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On Budget Day 2018, the Dutch government released its much debated proposal to abolish the dividend withholding tax of 15% as of 2020. Instead of the current provisions, a new specific withholding tax will be introduced for abusive situations. Proposal…
On Budget Day, the Dutch government submitted a legislative proposal regarding the implementation of the Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive as agreed mid 2016 by the EU member states (“ATAD1”). The most important measures are the earnings stripping rules that limit the…
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De staatssecretaris van Financiën heeft kamervragen van D66 beantwoord over de fiscale gevolgen van de verhuur van een gedeelte van een eigen woning via AirBnB. Volgens de huidige regelgeving dient 70% van de netto-inkomsten uit verhuur van de eigen woning opgeteld te worden bij het eigenwoningforfait in box 1 van de inkomstenbelasting, waar het tegen (tot) 51,95% belast is.
With the rise of eCommerce, online platforms and FinTech the use of payment services or payment service providers, has substantially increased. As most (online) platforms, eCommerce platforms or applications and FinTech companies offer payment solutions, activities relating to payments and money transfers are increasingly carried out by regular businesses instead of banks or traditional financial institutions. An everyday example would be the online marketplace or platform which also facilitates (the collection of) the payment of the goods and/ or services that are sold through their platform to consumers. In practice, it has not always been fully clear if, and to what extent such payment solutions are VAT exempt.
Atlas Tax Lawyers is proud to announce that Jeroen Peters and Xavier Auerbach have been ranked and recognized as notable practitioners by Chambers HNW 2018. We warmly congratulate them with their accomplishment!
Last week, the Court of Justice (“ECJ”) delivered a positive judgement on the VAT position of holding companies in the Marle case on July 5, 2018 (C-320/17).
Frank Schwarte, Lennaert Mosk and Mick Willemsen have written a technical memorandum on the recently published, non-consensus, discussion draft on financial transactions. The highly anticipated discussion draft, released by the OECD on July 3, 2018, focuses on the transfer pricing aspects of financial transactions. The memorandum provides a summary of the content of the discussion draft, an overview of the status, and the key takeaways.
On July 3, 2018 the OECD released the highly anticipated discussion draft on financial transactions, which deals with the follow-up work in relation to Actions 8-10 of the OECD/G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Project. Public comments are invited on the discussion draft and should be submitted by September 7, 2018.
On July 3, 2018 the OECD released the highly anticipated discussion draft on financial transactions, which deals with the follow-up work in relation to Actions 8-10 of the OECD/G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Project. Public comments are invited on the discussion draft and should be submitted by September 7, 2018.
In response to the judgment of the EU Court of Justice of 22 February 2018, on 6 June 2018 the Dutch Ministry of Finance published a legislative proposal to amend the Dutch fiscal unity regime. The amendments aim to bring the Dutch fiscal unity regime in line with the requirements under EU law by providing for an equal treatment of domestic and cross-border EU situations for certain tax provisions.
In response to the judgment of the EU Court of Justice of 22 February 2018, on 6 June 2018 the Dutch Ministry of Finance published a legislative proposal to amend the Dutch fiscal unity regime. The amendments aim to bring the Dutch fiscal unity regime in line with the requirements under EU law by providing for an equal treatment of domestic and cross-border EU situations for certain tax provisions.
