Self-employed Student (”Student-Zelfstandige”).
Last updated: 20 August 2026
In one sentence
Everything you need to run a business correctly as a student: conditions, thresholds, taxes/VAT and social contributions.
Category summary
The pages in this category help students understand and apply the student self-employed status correctly: the conditions, relevant thresholds, and how to track income, VAT and social contributions in practice. It includes both official sources (VLAIO/FPS) and internal Gentrepreneur/Startium overviews.
Classification (based on tags)
- Administratie & formaliteiten
- Certificate for a social insurance fund as a student (UGent): what can you submit instead?
- Changes to student self-employed status from 1 October 2026
- FPS Finance calculator – dependents
- Graduating as a student self-employed (academic year 2025–2026)
- International student: starting a business in Belgium (professional card/visa) — VLAIO
- Student self-employed: started up — what now? (VLAIO checklist)
- Student self-employed status: what is it and how do you start? (VLAIO)
- Student self-employed: what after graduation? (VLAIO)
- Threshold amounts, VAT & getting started
- Belastingen & BTW
- Entrepreneurship as a student self-employed (VLAIO)
- FPS Finance calculator – dependents
- Graduating as a student self-employed (academic year 2025–2026)
- Starting as a student self-employed: thresholds & administration (Gentrepreneur – Startium Board)
- Student self-employed: started up — what now? (VLAIO checklist)
- Student self-employed: taxes and staying fiscally dependent
- Threshold amounts, VAT & getting started
- Thresholds 2026 (social contributions & personal income tax)
- Bijzonder statuut student-ondernemer
- Juridisch
- Sociale bijdragen
- Certificate for a social insurance fund as a student (UGent): what can you submit instead?
- Changes to student self-employed status from 1 October 2026
- Entrepreneurship as a student self-employed (VLAIO)
- Graduating as a student self-employed (academic year 2025–2026)
- Starting as a student self-employed: thresholds & administration (Gentrepreneur – Startium Board)
- Student self-employed status: what is it and how do you start? (VLAIO)
- Switching social insurance funds after an interruption in student self-employed status
- Student self-employed: what after graduation? (VLAIO)
- Threshold amounts, VAT & getting started
- Thresholds 2026 (social contributions & personal income tax)
- Student-zelfstandige
- Certificate for a social insurance fund as a student (UGent): what can you submit instead?
- Changes in 2026 to the student self-employed status
- Changes to student self-employed status from 1 October 2026
- Entrepreneurship as a student self-employed (VLAIO)
- FPS Finance calculator – dependents
- Graduating as a student self-employed (academic year 2025–2026)
- International student: starting a business in Belgium (professional card/visa) — VLAIO
- Starting as a student self-employed: thresholds & administration (Gentrepreneur – Startium Board)
- Student self-employed: started up — what now? (VLAIO checklist)
- Student self-employed status: what is it and how do you start? (VLAIO)
- Student self-employed: what after graduation? (VLAIO)
- Student self-employed: taxes and staying fiscally dependent
- Switching social insurance funds after an interruption in student self-employed status
- Threshold amounts, VAT & getting started
- Thresholds 2026 (social contributions & personal income tax)
- Young entrepreneurs in numbers (VLAIO)
- Tools & templates
Table of contents (all articles)
- Certificate for a social insurance fund as a student (UGent): what can you submit instead?
- Changes in 2026 to the student self-employed status
- Changes to student self-employed status from 1 October 2026
- Entrepreneurship as a student self-employed (VLAIO)
- FPS Finance calculator – dependents
- Graduating as a student self-employed (academic year 2025–2026)
- International student: starting a business in Belgium (professional card/visa) — VLAIO
- Starting as a student self-employed: thresholds & administration (Gentrepreneur – Startium Board)
- Student self-employed status: what is it and how do you start? (VLAIO)
- Student self-employed: started up — what now? (VLAIO checklist)
- Student self-employed calculator: all your limits in one check
- Student self-employed: taxes and staying fiscally dependent
- Student self-employed: what after graduation? (VLAIO)
- Switching social insurance funds after an interruption in student self-employed status
- Threshold amounts, VAT & getting started
- Thresholds 2026 (social contributions & personal income tax)
- Young entrepreneurs in numbers (VLAIO)
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