Important judgment on tax classification of financial instrument

On May 17, 2024 the Dutch Supreme Court rendered an important judgment on the tax qualification of a financial instrument that was issued by a company established in France in 2007. It concerned the ‘obligation remboursable en actions’ (hereinafter: ORA). The question was whether the instrument had to be regarded as equity (capital) or debt capital (loan) for the purposes of the Corporate Income Tax Act 1969. Although the dispute focused on the question whether the costs related to the issue of the instrument were allocable to a Dutch permanent establishment of the French company, the Supreme Court judgment potentially has a much broader scope.

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Kopie van Nieuwsbrief WOZ en gemeentelijke heffingen – Maart 2023

March 19, 2024
De nieuwsbrief WOZ en gemeentelijke heffingen besteedt aandacht aan interessante ontwikkelingen en rechtspraak en verschijnt twee keer per jaar. Hierbij presenteren wij u de eerste editie van 2023.
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NieuwsFlits WOZ en lokale belastingen – August 2023

August 2, 2023
De NieuwsFlits WOZ en lokale belastingen besteedt aandacht aan interessante ontwikkelingen en rechtspraak en verschijnt twee keer per jaar. Hierbij presenteren wij u de tweede editie van 2023.
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Nieuwsbrief WOZ en gemeentelijke heffingen – Maart 2023

March 31, 2023
De nieuwsbrief WOZ en gemeentelijke heffingen besteedt aandacht aan interessante ontwikkelingen en rechtspraak en verschijnt twee keer per jaar. Hierbij presenteren wij u de eerste editie van 2023.
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Real estate fiscal investment institution to be abolished and changes to regimes for exempt investment institutions and mutual funds

December 15, 2022
The new rules primarily affect institutional investors, (listed) real estate funds and high-net-worth families.
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New referral to the CJEU – Net taxation – Taxation of dividend income received by a non-resident insurance company

December 14, 2022
On December 14, 2022 the Court of Appeals in ‘s-Hertogenbosch asked the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) for a preliminary ruling in a case dealing with net taxation.
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Dutch Supreme Court persists with strict interpretation of actual use for VAT recovery right purposes

November 11, 2022
This case is not only relevant for financial institutions, but also for other taxpayers performing VAT-taxed and VAT-exempt services.
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NieuwsFlits WOZ en lokale belastingen – 1st quarter 2022

March 24, 2022
De Nieuwsbrief WOZ, lokale belastingen besteedt aandacht aan interessante ontwikkelingen en rechtspraak en verschijnt twee keer per jaar. Hierbij presenteren wij u de tweede editie van 2021  ...
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Amendment of VAT policy statement: broader application of asset management exemption

November 3, 2021
On November 2, 2021, the updated Specific State Supervision Policy Statement of the Deputy Minister of Finance was published. The updating of the original policy statement was necessary due to Supreme ...
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CJEU’s K and DBKAG judgment: right to use software can qualify as VAT-exempt asset management

June 21, 2021
The fact that the right to use software can itself fall within the VAT exemption is a welcome clarification for Dutch practice in light of the increasingly automated asset management market.
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Lump Sum Payment, Early Retirement Scheme and Leave Savings Scheme Bill

January 20, 2021
In this bill the government elaborates on three of the agreements made as part of the Pension Agreement: more freedom of choice in the use of the pension, more options for early retirement and more sc ...
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Supreme Court interprets VAT exemption for collective asset management in broad terms: management of individual assets via investment profiles is exempt

December 7, 2020
On December 4, 2020 the Supreme Court rendered judgments in two important asset management cases.
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Dutch Supreme Court decision on Dutch withholding tax on dividends paid to foreign investment funds

October 26, 2020
The Supreme Court ruled that its earlier judgments from 2013 and 2015 were an incorrect interpretation of EU law and that foreign investment funds should be entitled to a refund of the Dutch dividend ...
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