Internet consultation on dividend stripping
In practice, substantial (albeit not easily quantifiable) amounts in dividend tax are avoided via various forms of dividend stripping, which the Dutch tax authorities cannot properly combat with the current legal instruments. The consultation document contains six potential solutions and various general questions
Getting tax data right with compliance by design
Many tax teams spend the bulk of their time dealing with tax data — finding it, correcting it, reconciling it and formatting it for tax reporting and other compliance needs. But processes like these are under rising pressure as tax authorities demand more tax data, in greater detail, and ever closer to real time.
Now, advancing technologies offer tax teams opportunities take a powerful new approach to their tax data. With compliance by design, organizations can ensure their systems and data management solutions deliver tax data that’s right the first time.
Changes to corporate income tax loss set-off as of January 1, 2022, BIK withdrawn
On Friday, May 28, 2021 the caretaker government announced that the changes to the corporate income tax loss set-off can take effect as of January 1, 2022. It was also announced that the Job related Investment Allowance (Baangerelateerde Investeringskorting; BIK) will be withdrawn.
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).