On 2 October 2025, the Dutch House of Representatives approved a bill amending the 2025 Tax Plan. The law keeps the reduced 9% VAT rate for culture, media, and sports, reversing the planned increase to 21%, while accommodation will still see its VAT rise to 21% from January 2026. To offset the revenue loss, inflation adjustments to certain income and payroll tax brackets will be limited. The measu... Read more

The Act establishes uniform rules for levying and collecting national taxes, including income tax, VAT, excise duties, and customs levies. It defines procedures for filing tax returns, issuing assessments, imposing additional assessments, and handling refunds and provisional payments Read more

This brochure is intended for non-resident entrepreneurs who are not based in the Netherlands. If you buy or sell goods or perform services in the Netherlands, you will have to deal with the Dutch rules on VAT Read more

This document aims to explain how fiscalization works in the Curacao. Unlike the Netherlands which is a non-fiscal country, Curacao has hardware and software fiscalization. Retailers are required to use cash register system that is compatible with supporting software that meets certain requirements. Read more

The purpose of this document is to present a comparison between systems in the Netherlands and Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao and Saint Martin with a general overview of the most important characteristic and requirements regarding receipts, invoices, return policies, online sales, record keeping, cash registers, VAT recording, penalties and store registration of both countries Read more

This document's goal is to highlight the most crucial features and specifications related to cash registers, receipts, invoices, return policies, online sales, record keeping, VAT recording, penalties, and store registration in the Netherlands. Read more