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Translate your payslip
Upload your payslip as a PDF, or paste its text: Indexo recognises each label and translates it into Dutch, German or English, with the official Belgian term where there is one. ‘Cotisations ONSS’ (social security contributions) become persoonlijke werknemersbijdragen in Dutch and Persönlicher LSS-Beitrag in German; ‘précompte professionnel’ (withholding tax) becomes bedrijfsvoorheffing and Berufssteuervorabzug.
The dictionary has 50 terms, checked on 19 October 2026. It is built into the page: the translation is done on your device, with no online translation service, and your payslip is sent nowhere.
Where the translations come from
Belgium has three official languages, and the National Social Security Office (NSSO) publishes the coding of payslip lines in French, Dutch and German, with the same codes. Indexo relies on these official labels: 47 of the 50 German terms come from an official Belgian text written in German.
- Dutch: the terms used by the NSSO (RSZ) and FPS Finance, and those in Indexo’s glossary. A few terms taken from a single Belgian source are marked ‘to be confirmed’.
- German: the German used in Belgium, by the NSSO (LSS), the National Employment Office (NEO, LfA in German) and the Constitutional Court. For 2 terms, parts A and B of the work bonus, no official term was found: Indexo leaves them untranslated rather than invent one.
- English: Belgian payroll has no official terminology in English. These are Indexo’s usual translations, useful for understanding, not for official procedures.
| French | Dutch | German (Belgium) | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| cotisations ONSS personnelles (13,07 %) | persoonlijke werknemersbijdragen | Persönlicher LSS-Beitrag | employee social security contributions |
| bonus à l’emploi (social) | sociale werkbonus | Sozialer Arbeitsbonus | work bonus |
| précompte professionnel | bedrijfsvoorheffing | Berufssteuervorabzug | withholding tax |
| net à payer | netto te betalen | Nettolohn (approximate wording) | net amount paid |
Translate your payslip
Upload the PDF of your payslip, or paste the text, then choose the language. Indexo translates each label it recognises; the amounts stay as they appear on the payslip.
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The payslip dictionary
The 50 terms the tool recognises, with what they mean. The German is that of official Belgian texts; a company in the German-speaking Community may use other words on its payslips.
| French | Dutch | German (Belgium) | English | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fiche de paie | loonbrief | Lohnabrechnung | payslip | The statement the employer issues with each pay, detailing gross pay, deductions and net pay. |
| ONSS | RSZ | LSS | NSSO | The National Social Security Office, which collects social security contributions from workers and employers. |
| salaire brut | brutoloon | Bruttolohn | gross salary | The total pay for the month, before any deduction of social security contributions and tax. |
| rémunération de base | basisloon | Grundlohn | base salary | The fixed salary set by the contract or the pay scale, excluding bonuses, allowances and overtime. |
| heures prestées | gepresteerde uren | Stunden normaler effektiver Arbeit (approximate wording) | hours worked | The number of hours actually worked during the pay period. |
| heures supplémentaires | overuren | Überstunden | overtime | Hours worked beyond normal working hours. |
| sursalaire | overloon | Lohnzulage | overtime premium | The extra paid on top of normal pay for each hour of overtime, at least 50% (100% on Sundays and public holidays). |
| heures supplémentaires nettes (volontaires) | netto overuren | Nettoentlohnung von Überstunden | net overtime pay | Voluntary overtime that the law allows to be paid net, without social security contributions or withholding tax, within an annual limit. |
| jours fériés | feestdagen | gesetzliche Feiertage | public holidays | Normal pay for statutory public holidays, even when they are not worked. |
| salaire garanti (maladie) | gewaarborgd loon | garantierter Lohn | guaranteed wage | The salary the employer keeps paying during the first days or weeks of incapacity for work due to illness or accident. |
| petit chômage | klein verlet (to be confirmed) | kurzfristige Beurlaubung | short leave for family events | Days of absence paid by the employer for certain family events (marriage, birth, death…) or civic duties. |
| chômage temporaire | tijdelijke werkloosheid | zeitweilige Arbeitslosigkeit | temporary unemployment | Days when work is suspended (bad weather, economic reasons, force majeure…), compensated by the NEO and not paid by the employer. |
| pécule de vacances | vakantiegeld | Urlaubsgeld | holiday pay | The amount due for annual holiday, paid by the employer for white-collar workers and by the holiday fund for blue-collar workers. |
