Belgium authorities display actual estate sites

The tax authorities use data and photographs from real property web sites and different on-line structures to check whether the cadastral income (KI) of homes remains up to date. A revision could cost house owners loads of euros more according to year, Het Laatste Nieuws wrote on Wednesday.

Although the technology is “not standard practice” in line with the FPS Finance, it's miles admitted that in recent months, photos from real estate web sites have been used, among different things, to check whether the AI ​​of a belongings remains in step with fact.

“We carry out checks randomly, or if we suspect irregularities,” says spokesperson Francis Adyns. “The manner we test can vary: from website online visits to digital assessments through internal and outside statistics sources.”

In a letter from the land registry that Het Laatste Nieuws changed into capable of view, it's miles stated in black and white that snap shots of such an immosite had been reason to summon an owner. According to the land registry, pics of a bathroom and critical heating indicated that the house had “consolation factors” that could cause a revision of the KI.

An ugly wonder for the owner, due to the fact a higher AI additionally manner an growth in belongings tax by using hundreds of euros.