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Progress on ‘working as a self-employed person’

June 17, 2020
On June 15, 2020, the fifth letter describing the progress made with respect to ‘working as a self-employed person’ was published. In this letter, the Minister of Social Affairs and Employment and the ...

COVID-19 measures: Schengen area on lockdown for non-EU residents

June 15, 2020
On March 17, 2020, the EU heads of government decided that travelers from outside the European Union will no longer be allowed to enter the Schengen area, unless it is absolutely necessary for them to ...

Additional agreements about the second Jobs and Economy emergency package (Emergency package 2.0)

May 28, 2020
From a letter sent to the Lower House of Parliament on May 28, 2020, it appears that the government has further consulted with employer and employee organizations in response to Emergency package 2.0. ...

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 ...

NOW scheme amended for third time (first installment: NOW for the period through to June 1, 2020

May 25, 2020
By letter to the Lower House of Parliament dated May 20, 2020, the Minister of Social Affairs and Employment announced that the Temporary emergency bridging measure to retain jobs (Tijdelijke noodmaat ...

Expansion of group approach in the NOW and easing of several other measures

April 24, 2020
By letter dated April 22, 2020 the Minister of Social Affairs and Employment announced an important expansion of the group approach in the NOW. We discuss this expansion briefly. We also discuss the a ...

Conditions announced for ‘Temporary emergency bridging measure to retain jobs’

April 1, 2020
The scheme provides for compensation for payroll costs if an employer expects and ultimately experiences a decline in turnover of 20% or more as a result of the corona crisis. Compensation will be gra ...

Upper House adopts 2020 Tax Plan package and bills on ATAD2 and DAC6

December 18, 2019
Along with the adoption of the 2020 Tax Plan package and the bills on the implementation of ATAD2 and DAC6, the Upper House also adopted several motions.

Are you losing money because of Tax Equalization? – Tax Technology offers you insight!

November 13, 2019
A common agreement in the world of cross-border employment is the ‘tax equalization agreement’ between an employer and employee. Under this agreement, an employee does not pay more or less tax during ...

Budget Day 2019: changes to payroll taxes

September 20, 2019
On Budget Day, September 17, 2019, the Cabinet presented the 2020 Tax Plan package to the Lower House. In this memorandum we address the most significant changes proposed for payroll taxes and social ...

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 ...

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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