| simple pécule de vacances | enkel vakantiegeld | einfaches Urlaubsgeld | single holiday pay | Normal salary paid for each day of holiday taken. |
| double pécule de vacances | dubbel vakantiegeld | doppeltes Urlaubsgeld | double holiday pay | For a white-collar worker, a supplement paid once a year, usually in May or June, of about 92% of a monthly salary for a full year of work. |
| cotisation sur le double pécule de vacances | solidariteitsbijdrage dubbel vakantiegeld | Solidaritätsbeitrag doppeltes Urlaubsgeld | employee contribution on double holiday pay | The 13.07% deduction taken from double holiday pay, which is not subject to ordinary contributions. |
| pécule de sortie | vertrekvakantiegeld | Abgangsurlaubsgeld | departure holiday pay | The holiday pay the employer pays to a white-collar worker who leaves the company, for holiday earned but not yet taken. |
| prime de fin d’année | eindejaarspremie | Jahresendprämie | year-end bonus | An annual bonus, often equal to one month’s salary, paid in December depending on the joint committee or the contract. |
| prime d’ancienneté | anciënniteitspremie | Dienstalterszulage | seniority bonus | A bonus linked to years of service in the company, exempt from contributions under certain conditions. |
| cotisations ONSS personnelles (13,07 %) | persoonlijke werknemersbijdragen | Persönlicher LSS-Beitrag | employee social security contributions | The social security share deducted from the worker’s gross pay, 13.07% in the private sector. |
| cotisations calculées sur 108 % du brut (ouvriers) | brutoloon plus 8 % (arbeiders) | Bruttolohn zuzüglich 8 % (Arbeiter) | contributions on 108% of gross pay (blue-collar workers) | For blue-collar workers, contributions are calculated on gross pay plus 8%, because their holiday pay, paid by the holiday fund, is not subject to them. |
| bonus à l’emploi (social) | sociale werkbonus | Sozialer Arbeitsbonus | work bonus | A reduction in employee contributions for low wages, which increases net pay without changing gross pay. |
| bonus à l’emploi, volet A (bas salaires) | sociale werkbonus, luik A (lage lonen) (to be confirmed) | No official term found | work bonus, part A (low wages) | The part of the work bonus for low wages. |
| bonus à l’emploi, volet B (très bas salaires) | sociale werkbonus, luik B (zeer lage lonen) (to be confirmed) | No official term found | work bonus, part B (very low wages) | The part of the work bonus reserved for very low wages, which is added to part A. |
| bonus à l’emploi fiscal | fiscale werkbonus | Steuerlicher Arbeitsbonus | fiscal work bonus | A reduction in withholding tax calculated as a percentage of parts A and B of the social work bonus. |
| précompte professionnel | bedrijfsvoorheffing | Berufssteuervorabzug | withholding tax | The advance on personal income tax that the employer deducts every month and pays to FPS Finance. |
| réductions du précompte (charges de famille) | vermindering voor kinderen ten laste | Ermäßigungen wegen Familienlasten | reductions for dependants | The reductions in withholding tax granted according to family situation: children and other dependants, single parent, disability. |
| enfants à charge | kinderen ten laste | Kinder zu Lasten | dependent children | Children who count as dependants for tax purposes and reduce withholding tax. |
| cotisation spéciale de sécurité sociale | bijzondere bijdrage voor de sociale zekerheid | Sonderbeitrag für die soziale Sicherheit | special social security contribution | A contribution deducted every month according to salary and household situation, then adjusted when the tax is calculated. |
| avantage de toute nature (ATN) | voordeel van alle aard (VAA) | Vorteile jeglicher Art | benefit in kind | A benefit received in a form other than money (car, phone, computer, housing…) whose flat-rate value is added to taxable income. |
| avantage de toute nature voiture de société | bedrijfswagen | Betriebsfahrzeug | company car | The value of private use of a company car, added to taxable income without being paid out. |
| avantage de toute nature GSM, PC, internet | voordeel digitale middelen (ICT) | Vorteile digitaler Mittel (IKT) | benefit in kind for ICT devices (phone, computer, internet) | The flat-rate benefit for private use of a mobile phone, computer, tablet or internet connection provided by the employer. |
| intervention personnelle dans un avantage | persoonlijke tussenkomst in een voordeel | persönlicher Beitrag zu einem Vorteil | employee contribution towards a benefit | The amount the worker pays themselves for a benefit, such as their company car, deducted from net pay. |
| chèques-repas | maaltijdcheques | Mahlzeitschecks | meal vouchers | Electronic vouchers loaded onto a card to buy food, exempt from contributions and tax under certain conditions. |
