incentives-belgium)
  [An overview of the Belgian instruments that lower the cost of creating IP and the tax on the income it earns, and the documents you need before you can claim them.](https://www.pitch.law/academy/ip-grants-tax-incentives-belgium)
- ### [Finding the IP You Already Have](https://www.pitch.law/academy/hidden-intellectual-property-audit)
  [Most companies own more intellectual property than they have registered. This article explains which rights arise without registration, how an IP audit finds them, and why ownership matters.](https://www.pitch.law/academy/hidden-intellectual-property-audit)
- ### [The Belgian Tax Regime for Copyrights](https://www.pitch.law/academy/the-new-belgian-tax-regime-for-copyrights)
  [How copyright fees are taxed at 15% as movable income in Belgium, what the 2023 reform changed, and what to document so that the arrangement stands up.](https://www.pitch.law/academy/the-new-belgian-tax-regime-for-copyrights)

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