Round table: navigating tax in challenging times

From the rise of artificial intelligence, ever-expanding globalization, new forms of non-financial reporting, continually changing legislation to the constant shifts in public opinion. How do you overcome these challenges? And above all: how do other corporate tax consultants do that?

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Proposal for a new division exemption in real estate transfer tax launched for consultation

April 10, 2024
The new exemption is more limited than the current scheme but less open to debate. On the positive side, it does facilitate dispute divisions.

Dutch Supreme Court provides step-by-step plan for VAT qualification of land with remanent buildings

February 12, 2024
The judgment offers welcome practical guidelines. Whether there is a building site for VAT purposes is of major practical importance and must always be assessed on a case-by-case basis.

Updated VAT Property Decree

December 15, 2023
We have focused on what we consider to be the most important topics and changes.

Bill to abolish the real estate transfer tax concurrence exemption for share transactions: mitigation and postponement

June 26, 2023
It is commendable that the adverse effects of the original draft bill are to be mitigated.

Changes to VBI regime, abolition of open limited partnership and revision of qualification policy postponed for one year

May 9, 2023
In light of the responses to the internet consultations, the government intends to have the measures take effect as of January 1, 2025.

Tax changes announced in the 2023 Spring Memorandum

May 4, 2023
In particular, property owners, businesses faced with business successions and Box 3 investors will experience the effect of these plans.

Internet consultation on abolition of real estate FBI, amendment of VBI regime and change in definition of mutual fund

March 13, 2023
The draft bill contains accompanying measures to avoid the (immediate) levying of corporate income tax, personal income tax and real estate transfer tax.

Internet consultation on draft bill to abolish the property transfer tax concurrence exemption for share transactions

March 1, 2023
An internet consultation on a draft bill to abolish the property transfer tax concurrence exemption for share transactions was launched on February 27, 2023.

Supreme Court: conversion of former wool factory into shopping mall results in ‘essentially a new building’ for VAT purposes

November 14, 2022
In its judgment, the Supreme Court reconfirmed that it is decisive whether or not the building has undergone structural construction alterations.

Supreme Court answers questions about concept of ‘essentially a new building’ for VAT purposes

November 4, 2022
The preliminary ruling shows that, for ‘essentially a new building’ to have been created, there must have been alterations to the structural construction as a minimum.

Also the acquisition of only the legal ownership of shares in real estate legal entities is subject to real estate transfer tax

April 13, 2021
The Supreme Court based its conclusion on a formal interpretation of the term ‘interest’ in the Legal Transactions Taxation Act and thus ruled differently to the Court of Appeals ‘s-Hertogenbosch, whi ...

Acquisition of only the legal ownership of shares in real estate legal entities is not subject to real estate transfer tax

March 4, 2020
The judgment rendered by the Court of Appeals ‘s-Hertogenbosch could also be important in practice with regard to shares in real estate legal entities that are acquired by investment funds without leg ...

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