| chèques-repas, part du travailleur | persoonlijke bijdrage maaltijdcheques | Mahlzeitschecks Arbeitnehmerbeitrag | employee share of meal vouchers | The share the worker pays themselves for each meal voucher, deducted from their net pay. |
| éco-chèques | ecocheques | Öko-Schecks | eco vouchers | Electronic vouchers to buy environmentally friendly products and services, exempt from contributions and tax up to an annual limit. |
| intervention dans les frais de transport (abonnement) | tussenkomst in de vervoerskosten | Erstattung der Fahrtkosten zwischen Wohnort und Arbeitsplatz | travel expense allowance | The employer’s contribution to commuting between home and work (train, bus, season ticket…), added to net pay and fully or partly exempt. |
| indemnité vélo | fietsvergoeding | Fahrradzulage | bicycle allowance | An allowance per kilometre cycled between home and work, exempt up to an annual limit. |
| indemnité de télétravail (frais de bureau) | thuiswerkvergoeding | Bürokosten (approximate wording) | telework allowance | A monthly flat-rate amount that reimburses the costs of working from home, added to net pay without contributions or tax within the accepted limits. |
| frais propres à l’employeur | kosten eigen aan de werkgever | Kosten, die zu Lasten des Arbeitgebers gehen (approximate wording) | costs proper to the employer | The reimbursement of expenses the worker incurs on the employer’s behalf: it is not pay, and it is added to net pay. |
| saisie sur salaire | loonbeslag | Lohnpfändung | wage garnishment | The part of the salary deducted and paid directly to a creditor, within the limits set by law. |
| cession de rémunération | overdracht van het loon (to be confirmed) | Lohnabtretung | wage assignment | The part of the salary the worker has agreed to assign to a creditor, deducted within the same limits as garnishment. |
| acompte (avance sur salaire) | voorschot | Vorschuss (secondary source) | pay advance | An advance paid during the month and then deducted from the net salary. |
| net imposable | belastbaar loon | steuerpflichtiger Bruttobetrag | taxable pay | Gross pay minus personal contributions plus taxable benefits: it is the basis for withholding tax. |
| net à payer | netto te betalen (to be confirmed) | Nettolohn (approximate wording) | net amount paid | The final amount transferred to the worker’s account, after all deductions and additions. |
| commission paritaire | paritair comité | paritätische Kommission | joint committee | The sector body that sets minimum wages and the rules that apply at the employer; its number appears on the payslip. |
| catégorie | categorie (to be confirmed) | Kategorie | category | The job class on the sector’s pay scale, which determines the applicable minimum wage. |
| ancienneté | anciënniteit | Dienstalter | seniority | The number of years of service taken into account in the pay scale or for certain bonuses. |
| régime de travail | arbeidsregeling (to be confirmed) | Arbeitsregelung | work schedule | The planned working time per week, in hours and in days. |
| temps partiel | deeltijds | Teilzeit | part-time | A schedule shorter than that of a comparable full-time worker, with proportional pay. |
Missing a word? The payroll glossary explains more terms, in French, Dutch and English.
Frequently asked questions
My payslip is in Dutch: can I translate it into French?
Yes. Choose ‘French’ in ‘Translate into’: Indexo recognises Dutch, German and English labels and gives the French term.
Does Indexo send my payslip to a translation service?
No. The dictionary is built into the page and the payslip is read in your browser. Nothing is sent, neither to Indexo nor to an online service.
Are the amounts checked?
Not here: the tool translates the labels and copies the amounts. To find out whether your net pay is right, use Check my payslip.
Why are some German terms ‘approximate’?
The official text exists, but worded slightly differently from a payslip: for example, the NSSO refers to the ‘gewährter Betrag’ where a payslip would rather say ‘Nettolohn’. Indexo points this out instead of choosing for you.
What next?
- The payslip explainedEvery line of the payslip, from gross to net, with a worked example.
- Check my payslipYour payslip compared with the expected calculation, line by line.
- Payroll glossaryPayroll terms explained simply, in three languages.
- Cross-border workersWhere to pay tax and contributions when you work on one side of the border.
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.
- Administrative Anweisungen LTDS (von 1-2025): Kodifizierung der Finanzelemente (coding of the financial items on the payslip, in German), NSSO.
- Administratieve instructies LTDS (vanaf 1-2025): codificatie financiële elementen, NSSO (RSZ).
- Administrative Anweisungen LSS 2026/3: Der Lohnbegriff, Beschreibung, NSSO (LSS).