½Û×ÓÊÓÆµ

Commentary

VAT grouping (Netherlands)

33 Netherlands

As noted above, corporate bodies established or having a fixed establishment in the Netherlands and under common control may register for VAT as a VAT group and be treated, for VAT purposes, as a single taxable person.

There are requirements that must be met by all members of a corporate group to join the VAT group. These are as follows:

  1. Ìý

    •ÌýÌýÌýÌý Financial links:

  2. Ìý
    1. Ìý

      –ÌýÌýÌýÌý more than 50% of the shares (or assets) and voting rights are directly or indirectly in the same hands.

    2. Ìý

      Note: In recent CJEU case law it was decided that a country cannot demand that, in addition to more than 50% of the shares, more than 50% of the voting rights must also be held. While these requirements are still applied by the Dutch tax authorities, the Attorney-General has recently expressed the view that

To continue reading
View the latest version of this document, as well as thousands of others like it, sign in to Tolley+™ Research or register for a free trial

Web page updated on 17 Mar 2025 14:26