More checks on cash payments

This comes according to a report in Wednesday’s edition of the daily De Tijd.

The number of checks has increased tenfold over the past two years from 70 to nearly 700.

The restriction on how much a customer was allowed to pay in cash for a car, for example, used to be largely ignored.

However, this has changed since last year.

The Economic Inspectorate’s Chantal De Pauw told the paper that "since January the upper limit on cash payment has been lowered to EUR 3,000. Of course checks need to be made to ensure that the rules are being enforced."

Car sales outlets were among the vendors that have been been subject to extra checks.

Some 6 out of 10 car dealers tested were found to be in contravention of the rules.

Flandersnews.be / Expatica