Re:Google used a tax loophole to shelter $19.2B
by rocqua on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @07:17PM
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Blame here lies with the Netherlands as well (I am Dutch).
The politicians here want a nice "business establishment climate" (direct translation). The reasoning being that dodging taxes here gets us office jobs and perhaps whatever is left of the taxes.
The U.S. has threatened to put us on the list of tax havens, and we've made some moves to fix things, but apparently we are dragging our heels. According to this source [1] we talk the good talk, and behind the scenes do our very best to slow down as many of these new procedures as possible. Supposedly this is in the name of "Ensuring proper implementation".
The new government is going to abolish the tax on dividends. I don't know the details, but it's a controversial move. The opposition parties are really against it.
I guess a small country needs to make some moves to stay relevant.
The U.S. has threatened to put us on the list of tax havens, and we've made some moves to fix things, but apparently we are dragging our heels. According to this source [1] we talk the good talk, and behind the scenes do our very best to slow down as many of these new procedures as possible. Supposedly this is in the name of "Ensuring proper implementation".
The new government is going to abolish the tax on dividends. I don't know the details, but it's a controversial move. The opposition parties are really against it.
I guess a small country needs to make some moves to stay relevant.
[1] https://nos.nl/artikel/2206095-nederland-ligt-nog-altijd-dwa...