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2025 Spring Memorandum - tax measures

April 24, 2025
The 2025 Spring Memorandum provides insight into the policy themes that the government is grappling with at this time. It also provides a first look at the measures the government plans to take to fin ...

2025 Tax Plan package revised with Memorandums of Amendment

October 4, 2024
The changes to the bill on the Business Succession Tax Relief (Amendment) Act 2025 will especially have a significant practical impact.

Deputy Minister provides more insight into his future tax plans

April 17, 2024
On April 16, 2024 the Deputy Minister of Finance provided general insights into the upcoming 2025 Tax Plan package in the Tax Policy and Implementation Agenda.

Dutch Supreme Court provides step-by-step plan for VAT qualification of land with remanent buildings

February 12, 2024
The judgment offers welcome practical guidelines. Whether there is a building site for VAT purposes is of major practical importance and must always be assessed on a case-by-case basis.

New decree on the allocation of severance payments in an international context

February 8, 2024
On December 15, 2023 the Ministry of Finance published a new decree on the allocation of taxing rights in respect of severance payments in an international context. The decree took effect on January 1 ...

More inspections by immigration authorities

February 2, 2024
The vast majority of work-based residence permits issued in the Netherlands every year are for the purpose of employment as a highly skilled migrant or intra-company transferee. To employ these highly ...

Employee incentive trends – SAR plan’s: your incentive plan for 2024

December 18, 2023
Rewarding employees is more than just compensation for performance. It is an incentive to increase motivation and engagement. Remuneration should therefore be seen as a strategic tool to attract and r ...

Prospect of more opportunities for international transfers of accrued Dutch pension capital

December 14, 2023
The Netherlands is unjustifiably restricting the free movement of workers by imposing specific conditions on the international transfer of accrued pension capital. This is the verdict of the Court of ...

30% ruling scaled back even further

October 27, 2023
As of 1 January 2024, the 30% ruling for highly-skilled employees recruited from abroad will be scaled back even further if the Upper House of Parliament also adopts the bill.

Do you know where your employees live and work?

September 27, 2023
An obvious question, but a very important one for tax and social security purposes. The Dutch Supreme Court has ruled that ‘good employment practices’ obliges employers to, in certain circumstances, i ...

EU Commission: homeworkers may also work from home up to a maximum of 49% after July 1, 2023 without consequences for their social security position

April 5, 2023
In a recent meeting, the European Commission reached agreement that if employees work less than 50% (at home) in their country of residence, the social security of the country where the employer is es ...

Report on Foreign workers and payroll taxes

February 22, 2023
The Dutch tax authorities recently published its Foreign workers and payroll taxes report. The report offers practical guidelines for payroll tax matters in international situations.

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