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Employer must terminate dormant employment
When an employee is made redundant by their employer, the employer must pay the transition payment…
Private unemployment benefit top-up
Employers in many sectors are facing the Private Unemployment Benefit Supplement (PAWW) this year. What…
Tax partners: file a joint tax return
Tax partners are not required to file their income tax returns jointly. But it is certainly handy!…
Taxes are not donations
It probably won’t come as a surprise to anyone: you can deduct the taxes and levies you pay to the…
Tax figures for 2019
Most tax rates, allowances and exemptions have been adjusted again for 2019. These include…
Prunings fall under the forestry exemption
In practice, the forestry exemption is not applied very often. A ruling on this…
The Balanced Labour Market Act has been passed
As most of you are aware, employment law underwent significant changes in 2015 due to…
It doesn’t take long to set up a staff canteen
Anything you provide to employees in the course of their employment is subject to payroll tax.…
Tax interest on VAT as well
The rules on tax interest feel somewhat unfair. That is why they are regularly discussed…
WKR flat rate set at 1.7%
The Ministry of Finance has announced this welcome development in a press release. The increase will come into effect…
Assets held by a trust
Does this lead to tax benefits or anonymisation? The anonymisation of assets and the avoidance or reduction of taxation are…
A single transaction for VAT purposes
The reduced VAT rate was increased to 9% with effect from 1 January 2019. But that is still…
High gift tax allowance for costs advanced
The second-highest gift tax exemption may also be applied where the…
People on unemployment benefit are allowed to do more voluntary work
Volunteers may receive a tax-free allowance to cover expenses. We explain this scheme in our volunteer factsheet.…
Cafeteria operators must keep their till rolls
As a person required to keep records, you must maintain records. We set out the rules in our article ‘You…’
My Tax and Customs Administration – Business
Since 3 January 2019, sole traders (entrepreneurs and self-employed individuals) have been able, under the terms of the…