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General Court examines the compatibility of rulings granted by Ireland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands with EU State aid rules

September 25, 2019
Following multiple State aid investigations launched by the European Commission, the General Court of the European Union was asked to examine whether the advance transfer pricing agreements granted by ...

Tax Update Shipping & Offshore - September 2019

September 4, 2019
This is the third edition of our Tax Update for the Shipping & Offshore sector, in which we inform you about national and international developments, various court decisions, bills and practical e ...

EU and Mercosur concluded on trade agreement

July 12, 2019
After 20 years of negotiations, the European Union and Mercosur states - Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, on June 28, 2019 reached a political agreement for an ambitious, balanced and comprehe ...

Brexit: ‘We agree to disagree’

July 11, 2019
Who will be elected by the members of the Conservative Party? Will it be Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt? For the time being, Boris Johnson seems to be the favourite. On 22 July it will be announced who ...

Bill on implementation of ATAD2 presented to the Lower House

July 4, 2019
On July 2, 2019, the bill to implement the amendment to the EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD2) was presented to the Lower House. As a result of this amendment, the Directive now combats both hybr ...

EU and Vietnam finalize Free Trade Agreement and Investment Protection Agreement

July 3, 2019
On Sunday, June 30, 2019, the EU and Vietnam signed the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and the Investment Protection Agreement (IPA) in Hanoi. The EU has described the FTA as the “most ambitious” free tra ...

Final policy statement on preliminary consultation on rulings with an international character published

July 2, 2019
On June 28, 2019, the Deputy Minister of Finance published a policy statement elaborating on the revised ruling policy for rulings with an international character (hereinafter: international rulings). ...

The notion of ‘similar goods’ and the impact of discounts in applying the deductive method of customs valuation

June 24, 2019
On June 20, 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) rendered its judgment in the Oribalt Rīga (C-1/18) case on the factors relevant to calculating the customs value in accordance with ...

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 ...

Deputy Minister announces proposed policy for renewed ruling practice

April 26, 2019
In a letter sent to the Lower House on April 23, 2019, the Deputy Minister of Finance announced the proposed policy statement, in which the measures for reforming the practice for rulings with an inte ...

Dutch Lower House of Parliament passes Bill on ratification of the MLI

February 13, 2019
On February 12, 2019 the Dutch Lower House of Parliament passed the Bill for the ratification of the Multilateral Convention (“MLI”) to Implement Tax Treaty-Related Measures to Prevent Base ...

EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement enters into force on February 1, 2019

January 16, 2019
In 2013, the EU and Japan launched negotiations on enhanced economic and strategic cooperation. These negotiations resulted in an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) and a Strategic Partnership Agree ...

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