August 2025

Clarification if foreign real estate affects the assessment of the actual return in box 3

2025-08-14T10:17:58+02:0014 August 2025|Tax + global mobility|

The Supreme Court has recently issued a new decision regarding the determination of tax in box 3 based on actual return. In this case, it was established that the actual return—including that on foreign real estate—was lower than the notional return. The Supreme Court ruled that the return on [...]

May 2025

Higher Court rules on salary norm 30% ruling

2025-05-08T11:36:16+02:008 May 2025|Tax + global mobility|

In a recent judgment, the Higher Court ruled, in a specific case, whether or not the salary norm was met at the time of hiring (“pre-test”) and also in the relevant subsequent years (“continuity test”). In particular, the Higher Court clarified that the taxable moment entails that salary which [...]

April 2025

Agreement between the Netherlands and Germany on working from home

2025-04-17T09:03:41+02:0017 April 2025|Tax + global mobility|

Normally, the salary of a cross-border worker is taxed in the country where their employer is located, except to the extent that they do not perform their work in that country. The tax treaty between the Netherlands and Germany is now being amended so that cross-border workers can work [...]

February 2025

Travel days count as half a workday for travel calendar

2025-02-06T16:07:58+01:006 February 2025|Tax + global mobility|

The Dutch Supreme Court has ruled that travel days for cross-border work count as half a day when calculating tax deductions for foreign income. This means that half a day is allocated to both the country of departure and the country of arrival. Please note: this ruling may not [...]

January 2025

UK update: Voluntary National Insurance (NI)

2025-01-21T12:17:23+01:0021 January 2025|Social security, Tax + global mobility|

As part of changes to the UK State Pension, HMRC extended the normal six-year time limit for making backdated voluntary NI contributions to as far back as 2006/07. This extended deadline for making backdated payments of Class 2 and Class 3 voluntary NI is now approaching on 5 April [...]

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