Tax compliance in the Netherlands

Tax compliance for a foreign-owned company in the Netherlands covers the corporate income tax return, the provisional assessments that come before it, any wage tax and VAT filings, and the letters from the Dutch Tax Administration (Belastingdienst) that follow. The Belastingdienst’s corporate income tax rate table sets 19% on taxable profit up to €200,000 and 25.8% above it for 2023 to 2026. When the financial year follows the calendar year, the return has to be filed before 1 June of each year, according to the government’s guide to filing your Dutch corporate tax return. For an owner abroad, correspondence arrives in Dutch unless an adviser handles it.

Firms offering tax compliance in the Netherlands

Doorpol

Accounting firm · Boutique firm

Rotterdam

  • Accounting and bookkeeping
  • Tax compliance
  • VAT
  • +1 more

Languages: Polish · German · English

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Newtone

Accounting firm · Medium-sized firm

Capelle aan den IJssel

  • Accounting and bookkeeping
  • Tax compliance
  • Payroll
  • +1 more

Languages: Dutch · English

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What to ask a Dutch tax adviser

Ask which returns the firm will file for the company and which it leaves to you. Ask whether it also files the personal returns of directors or shareholders who have Dutch income. If your group charges the Dutch company for services, goods or loans, ask how the firm documents those prices. Find out how it handles a query or an audit from the tax authority, who signs the returns, and whether that work is billed separately. A firm that also keeps your books can usually prepare the return from its own ledger.

Firms on Accountanty

Almost every firm Accountanty lists in the Netherlands handles tax compliance: 114 of them, of which 92 are accounting firms, 20 corporate service providers and two law firms. Seventy-six are small, 25 medium-sized and 13 in large networks. They work in English (95), Dutch (85), German (14) and Spanish (9), among other languages. The largest groups are in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague. For VAT on its own, see VAT in the Netherlands.

Frequently asked questions

Who files the corporate income tax return for a Dutch company owned from abroad?

Usually a Dutch accounting firm or tax adviser files it on the company's behalf, using the books it keeps or receives. Agree who approves the return before it is submitted and who receives the tax authority's letters.

Do I need a Dutch-speaking tax adviser?

Correspondence from the tax authority is normally in Dutch, so a firm that reads it and replies for you is useful. Of the 114 firms on Accountanty that handle tax compliance in the Netherlands, 95 offer English and 85 Dutch.

Can one firm handle both company and personal returns?

Many can. Ask at the start whether directors or shareholders with Dutch income are included, since their returns often rely on the company's figures and are easier to prepare together.

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