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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Supreme Court: interim evaluation of 30% ruling permissible after introduction of 150-kilometer criterion

December 12, 2017
The 30% ruling is a fixed allowance paid to compensate for the costs of a temporary stay outside the country of origin (extraterritorial expenses). Since January 1, 2012 only employees who reside ...
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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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