On 20 September 2022, the Dutch government released the budget proposals, which includes certain amendments to Dutch tax laws. At a high level, the impact of the Tax Plan 2023 on most corporate taxpayers will likely be limited. The more impactful measures that are announced by the Dutch government, such as the Dutch implementation of Pillar 2, require further consideration by the government and are expected in the course of next year and be effective the earliest at 1 January 2024. As a next step, the measures announced will be discussed in Parliament in the coming weeks and, when approved, most of the new rules will be implemented effective 1 January 2023.

In March 2021, the EU approved new reporting rules in a directive known as DAC7. The directive will require the operators of online platforms for the sale of goods and certain services, to collect, verify and share data on their sellers and their transactions concluded on the online platform. EU member states have until 31 December 2022 to implement DAC7 into national law. Certain platform operators will become a reporting platform and will need to start collecting and verifying data points in compliance with the DAC7 reporting requirements. The collected data points must be reported to the tax authorities of the relevant EU member state annually.

With the rise of digital platforms and the possibilities internet provides for businesses, more and more sellers are able to offer goods and services via these platforms and the internet. In this context, it has become difficult for tax authorities to trace the flow of goods and services as well as to identify sellers to ensure that these goods and services are taxed in accordance with EU tax principles.

Baker McKenzie’s EMEA Tax Practice Group presented an overview on VAT on 13 October 2020, the tenth in a series of short webinars to keep tax professionals abreast of recent developments in these less than certain times.

As the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread across the world and restrictions to the mobility of people and goods increase, businesses are facing weakened financial markets, as well as disruption to workplace operations and business pipelines. Tax authorities across the globe have enacted amendments in order to cope…

The Dutch Custom Authorities have published a short communique on October 1, 2019 stating that as of December 1, 2019 only EU-established entities can be mentioned as exporter on the Dutch customs declaration for export. As a result, per December 1, 2019 only EU-established entities can formally act as exporter.…