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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Income Taxes |
Income tax recognized in profit or loss |
|  | Year ended December 31,
|  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
|  | (Euro, in thousands)
Current tax |  | € | (1,372) |  | € | (584) |  | € | (218)
Deferred tax |  |  | 1,158 |  |  | 535 |  |  | 20
Income taxes |  | € | (214) |  | € | (50) |  | € | (198)
Tax Liabilities |
|  | December 31,
|  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
|  | (Euro, in thousands)
Current tax payable |  | € | 2,037 |  | € | 1,175 |  | € | 865
Total tax liabilities |  | € | 2,037 |  | € | 1,175 |  | € | 865
Tax reconciled to the accounting result |
|  | Year ended December 31,
|  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
|  | (Euro, in thousands)
Income/loss (-) before tax |  | € | 150,060 |  | € | (29,209) |  | € | (115,507)
Income tax debit/credit (-), calculated using the Belgian statutory tax rate on the accounting income/loss (-) before tax (theoretical) |  |  | 44,388 |  |  | (8,640) |  |  | (39,261)
Tax expenses/income (-) in statement of operations (effective) |  |  | 214 |  |  | 50 |  |  | 198
Difference in tax expense/income to explain |  | € | (44,173) |  | € | 8,690 |  | € | 39,458
Effect of tax rates in other jurisdictions |  | € | 831 |  | € | 411 |  | € | 14
Effect of non taxable revenues |  |  | (13,079) |  |  | (11,558) |  |  | (11,277)
Effect of share based payment expenses without tax impact |  |  | 10,318 |  |  | 7,530 |  |  | 5,317
Effect of expenses/income (-) not subject to tax |  |  | 53,270 |  |  | 382 |  |  | 102
Effect of non tax deductible expenses |  |  | 795 |  |  | 945 |  |  | 404
Effect of recognition of previously non recognized deferred tax assets |  |  | (2,286) |  |  | (1,977) |  |  | (414)
Effect of change in tax rates |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 181
Effect of tax losses (utilized) reversed |  |  | (136) |  |  | (150) |  |  | (763)
Effect of under or over provision in prior periods |  |  | 30 |  |  | — |  |  | —
Effect of non recognition of deferred tax assets |  |  | 47,413 |  |  | 13,108 |  |  | 45,895
Effect of derecognition of previously recognized deferred tax assets |  |  | 106 |  |  | — |  |  | —
Effect of use of IID |  |  | (141,435) |  |  | — |  |  | —
Total explanations |  | € | (44,173) |  | € | 8,690 |  | € | 39,458

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