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Supreme Court judgment on bonus shares and fixed exemption in the work-related costs rules (standard practice criterion)

July 15, 2019
On July 12, 2019, the Supreme Court published the judgment in a case litigated by Meijburg & Co concerning the question whether the allocation of bonus shares can be placed under the fixed exempti ...
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Tax Update Shipping & Offshore No. 2 - June 2019

June 28, 2019
This is the second edition of our new Tax Update for the Shipping & Offshore sector, in which we inform you about national and international developments, various court decisions, bills and practi ...
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Tax Update Shipping & Offshore - Mei 2019

May 9, 2019
This is the first edition of our new Tax Update for the Shipping & Offshore sector, in which we inform you about national and international developments, various court decisions, bills and practic ...
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Bill on the introduction of a UBO register

April 9, 2019
Legal persons and other legal entities will soon be obliged to register their ultimate beneficial owners. On April 4, 2019 the bill ‘Implementation registration of ultimate beneficial owners of compan ...
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Update on ‘no-deal’ Brexit: withdrawal rules for UK citizens and family members

March 21, 2019
In anticipation of a possible ‘no-deal’ Brexit, the Deputy Minister of Justice and Safety has published withdrawal rules for citizens of the United Kingdom and their family members who lawfully reside ...
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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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Draft bill on transparency of civil society organizations: foundations and associations must publish donations and financial data

January 11, 2019
On December 21, 2018, the Minister for Legal Protection published the draft bill on the Civil Society Organizations Transparency Act. The proposal provides for, on the one hand, insight into cash flow ...
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Brexit: INS announces transitional rules for right of residence of UK citizens in the Netherlands

January 8, 2019
‘No-deal scheme’ The government has decided that UK citizens and their family members who lawfully reside in the Netherlands before Brexit will also retain their right of residence in the event of ...
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Annual adjustment of salary criterion for highly skilled migrants and administrative charges 2019

December 10, 2018
The salary criterion for highly skilled migrants is contained in the Foreign Nationals Employment Act Implementation Decree (Besluit uitvoering Wet arbeid vreemdelingen). This also stipulates that sal ...
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Important changes to sector classification effective immediately

July 13, 2018
On Friday, June 29, 2018, the Cabinet approved the Labor Market Improved Equilibrium Act (‘Wet arbeidsmarkt in balans’; WAB). Under this Act, sector-specific unemployment contributions will be replace ...
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Assessment of early retirement scheme on the basis of objective criteria

June 28, 2018
On Friday June 22, 2018, the Supreme Court rendered judgment as to whether a severance package should be regarded as an early retirement scheme ('regeling voor vervroegde uittreding', hereinafter: RVU ...
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30% ruling shortened to five years as of January 1, 2019

April 23, 2018
The 30% ruling is a form of tax relief for employees coming to the Netherlands who are recruited from abroad and who possess specific expertise that is not present or is scarce in the Dutch labor mark ...
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