Incentives

Inside Stibbe - During the annual European Tax Awards organised by the International Tax Review, Stibbe was once again recognised with the ‘Netherlands Tax Firm of the Year Award’. This completes a hat-trick of Stibbe wins in this category, after also bringing home the Award in 2015 and 2017.

Short Reads - A Brexit without a deal, or with a deal that does not cover all relevant aspects, is still a potential scenario. We have highlighted a number of unexpected legal consequences of Brexit in such a no deal or incomplete deal scenario.

Conference - On January 28th and 29th, a delegation of Stibbe Benelux Tax Partners will be at the 8th IBA Finance & Capital Markets Tax Conference. Michael Molenaars and Diogo Duarte de Oliveira will speak at the event, which will also be attended by Henk Verstraete.

Short Reads - Further to the several tax proposals released by the Dutch government on Budget Day last September (the 'Proposals' –  see also our Tax Alerts of 20 September 2018 and 16 October 2018), on 15 November 2018 the Lower House of Parliament has adopted the 2019 Tax Plan and the proposed implementation of the Anti-tax Avoidance Directive ('ATAD 1') per 1 January 2019. In this Tax Alert we will provide you with a short update in respect of the Proposals.

Inside Stibbe - Stibbe reinforces its Luxembourg office with the appointment of Vanessa Schmitt (Corporate & Finance), Olivier dal Farra (Tax), and Frédéric Pilorget (Corporate & Finance) as Counsel. The new appointments have taken effect in April and allow Stibbe to further strengthen its Luxembourg tax and corporate and finance teams to continue to respond to market needs.

Articles - Stibbe contributes Dutch chapter to Chambers Global Practice Guides Corporate Tax 2019. This chapter was written by Michael Molenaars, Jeroen Smits, Reinout de Boer and Rogier van der Struijk. Besides providing you with an outline of Dutch corporate income taxation, the chapter pays attention to the impact of BEPS on the Dutch corporate income tax landscape.

Articles - De ontwikkelingen op het gebied van fiscale wet- en regelgeving volgen elkaar in hoog tempo op. In een column voor Fondsnieuws gaat David de Groot in op de ontwikkelingen die relevant zijn voor beleggingsfondsen, waaronder (de afschaffing van) de dividendbelasting, het MLI, ATAD 1 en ATAD 2.

Short Reads - De Hoge Raad heeft in drie belangwekkende arresten van 17 augustus 2018 een nadere uitleg gegeven over het verstrekken van op de zaak betrekking hebbende stukken. De drie arresten gaan over belastingzaken maar zij zijn relevant voor het hele bestuursrecht. In dit blogbericht gaan wij in op deze arresten en de betekenis daarvan voor de praktijk. Wij zullen in het bijzonder stilstaan bij de wijze waarop de Hoge Raad oordeelt over het verstrekken van gegevens bij geautomatiseerde besluitvorming.