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Do Belgian residents have a legal right to banking service? - jumpinjackflash - 12-20-2019
Since cheques have been eliminated, Belgian government agencies (e.g. tax offices) often require people to supply a bank account number to receive money (e.g. tax refunds). Taxpayers apparently cannot get a tax refund without submitting a bank account number. So the question is, since paying tax in an obligation, does that make banking a right in Belgium?
(full article: https://dev.lemmy.ml/post/29249)