NL-Africa Tax Desk newsletter – May 2021
The aim of this newsletter is to give you an easy-to-read overview of the latest tax updates in Africa. This month’s newsletter includes the latest on transfer pricing in Africa. Transfer pricing in developing countries remains a key focus area of the UN Tax Committee and the African Tax Administration Forum has recently shed its light on the BEPS Pillar One proposals, too.
No VAT obligation for members of Supervisory Boards, Boards of Supervisory Directors
On May 6, 2021 the Deputy Minister of Finance published a decree on the VAT position of members of supervisory boards, boards of supervisory directors as well as complaints advisory committees and review, dispute and comparable committees, which may require action to be taken.
NL-Africa Tax Desk newsletter – April 2021
The aim of this newsletter is to give you an easy-to-read overview of the latest tax updates in Africa. In this newsletter you can read-up on the tax treaty negotiations initiated by the Dutch Government, recent tax developments in Nigeria - including the 2021 budget and tax measures - and the latest on the minimum tax in Kenya.
Factsheet: Standard Business Reporting (XBRL) Assistance Services
The last step of the process of preparing the statutory financial statements is to file the financial statements with the Chamber of Commerce. To further optimise the digitalisation of this process, the Dutch authorities have developed the Standard Business Reporting (SBR) format (also known as XBRL format).
CJEU: Member State registration ownership of vessel may levy insurance premium tax
This judgment is not only important for the insurance of seagoing vessels, for which an exemption applies in the Netherlands, but also for the insurance of other vessels, which are subject, as starting point, to 21% insurance premium tax in the Netherlands.
Also the acquisition of only the legal ownership of shares in real estate legal entities is subject to real estate transfer tax
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, which, on January 24, 2020, had accorded an economic meaning to the term ‘interest’.