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Extension and expansion of Jobs and Economy emergency package (Emergency package 2.0)

May 26, 2020
More than two months ago the government announced a number of emergency measures in its ‘Jobs and Economy emergency package’ letter to the Lower House of Parliament dated March 17, 2020. These measure ...
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Building Blocks for a Better Tax System

May 20, 2020
On May 18, 2020 the ‘Building Blocks for a Better Tax System’ package was published. The reports, which together contain more than 1000 pages of text, have resulted in 169 detailed policy options on a ...
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Advocate General at CJEU: VAT deduction limitation for ‘setting aside’ capital raised in expectation of new investment

May 18, 2020
As a result of the corona crisis, setting an investment on hold and holding the capital raised for it may occur more frequently. If the capital is held in expectation of a new investment, we believe i ...
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Second update of policy statement on corona crisis tax measures

May 8, 2020
The previous updated policy statement has now been replaced by the policy statement of May 6, 2020, in which the approvals in the previous policy statement are supplemented with new approvals, includi ...
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Updated policy statement on corona crisis tax measures, including with regard to deferral of payment

April 29, 2020
By policy statement dated April 14, 2020 the Deputy Minister of Finance announced a number of specific approvals as a result of the corona crisis. That policy statement has now been replaced by the po ...
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Bill on the Modernization of Partnerships: third time lucky?

March 14, 2019
The consultation document on the bill on the Modernization of Partnerships (‘Bill') was published on February 21, 2019. The current legislation on partnerships dates from the 19th century an ...
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Insurance premium tax: CJEU decision on location of risk

January 24, 2019
On January 17, 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (‘CJEU’) rendered judgment in a case that dealt with the location of risk for insurance premium tax purposes (case no. C-74/18). The cas ...
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Dutch Supreme Court renders important judgment on costs related to the acquisition or disposal of participations

December 12, 2018
For Dutch corporate income tax purposes, the costs related to the acquisition or disposal of shares that are covered by the participation exemption are non-deductible. On December 7, 2018 the Dutch Su ...
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CJEU: the purpose of the sale of shares may limit VAT recovery right

November 12, 2018
On November 8, 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (hereinafter: CJEU) rendered judgment in the C&D Foods case (C-502/17). The case concerned the recovery of VAT on costs related to a ...
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CJEU: VAT recovery also permissible for unsuccessful acquisition

October 18, 2018
On October 17, 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (hereinafter: CJEU) rendered judgment in the Ryanair case (C-249/17). The case concerned the Irish airline Ryanair, which had incurred c ...
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Is VAT on services deductible in the case of the proposed sale of a participation if the sale ultimately does not proceed?

October 2, 2017
We recently informed you about the request for a preliminary ruling in the Ryanair case (C-249-17). That case, pending before the Court of Justice of the European Union (hereinafter: CJEU), conce ...
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