Flemish Government Sends Double Road Tax to Joyce, Who Has Changed Gender: "We Can't Avoid It"

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Officially changing your gender can be emotionally taxing as well as administratively demanding. Joyce Beele from Ypres is experiencing this too. She is transgender and registered a new gender earlier this year because it better suits her gender identity. But shortly afterward, she received another tax bill for the registration tax on the same car. This is a tax that car owners only have to pay once. According to the Flemish Tax Administration, …