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Netherlands

ITR's podcast examines whether the big four have overarching cultural issues and assesses the competitive threat of technology-backed transfer pricing firms
Despite the Netherlands featuring an unusual concentration of World Tax-ranked technology-led providers, sources believe there’s a long way to go to challenge the established players
Rolf van de Velde, dubbed ‘an expert chosen by experts’, is tasked with scaling Reptune’s self-service compliance offering
Elsewhere, the UAE’s tax office has issued an update on registration penalties and two firms have been busy making lateral hires
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  • Sponsored by DLA Piper Netherlands
    The Dutch State Secretary of Finance sent a letter to the Dutch Parliament on February 26 2019, answering questions raised by members of the House of Representatives on the proposed changes to the Dutch tax ruling practice, and announced introduction of a conditional withholding tax (WHT) on intra-group, outbound interest and royalty payments.
  • Sponsored by DLA Piper Netherlands
    One of the key benefits of the Dutch tax system is the participation exemption regime, whereby benefits derived by Dutch corporate taxpayers from a qualifying shareholding (i.e. dividends, capital gains, and foreign exchange results) are fully exempt from Dutch corporate income tax (25%). This beneficial treatment of the participation exemption regime also applies to earn-out payments whereby the deferred instalment payments depend upon the performance of the company being sold.
  • Sponsored by DLA Piper Netherlands
    Rachit Agarwal and Jian-Cheng Ku of DLA Piper discuss the transfer pricing (TP) aspects of a business restructuring within a multinational enterprise (MNE) group, through reference to a recent high-stakes Dutch court case. The case highlights the importance of TP documentation as evidence in tax litigation and in conducting an appropriate TP valuation.