If you are married or have a cohabitation contract with a self-employed person you are considered an assisting spouse:
- when you effectively co-operate in the business of your self-employed spouse or partner (regularly or at least 90 days a year)
- if your personal income from a self-employed professional activity is not higher than EUR 3,000 a year (gross income minus professional costs)
- if you do not have a personal income from any activity as an employee or civil servant or no replacement income that entitles you to social security benefits
The assisting spouses must:
- be subjected to the social security scheme of self-employed persons
- join the same social insurance fund as their self-employed person spouse/partner
- pay social contributions
More information about assisting spouses (FR) is available on the website of the National Institute for the Social Security of the Self-employed (NISSE).
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Updated on 30 November 2020