The consultation document on the bill on the Modernization of Partnerships (‘Bill') was published on February 21, 2019. The current legislation on partnerships dates from the 19th century and, according to the government, no longer meet the needs of today’s users.
In anticipation of a possible ‘no-deal’ Brexit, the Deputy Minister of Justice and Safety has published withdrawal rules for citizens of the United Kingdom and their family members who lawfully reside in the Netherlands on March 29, 2019. These provide for transitional rules applying until June 30, 2020, followed by final rules.
A ‘Taxing the digital economy’ roundtable session recently took place at KPMG Meijburg & Co in Amstelveen; a successful and interactive session with interesting results. The most important conclusion is that, in addition to online technology companies, more traditional multinationals could also be affected by the potential tax measures of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
On March 18, 2019 the Dutch government launched an internet consultation offering interested parties the opportunity to respond to the draft bill that introduces the thin cap rule for banks and insurers. The internet consultation closes on April 15, 2019. If approval is granted, the responses will be published during the course of the consultation. The bill is discussed below.
On April 1, 2019, the Deputy Minister of Finance (hereinafter: Deputy Minister) published the Specific State Supervision Policy Statement, effective April 2, 2019. In this policy statement the Deputy Minister elaborates on the qualification ‘specific state supervision’, which the Court of Justice of the European Union (hereinafter: CJEU) imposed as one of the conditions for applying the VAT exemption for the management of special investment funds (Article 135(1)(g) EU VAT Directive).
Legal persons and other legal entities will soon be obliged to register their ultimate beneficial owners. On April 4, 2019 the bill ‘Implementation registration of ultimate beneficial owners of companies and other legal entities’ (‘the bill’) was presented to the Lower House.
Lower House MPs Snels (Groen Links), Leijten (SP) and Nijboer (PvdA) intend to submit a private members’ bill amending the liquidation and cessation loss rules in the Corporate Income Tax Act 1969. On April 16, 2019 an internet consultation was opened on this, giving interested parties the opportunity to respond to the consultation document comprising the draft bill and a draft Explanatory Memorandum.
On April 23, 2019, the Fiscal Unity Emergency Repair Act (Wet spoedreparatie fiscale eenheid) was adopted by the Upper House. We had previously explained the bill in our memoranda dated June 7, 2018, November 8, 2018 and February 13, 2019.
In a letter sent to the Lower House on April 23, 2019, the Deputy Minister of Finance announced the proposed policy statement, in which the measures for reforming the practice for rulings with an international character (hereinafter: international rulings) are elaborated.
Wilbert Kannekens, managing partner of KPMG Meijburg & Co, was recently named the "Best of the Best 2019" in the area of Tax for the Netherlands by the international specialist guide Expert Guides. The "Best of the Best" edition compiles the 30 globally considered top practitioners in 19 practice areas of law