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International review for May 2024

Tax announcements from Netherlands new coalition government

Almost six months after Geert Wilder’s Freedom Party (PVV) won the Dutch election on 15 May 2024 it entered into a coalition agreement to form a government with three other parties: the People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) the New Social Contract (NSC) and the Farmer Citizens Movement (BBB).

The coalition has published its general agreement Hope courage and pride which provides insight on its tax plans. Measures of interest to corporates include:

  • increasing the generic interest deduction limitation for corporate income tax – currently the threshold is the higher of €1m or 20% of adjusted profit (EBITDA) – the coalition will increase the percentage to 25% (the EU average);
  • reversing the measures that would end the share redemption tax relief for listed companies for dividend tax purposes at the end of 2025;
  • limiting the donation...

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