2024 Dutch Finance Decree on VAT Treatment and VAT group Regulations

• The State Secretary of Finance made a decision on December 4, 2024, numbered 2024-13987
• This decision includes and updates the previous decision from April 28, 2021, regarding the VAT treatment of activities by supervisors and committee members
• Changes are related to the implementation of the Law on Management and Supervision of Legal Entities
• The decision provides policy rules on the fiscal unity mentioned in Article 7, paragraph 4 of the VAT Act of 1968, and on the tax liability of holdings, replacing the so-called holding resolution
• It defines the term independent in the context of VAT treatment for natural persons acting as supervisors or members of an objection advisory committee
• Approvals are given for including a holding with a directive and policy-making function within a fiscal unity
• The decision includes references to various laws and directives such as the General Law on State Taxes, the General Administrative Law, and the EU VAT Directive
• It elaborates on the fiscal unity regulation as detailed in Article 3a of the VAT Implementation Decision
• The decision clarifies that for VAT purposes, an entrepreneur is anyone who independently operates a business
• It specifies that independence is lacking for employees and others who have entered into an employment contract or any legal relationship that creates a subordinate relationship with the employer regarding work and pay conditions and employer responsibilities

Source: officielebekendmakingen.nl

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