What’s new?

The new salary requirements for highly skilled migrants, Intra-Corporate Transferees (ICT) and European Blue Card holders for 2019 have been announced and are as follows*: Highly skilled migrants, 30 years and older: EUR 4,500. Highly skilled migrants under 30 years: EUR 3,299. Highly skilled migrants who graduated in the Netherlands [...]

As of January 1, 2019, more wage tax tables will be introduced in order to distinguish between the following groups of employees. 1. Dutch residents employees who have their permanent residence in the Netherlands. 2. Non-residents of the Netherlands employees who are residents of other EU Member States or of [...]

The provisional agreement stipulates that EU citizens and UK nationals arriving in the host state during the transition period (March 30, 2019 - December 31, 2020) will enjoy broadly the same rights and obligations under the provisional agreement as those who arrived in the host state before March 30, 2019. [...]

With a number of countries, The Netherlands has bilateral Memoranda of Understanding containing a clause on Working Holiday Programmes (“WHP”). Under a WHP, people under 31 years of age can spend a year in the Netherlands to experience the culture and society. ‘Incidental’ work activity is allowed, to finance the [...]

Brexit is the biggest cause of political uncertainty for the financial sector in Europe. At present, a no-deal Brexit is still conceivable. As this would lead to a series of acute and possibly very significant transition risks, the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) calls on companies to prepare [...]

What are the most relevant VAT consequences for businesses if there is no Brexit deal on 29 March 2019? After 29 March 2019 The UK will continue to have a VAT system after it leaves the EU that will regulate imports, exports, cross border services and that may interact with [...]