Tax advice
26.01.2021The Dutch tax regime is one of the factors for which international businessmen, investors and asset owners choose the Dutch jurisdiction to register holdings, venture capital and special project companies (SPVs) and, in general, the location of their business in Europe. For correct corporate structuring and rational international tax planning using the Netherlands, it is necessary to take into account the specifics and trends of Dutch tax legislation.
We help our clients to make decisions by consulting on taxes in the Netherlands in Russian, English and 10 more languages and taking into account our practical experience on projects in all common business areas, from international trade to innovative IT developments.
How can a Dutch tax lawyer help you?
Nalog.nl fiscal specialists will accompany the following tasks:
- modeling personal tax issues using the Dutch jurisdiction;
- timely identification, analysis and management of tax risks in the implementation of business projects, including investment ones;
- analysis of documentation for the presence of tax violations;
- providing legal opinions on the legality of the application of certain tax schemes, including those using international tax planning methods;
- preparation and support of tax audits;
- pre-trial settlement of tax disputes;
- registration as a VAT payer (VAT / BTW) in the Netherlands;
- appeal against decisions of the Dutch tax authorities (Belastingdienst);
- optimization of commercial processes of companies' activities, both domestically and internationally;
- legal support on all tax issues.
Most frequent consultation topics
Among the most frequent topics of tax advice on Dutch legislation that we conduct, the following main topics stand out:
- income tax in the Netherlands, it is also the personal income tax of individuals - Dutch residents;
- filling out and filing private tax returns in the Netherlands;
- business taxes in the Netherlands, the right to tax deductions for self-employed (ZZP / eenmanszaak) - such as self-employment deduction, tax deduction for business start-ups, exemption of part of income from tax of small and medium-sized enterprises;
- corporate income tax in the Netherlands (Dutch corporate income tax, aka VPB), BV income tax rates in 2020, 2021, 2022, taking into account the latest changes in Dutch legislation;
- tax on dividends from BV and other Dutch companies;
- avoidance of double taxation on income tax, dividend tax for non-residents of the Netherlands;
- withholding tax (Dutch withholding tax);
- the terms of the agreements of the Netherlands for the avoidance of double taxation with Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Cyprus and other relevant jurisdictions;
- modeling various situations of VAT taxation in transactions within the Netherlands, within the European Union, outside the EU.
Why it is important to consult real market practices
Tax lawyers regularly monitor changes and analyze trends in Dutch tax legislation, thereby providing an up-to-date view of the client's task both from the point of view of existing regulation and from the perspective of a foreseeable planning horizon.
As market practitioners, we have experience in supporting projects in a wide range of urgent tasks. Contact us for advice on personal taxes, Dutch corporate taxes, Dutch company dividend tax, withholding taxes and the overall tax implications of international transactions and structures.
The timely involvement of a specialist helps to protect the client's finances by choosing the most efficient taxation model, and to prevent the costs and labor costs of challenging the decisions of the Dutch tax authority (Belastingdienst). Our lawyers ensure that the client's business processes comply with the current requirements of Dutch tax legislation and court practice, conduct tax due diligence in order to avoid problems in the future and in order to apply rational business practices.
