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Dutch taxation and foreign social security contributions

Employees subject to Dutch taxation but not subject to social security in the Netherlands, may face taxation of their foreign social contributions. The Ministry of Finance has given an update earlier this year about how the social contributions of various countries should be classified for tax purposes in the Netherlands. [...]

2016-03-30T07:28:16+02:0030 March 2016|General|

New regulation ‘orientation year’ highly educated people

As of March 1, 2016 highly educated people can qualify for a residence permit for one year to work without a work permit and/or search for work in the Netherlands as a highly skilled migrant. Among others, the following highly educated people do qualify: foreign students who have graduated from [...]

2016-03-18T09:16:46+01:0018 March 2016|General|

VAR statement abolished

It is final. The VAR will cease to exist on May 1, 2016, will no longer have effect from that moment and be replaced by a system of model contracts. Model contracts can already be downloaded from the Tax Office website. The implementation period will run until May 1, 2017. [...]

2016-02-08T09:00:39+01:008 February 2016|General|

Salary criteria 30% ruling 2016

The salary criteria for the 30% ruling as per January 2016 are as follows: The annual taxable salary for an employee must be more than EUR 36,889 (2015: EUR 36,705). The taxable salary for an employee with a master’s degree and who is younger than 30 years, must be more [...]

2016-01-04T13:29:12+01:004 January 2016|General|
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