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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Interest on tax due charged on corporate income tax assessments to remain at same rate for the time being

February 24, 2023
In our MTN of February 3, 2023 we informed you about the statutory increase in the rate used for charging interest on tax due on corporate income tax and (interest and royalty) withholding tax assessm ...

Legal protection under Pillar II - or more to the point: the absence of it

February 14, 2023
As of 2024, the Pillar 2 rules will become a reality within the EU and other jurisdictions worldwide. Under Pillar 2, the Global Anti-Base Erosion (GloBE) rules ensure that large multinational enterpr ...

Mitigate/avoid 10.5% interest on tax due by requesting an (additional) provisional corporate income tax assessment

February 3, 2023
As of March 1, 2023 the interest on tax due payable on corporate income tax and withholding tax assessments will increase from 8% to 10.5%.

Draft bill on inframarginal electricity levy

February 2, 2023
On Friday, January 27, 2023 a draft bill was published that must introduce a temporary levy on the market revenues from inframarginal electricity production.

Pro Memoria 2023

January 26, 2023
An easy-to-use reference work that will help businesses, institutions and organizations in their accounting practices. The tax rates, premiums and contributions for 2023 have been summarized for your ...

Upper House adopts 2023 Tax Plan package and other tax bills

December 21, 2022
On December 20, 2022 the Upper House of Parliament adopted the 2023 Tax Plan package, various other tax bills and seven tax motions. We have prepared a summary about this.

Court of Justice of the European Union rules that the UBO register must not be publicly accessible

November 23, 2022
The Minister of Finance has asked the Dutch Chamber of Commerce to temporarily stop providing information from the UBO register, effective as of November 22, 2022.

Aldo Mariani appointed as Head of Global Tax Dispute Resolution and Controversy Services network

November 14, 2022
Aldo Mariani has been appointed as Head of Global Tax Dispute Resolution and Controversy Services network

Letter to Lower House of Parliament regarding requests for ex-officio reduction in Box 3 tax liability for non-litigants

November 4, 2022
Non-litigants will also be governed by a Supreme Court judgment in these litigation proceedings for the years 2017 through 2020 even if they have not filed a request.

The 2023 Tax Plan on two pages

September 20, 2022
We have prepared a two-page overview of the measures contained in the 2023 Tax Plan package.

Tax measures for 2023

September 20, 2022
The main features of the proposed measures are addressed in our memorandum. We have also prepared a two-page overview of the measures.

Policy statement on Box 3 restoration of rights

July 1, 2022
The policy statement sets out how rights will be restored in Box 3 and how the new Box 3 income will be calculated according to the flat rate savings option.

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