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When does my money arrive? Your money calendar
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A white-collar worker in JC 200 receives their October salary no later than 5 November 2026, their year-end bonus no later than 31 December 2026, and their double holiday pay in May or June. The tax assessment notice (aanslagbiljet / avertissement-extrait de rôle) for 2025 income arrives no later than 30 June 2027.
Enter your status and your sector: Indexo sets out the money coming in over the next 12 months, with the rule and source for each date. Add the dates to your calendar in one click.
Firm dates, ranges and estimates
Some dates are set by a rule: salary no later than the 4th working day after the month, the JC 200 year-end bonus no later than 31 December. Others are only known as a period, such as blue-collar workers’ holiday pay, paid between 2 May and 30 June depending on the fund. The tax refund is an estimate: usually two months after the tax assessment notice.
Indexo says so on every line: date set by the rule, range or calculated date, official or secondary source. When a date falls on a weekend, it is not moved: no postponement rule has been found for these payments.
Your money calendar
Choose your status and your joint committee. Add the date of your tax assessment notice if you have received it.
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The rules, one by one
| Payment | Rule | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Salary | White-collar workers: at least once a month; blue-collar workers: at least twice a month, with no more than 16 days between two payments. Unless your contract or collective labour agreement sets another date, no later than the 4th working day (Saturday included) after the work period. | Official source: FPS Employment |
| Blue-collar holiday pay | Single and double holiday pay in one go, paid by the National Office for Annual Vacation (ONVA/RJV) or your sector’s holiday fund, between 2 May and 30 June. The exact date appears in ‘My holiday account’ (Mijn vakantierekening / Mon compte de vacances) from April. | Official source: ONVA/RJV |
| Construction holiday pay | Construction: holiday pay paid in June by the sector’s holiday fund (on 19 June in 2025). The day for 2027 has not been published yet. | Secondary source: Centrale générale FGTB/ABVV (ACCG) |
| White-collar double holiday pay | Double holiday pay: paid at the time of the main holidays, in practice in May or June, to all staff on the same date. Single holiday pay is your usual salary during your days off. | Secondary source: Securex |
| Year-end bonus, JC 200 | Year-end bonus (one month’s salary): by the end of the calendar year at the latest, or when the social accounts are settled. | Official source: FPS Employment |
| Annual bonus and eco vouchers, JC 200 | JC 200 annual bonus in June (€250 gross base amount for full-time work, according to the FPS Employment Limosa sheet; €330.84 gross in 2026 after indexation, according to the FGTB/ABVV) and eco vouchers worth €250 for full-time or four-fifths work. The 2027 amount has not been published yet. | Secondary source: Centrale générale FGTB/ABVV (ACCG) |
| Year-end bonus, JC 149.01 | Electricians (JC 149.01): year-end bonus of 8.33% of gross wages from 1 July to 30 June, paid by the subsistence security fund (Fonds de sécurité d’existence) before 31 December. | Official source: FPS Employment |
| Year-end bonus, hotels and catering | Hotels and catering (JC 302): year-end bonus paid by the Horeca Social and Guarantee Fund, normally before the end of January of the following year. | Secondary source: CSC/ACV |
| Loyalty stamps, construction | Construction (JC 124): loyalty stamps (getrouwheidszegels / timbres de fidélité), 9% of gross wages (at 100%) earned from 1 July to 30 June, paid from 26 October 2026. | Secondary source: CSC Bâtiment, industrie & énergie |
| Tax assessment notice | Tax assessment notice: sent no later than 30 June of the year following the tax year, if the tax return was filed on time. | Official source: FPS Finance |
| Tax refund | Tax refund: usually about two months after the tax assessment notice is sent. | Official source: FPS Finance |
| Tax to pay | Tax to pay: within two months of the tax assessment notice being sent. The exact date is on the notice. | Official source: FPS Finance |
For the amounts, see bonuses and holiday pay and tax refund or tax to pay. Deadlines for employers and the self-employed are in the tax and social calendar.
Frequently asked questions
My salary did not arrive on the first of the month: is that normal?
Yes, unless your contract or collective labour agreement sets another date. The law requires salary to be paid no later than the 4th working day after the work period; Saturday counts as a working day, but Sunday and public holidays do not.
When do blue-collar workers receive their holiday pay?
Between 2 May and 30 June, from the ONVA/RJV or the sector’s holiday fund. The exact date appears in ‘My holiday account’ on the social security portal, from April.
When will I receive my tax refund?
Usually about two months after the tax assessment notice is sent, according to FPS Finance. The notice arrives no later than 30 June of the year following the tax year, if the tax return was filed on time.
What next?
- Bonuses and holiday payThe amount of your holiday pay and your year-end bonus.
- Tax and social calendarThe year’s deadlines for employees, employers and the self-employed.
- Salary indexationWhen and by how much your salary will be indexed.
- Tax refund or tax to pay?What your next tax assessment notice has in store for you.
Sources
Parameters in force on 1 October 2026. Each parameter links to its source, the official one where it exists; a secondary source is flagged as such.
- Payment of the remuneration (loi du 12 avril 1965 sur la protection de la rémunération), FPS Employment.
- Le pécule de vacances des ouvriers: paid between 2 May and 30 June, ONVA/RJV.
- Quand le pécule de vacances est-il payé ? (20 January 2026), Securex (secondary source).
- Calendrier construction 2026 (holiday pay: June), Centrale générale FGTB/ABVV (ACCG) (secondary source).
- Limosa sheet ‘Commission paritaire 200’ (26 January 2024), FPS Employment.
- JC 149.01: convention collective du 7 juin 2022 (year-end bonus paid by the subsistence security fund), FPS Employment.
- Les primes et indemnités dans l’horeca, CSC/ACV (secondary source).
- Construction (JC 124): fourth-quarter 2026 bulletin (loyalty stamps from 26 October 2026), CSC Bâtiment, industrie & énergie (secondary source).
- JC 200: your annual bonus and eco vouchers (2026), Centrale générale FGTB/ABVV (ACCG) (secondary source).
- Press release of 21 December 2023: tax assessment notices sent until 30 June of the year following the tax year, FPS Finance.
- Press release of 22 August 2018: refund about two months after the notice is sent, two months to pay, FPS Finance.