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Tax accounting considerations - 2020 Tax Plan

December 19, 2019

On December 17, 2019, the 2020 Tax Plan package has been accepted by the Dutch Senate and therefore substantively enacted under IFRS. Many of the proposed measures will take effect on January ...

Tax Update Shipping & Offshore - December 2019

December 19, 2019

This is the fifth 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 practi ...

Dutch Customs to increase audits / checks on customs valuation and e-commerce and on the classification of certain goods originating from the United States

December 19, 2019

On December 17, 2019, Dutch Customs announced that in the coming months more audits / checks will be carried out with regard to the customs value and classification of goods (the commodity code). Spec ...

Upper House adopts 2020 Tax Plan package and bills on ATAD2 and DAC6

December 18, 2019

Along with the adoption of the 2020 Tax Plan package and the bills on the implementation of ATAD2 and DAC6, the Upper House also adopted several motions.

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December 16, 2019

Major changes EU VAT and e-commerce 2021

December 10, 2019

New VAT rules for e-commerce will be introduced in the European Union (EU) as of January 1, 2021. In this blog Max van de Ven, Andy van Esdonk and Giancarlo Stanco, of KPMG Meijburg & Co, each sha ...

Annual adjustment of salary criterion for highly skilled migrants 2020

December 5, 2019

The gross monthly salaries that apply as of January 1, 2020 have been published.

Interview Unilever about the future of taxes

December 5, 2019

In the new KPMG RAAD Magazine the CFO and EVP Global Tax & Treasury of Unilever shared their thoughts about the future of taxes with Loek Helderman, partner of KPMG Meijburg & C ...

Supreme Court: 2% real estate transfer tax more likely on offices converted to apartments

December 4, 2019

This is a favorable outcome for the real estate market. The acquisition of (an apartment right in) a converted building intended for residential use is more likely to be subject to 2% rather than 6% r ...

Dutch Customs grants postponement to exporters not established in the Union

November 19, 2019

Who can act as an exporter? This question has been causing considerable commotion in the Union for some time now.

State aid: Commission approves prolongation of amendments to the Dutch tonnage tax scheme

November 19, 2019

The European Commission has authorised, under EU State aid rules, the prolongation of three amendments to the Dutch tonnage tax regime until 31 December 2028.