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The European Commission suspected that the Netherlands provided unauthorised state aid to Starbucks. The European Court has now decided that the European Commission was in the wrong. Assumptions were that Starbucks was making too little profit (and thus were paying less taxes) in the Netherlands, as Starbucks purchased relatively expensive [...]

New immigration regulation to attract international talent for start-up companies Start-up companies recruiting international talent from outside the European Union cannot always make use of the current knowledge migrant regulation, due to their financial situation and the high salary thresholds. Moreover, employees working for a start-up company frequently benefit from [...]

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The Netherlands and Switzerland have amended their tax treaty in a protocol. New agreements have been made against tax avoidance, as well as with regard to the taxation rights on pensions. An anti-abuse clause has been included that prevents the benefits of the treaty from being used solely to avoid [...]

Brexit: Further extension granted by EU Last week the EU-27 agreed to an additional (flexible) extension of the Brexit until October of this year. The hope is that this extension will allow the United Kingdom to come to an agreement on the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement. The consequences of [...]

Proposed policy expansion highly skilled migrants Following recent research, recommendations and suggestions for improvement of the highly skilled migrant scheme are currently being investigated by the State Secretary. The aim is to make the Netherlands even more attractive as a country of residence for highly skilled migrants. Proposed policy improvements [...]