On November 16, 2020 the sixth progress letter ‘Working as a self-employed person’ was published. In this letter, the Minister of Social Affairs and Employment and the Deputy Minister of Finance update the Lower House of Parliament on the status and follow-up steps with regard to the measures on self-employment.
If the intended acquisition of a participation cannot be realized, for example due to the corona crisis, we recommend that you examine the VAT implications of this in more detail.
As the end of the year is fast approaching, many organizations will soon start preparing their year‑end financial statements. The announced 2021 Tax Plan may have a significant impact on those financials and especially the income tax position. The impact should be reflected once the 2021 Tax Plan is (substantively) enacted.
The Supreme Court ruled that its earlier judgments from 2013 and 2015 were an incorrect interpretation of EU law and that foreign investment funds should be entitled to a refund of the Dutch dividend withholding tax paid if certain conditions are met. These conditions are however very difficult to meet.
Earlier this month we took note of the announcement of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework for their Blueprints of Pillar One and Pillar Two as we were curious to see what this would entail. Another initiative with a clear message that a central and unified global compliance process will become more crucial than ever.
On October 9, 2020 Lower House MP Bart Snels (of the GroenLinks parliamentary party) once again amended his private member’s bill on the ‘Conditional Final Settlement of Dividend Withholding Tax Emergency Act’, which he had submitted on July 10, 2020.
The Minister of Social Affairs and Employment informed the Lower House of Parliament on September 30, 2020 about the precise conditions of NOW 3, several changes to NOW 1 and NOW 2 and about the opening of the NOW 1 Subsidy Determination Desk.