Self-employed Student (”Student-Zelfstandige”).

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
  • Earning too much as a student self-employed: what do you lose, and when do you lose the status?
  • 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 calculator: all your limits in one check
  • Student self-employed: taxes and staying fiscally dependent
  • Threshold amounts, VAT & getting started
  • Thresholds 2026 (social contributions & personal income tax)
• Bijzonder statuut student-ondernemer
  • Changes in 2026 to the student self-employed status
• Juridisch
  • International student: starting a business in Belgium (professional card/visa) — VLAIO
• 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
  • Earning too much as a student self-employed: what do you lose, and when do you lose the status?
  • 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)
  • 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)
• 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
  • Earning too much as a student self-employed: what do you lose, and when do you lose the status?
  • 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 calculator: all your limits in one check
  • Student self-employed status: what is it and how do you start? (VLAIO)
  • 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)
• Tools & templates
  • FPS Finance calculator – dependents
  • Student self-employed: started up — what now? (VLAIO checklist)

Table of contents (all articles)

1. Certificate for a social insurance fund as a student (UGent): what can you submit instead?
2. Changes in 2026 to the student self-employed status
3. Changes to student self-employed status from 1 October 2026
4. Earning too much as a student self-employed: what do you lose, and when do you lose the status?
5. Entrepreneurship as a student self-employed (VLAIO)
6. FPS Finance calculator – dependents
7. Graduating as a student self-employed (academic year 2025–2026)
8. International student: starting a business in Belgium (professional card/visa) — VLAIO
9. Starting as a student self-employed: thresholds & administration (Gentrepreneur – Startium Board)
10. Student self-employed calculator: all your limits in one check
11. Student self-employed status: what is it and how do you start? (VLAIO)
12. Student self-employed: started up — what now? (VLAIO checklist)
13. Student self-employed: taxes and staying fiscally dependent
14. Student self-employed: what after graduation? (VLAIO)
15. Switching social insurance funds after an interruption in student self-employed status
16. Threshold amounts, VAT & getting started
17. Thresholds 2026 (social contributions & personal income tax)
18. Young entrepreneurs in numbers (VLAIO)