Bëllegen Akt: €40,000 maintained!
Buying a home in Luxembourg? Take advantage of Bëllegen Akt" tax credit on notarial deed fees, a valuable tax incentive to help reduce costs when purchasing a principal residence.
🏠 What's it all about?
Visit Bëllegen Akt is a tax scheme designed to promote home ownership. It allows reduce registration and transcription fees normally due on a property purchase (7% of the purchase value).
When acquiring a property intended for use as a principal residencea tax credit can be applied, up to a maximum of 40,000 for a single person or 80,000 for a couple.
This amount is directly deducted from the notary's billwithout any advance payment.
🧱 What types of goods are eligible?
The credit applies to the purchase of goods intended for become your primary residence:
- existing homes (houses, apartments)
- off-plan housing (vente en état futur d'achèvement)
- building land (if a construction contract is involved)
✅ Qualifying conditions
To take advantage of the tax credit, you must :
- be a natural person
- be resident in Luxembourg for tax purposes
- register the property as a primary residence
- do not have already benefited credit for another good, or to have repaid the previous one
📅 What's changing in 2025
Visit tax credit remains at its maximum level in 2025or :
- 40,000 for a single person
- 80,000 for a couple
And an exceptional measure has been introduced for notarial deeds between January and June 2025 :
If you have already benefited from the ceiling in 2024, you can get a top-up if you hadn't used up all your credit.
👉 You will need to submit a refund request via a specific form, made available by the registration administration.
💡 Good to know: The Bëllegen Akt credit does not apply to only one dwelling per taxpayerThis does not apply in the case of voluntary repayment or sale without reuse of the benefit.
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