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Federal Government Plans to Recoup Half a Billion Euro From Dormant Accounts

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The Federal Government plans to boost its 2026 budget by taking almost 500 million euro from dormant accounts. The financial daily ‘De Tijd’ reports that in order to enable it to do so, the Federal Government plans to sharply shorten the period in which people can recoup funds from dormant accounts from the current 30 years to just 5 or 10 years.

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The De Wever government wants to be able to transfer money held in dormant accounts to the state treasury more quickly. This was reported by De Tijd and confirmed to our editors. They hope to raise almost half a billion euros this way by 2026. But how do you find out if you have dormant accounts?

·Antwerp, Belgium
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The De Wever government will supplement the 2026 budget by raising nearly €500 million from dormant accounts. The period in which citizens...

·Antwerp, Belgium
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05:00 The De Wever government will supplement the 2026 budget by raising nearly €500 million from dormant accounts. It intends to do this, among other things, by extending the statute of limitations for citizens to withdraw that money.

·Belgium
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De Morgen broke the news in Antwerp, Belgium on Wednesday, November 26, 2025.
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