Netherlands world's 4th biggest tax haven
3 years, 9 months ago

Netherlands world's 4th biggest tax haven

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The Netherlands is still one of the world's main tax havens, coming in fourth place on Tax Justice Network's biennial ranking of tax havens. Tax Justice Network looked at the extent to which a country's laws allow companies to avoid tax, and examined how much money from multinationals flowed through a country using such schemes. "The fact that the Netherlands now again is one of the top tax havens worldwide is shameful," Arnold Merkies of Tax Justice Netherlands said to ANP. World's top tax havens, according to Tax Justice Network:

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Netherlands still plays key role in global tax avoidance
1 month ago

Netherlands still plays key role in global tax avoidance

NL Times  

The Netherlands continues to play a major role in tax avoidance worldwide. As part of the “tax avoidance chain,” the Netherlands, together with the United Kingdom, Luxembourg, and Switzerland, is responsible for 33 percent of the global losses due to corporate tax avoidance. “Almost three-quarters of the 348 billion dollars lost worldwide due to corporate tax abuse ends up in …

Netherlands responsible for 17% of $301 billion annual tax avoidance by businesses
1 year, 4 months ago

Netherlands responsible for 17% of $301 billion annual tax avoidance by businesses

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The Netherlands is responsible for 17 percent of the 301 billion dollars in tax avoidance committed by companies per year, according to calculations by the Tax Justice Network. Two years ago, the Tax Justice Network calculated that 6.3 percent of tax avoidance by companies happened through the Netherlands. Arnold Merkies, coordinator of the Tax Justice Network’s Dutch sister organization, told …

Dutch Cabinet wants minimum 15% corporate tax to cut down tax avoidance; First in EU
1 year, 6 months ago

Dutch Cabinet wants minimum 15% corporate tax to cut down tax avoidance; First in EU

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The Cabinet announced draft legislation to ensure that multinational and domestic companies in the Netherlands with an annual revenue of at least 750 million euros always pay at least 15 percent corporate tax. The minimum tax rate of 15 percent is an internationally agreed rate," the Ministry of Finance wrote in a statement. Since the beginning of the year, companies …

Richest 1% of the Dutch pay just 21% of their income in tax: CPB
2 years, 8 months ago

Richest 1% of the Dutch pay just 21% of their income in tax: CPB

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While the very richest of the Dutch are losing 21% of their income to tax, people on average incomes are handing over 40% to the tax office, according to new research by the government’s centre for policy analysis CPB. The CPB found that people on the lowest incomes were spending 55% of their income on tax, although this was largely …

Richest 1% of the Dutch pay just 21% of their income in tax: CPB
2 years, 8 months ago

Richest 1% of the Dutch pay just 21% of their income in tax: CPB

Dutch News  

While the very richest of the Dutch are losing 21% of their income to tax, people on average incomes are handing over 40% to the tax office, according to new research by the government’s centre for policy analysis CPB. The CPB found that people on the lowest incomes were spending 55% of their income on tax, although this was largely …

The Netherlands in favor of G7 plan to eliminate tax havens
3 years, 6 months ago

The Netherlands in favor of G7 plan to eliminate tax havens

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The caretaker Cabinet voiced their support for the plan of the seven major economies in the G7 to introduce a minimum global corporate tax rate of 15 percent. The plan would force giant tech companies such as Apple, Facebook, Google and Amazon to pay taxes in the countries where they generated their revenues. The strategy would also end the so-called …

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