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Brexit: a never ending story?

January 14, 2019
Tuesday, 15th of January will be a crucial day in what seems to become a never ending story regarding the Brexit. Leon Kanters, Brexit expert and partner of KPMG Meijburg & Co: “The Brexit deal wi ...

ECOFIN discusses new French-German proposal for an EU Digital Services Tax

December 5, 2018
On December 4, 2018, the Economic and Financial Affairs Council of the EU (ECOFIN) held an exchange of views on the digital services tax, but failed to reach an agreement on a compromise text tabled b ...

Deputy Minister outlines main features of updated ruling practice – stricter requirements for rulings with an international character

November 26, 2018
In a letter sent to the Lower House on November 22, 2018, the Deputy Minister of Finance outlined the main features of the revision of the ruling practice. The revision is aimed at further safeguardin ...

Public consultation on Bill implementing ATAD2

November 1, 2018
On May 29, 2017, an amendment to the EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive was adopted, so that this directive also focuses on combating hybrid mismatches between EU Member States and third countries (ATAD2 ...

Economic Partnership Agreement between the EU and Japan: simplification of certificates of origin

October 31, 2018
On July 17, 2018, the EU and Japan signed a new Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), with expected entry into force in the first half of 2019 after ratification by the European and Japanese Parliamen ...

Deputy Minister of Finance releases new Transfer Pricing Decree

May 15, 2018
On May 11, 2018, the Dutch Deputy Minister of Finance published a new Transfer Pricing Decree, dated April 22, 2018 (no. 2018-6865). This decree replaces the Transfer Pricing Decree of November 14, 20 ...

EU and Japan finalize Economic Partnership Agreement

December 14, 2017
On December 8, 2017, the EU and Japan announced the successful conclusion of the negotiations regarding the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). The EPA is to date the biggest bilateral trade agreeme ...

Customs duties refund opportunity extended for recalls and warranties

November 2, 2017
On October 12, 2017 the European Court of Justice (“CJEU”) ruled in favor of Meijburg & Co’s warranty and recall case (C-661/15), meaning that the period for price adjustments has been extended fr ...

Recent developments concerning EU and U.S. export controls and sanctions

August 30, 2017
Being compliant with export control and sanctions legislation is of great importance for companies engaged in international trade as violation of this legislation can lead to severe penalties as well ...

Global sanctions developments

June 27, 2017
There have been recent developments on the US sanctions against Cuba, Russia and Iran. In addition, various Arab nations recently imposed a boycott on Qatar. Please find set out below an update.

Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting signed by the Netherlands and other countries

June 9, 2017
On June 7, 2017, the Dutch Minister of Finance Dijsselbloem and other high-level representatives of 67 countries representing 68 jurisdictions signed the Multilateral Convention (“Multilater ...

EU Export Control Reform - Update

March 31, 2017
On September 28, 2016, the European Commission presented a proposal to update the current EU dual-use regulation (no. 428/2009) for export control in order to modernize the system “to keep up with new ...

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