The tax for a dancing audience is 40 euro cents per dancing person. In 2016, the dance tax, which dates back to the 1950s, was the subject of protest for the first time when danscafé Bonnefooi hung posters on its windows stating ‘forbidden’ to dance. The majority, including current Brussels mayor Philippe Close, thought the tax was not justified. Meanwhile the height is different.

The dance tax did not yield much and the administrative hassle for both the catering industry operators and the city of Brussels can be burdened. The money saved can now be invested elsewhere by the Brussels catering industry or used to cover other rising costs.

The opponents Mathias Vanden Borre (N-VA) and David Weytsman (MR) are satisfied that the actual tax on dance parties will be abolished, but they argue that both other similar and possibly replacement taxes with too low revenues should also be reviewed.