October 2016

Educational expenses no longer tax deductible as of January 1, 2018.

2016-10-10T14:38:46+02:0010 October 2016|General|

Do you currently study to get a better position on the labor market and are you entitled to deduct the costs from your taxable income (as ‘persoonsgebonden aftrek’)? This deduction will be abolished as of January 1, 2018. Instead, so­called ‘education vouchers’ will be introduced. These will, however, only be [...]

September 2016

To sell or not to sell…

2016-09-20T09:39:37+02:0020 September 2016|General|

...this usually is the first question to find out whether a company has a deemed branch in another state by virtue of a person being involved in sales activities. If so, this has an effect on the tax position of both the company and its employees working in the other [...]

July 2016

Brazil, Chili, Kosovo and Morocco join The Hague Apostille Convention

2016-07-18T06:46:30+02:0018 July 2016|General|

This week the “The Hague Apostille Convention” will enter into force for Kosovo. In the course of August the Convention will enter into force for Brazil, Chili and Morocco. This is a positive development for people who need to have documents legalized for a.o. their relocation to the Netherlands. The [...]

Work permit requirements Japanese citizens – update

2016-07-05T06:59:37+02:005 July 2016|General|

Based on a decision by the Dutch Council of State (‘Raad van State’) dated December 24, 2014 Japanese citizens are alowed work in the Netherlands without a work permit. However, as of October 1, 2016 this will be reversed on the basis of new policy of the Dutch Immigration Authorities [...]

May 2016

Capital loss suffered by employee: ‘negative wage’

2016-05-30T15:02:53+02:0030 May 2016|General|

The Dutch Supreme Court recently decided that a capital loss suffered by an employee upon termination of the employment is considered as negative wage if such damage is based on an agreement with the employer. The decision concerned an obligatory sale of share certificates at a price lower than the [...]

April 2016

Deemed employment non-executive board members abolished

2016-04-26T07:38:47+02:0026 April 2016|General|

As of January 1, 2017 the position of a non-executive board member will no longer be considered a deemed employment for Dutch wage tax. By mutual consent this may even be applied as of May 1, 2016. Via ‘opting in’ the deemed employment can, however, still be continued. This may [...]

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