Dutch tax innovation
In 2006, the Netherlands started truly innovating its tax system. The most famous Dutch tax innovation – the exemption of dividend income and capital gains from subsidiaries – had long … Continue reading
Fiscal Apartheid
When the Netherlands had transformed its tax ruling regime (see previous blog), the job was not over yet. The OECD and EU also targeted ring-fenced regimes. Ring fencing is the … Continue reading
The Barbapapa tax haven
It is little know that around the turn of the millennium, the Dutch Finance Ministry created a secret group of high-ranking tax officials called the Barbapapa group. You may wonder, … Continue reading
End the abuse of Dutch limited partnerships!
Today, the Panama Papers shed some light on the tax avoidance via the Netherlands. Uber, Pfizer, Boeing and many other US firms avoid taxes on their foreign operations using a … Continue reading
Francis Weyzig 