Today’s global marketplace offers vast opportunities for growth, but companies with operations spanning multiple borders often encounter compliance demands and tax rules which are complex and a potential risk to the company. 

A&M’s tax practice in the Netherlands provides assistance with comprehensive tax advice including tax due diligence, tax structuring and advice on managing tax risks and opportunities. 

Together with our colleagues who perform financial and operational due diligence, we provide fully integrated tax and financial advice for M&A transactions. Our expansive international resources help to ensure clients are operating with an optimal tax structure, no matter the industry or locale.

We customize our approach to the client’s unique business model and needs to determine the best solution as companies conduct their work globally. We remain flexible to ensure we work in cooperation with other workstream initiatives and accommodate their procedures.  Thanks to our independent status, we can act quickly to deliver the answer you need and avoid audit-based conflicts.

How Does Dutch Tax Service Affect Competitiveness? 

Undermanaged compliance and tax planning can stifle liquidity and expose companies to risk. Cross-border companies can remain competitive in an increasingly complex global economy by maintaining efficient tax structures, managing the compliance burden and implementing pre- and post-merger tax planning.

A&M’s Dutch Tax services can help companies improve compliance, seize opportunities and mitigate risks by helping them create tax efficiencies that extend across multiple jurisdictions and conduct thorough tax due diligence on M&A activity. 
 

How A&M Can Help 

As part of our comprehensive cross-border tax strategy process, we can assist with an overall plan to meet your global tax obligations efficiently and effectuate value-add tax strategies. Some of our Dutch Tax services include:

International M&A 

Companies anticipating M&A activity need to know how target acquisitions or divestitures can alter tax attributes, especially when acquisitions have extensive global operations that require tax planning to reduce tax liabilities.

Companies need to understand and manage the various tax, regulatory and compliance issues prior to and after the transaction. A&M provides due diligence and post-merger integration tax planning to appropriately assess the tax challenges companies may face. 

Our M&A tax specialists provide independent, proactive advice throughout the lifecycle of your investments.

Restructuring Debt Tax Services 

Businesses undergoing restructuring can also benefit from A&M’s ability to mitigate tax liabilities throughout the process and as the company emerges from reorganization of debt. This includes tax assistance in restructurings that involve a court sanctioning private composition to avoid bankruptcy (WHOA, also known as the Dutch scheme of arrangement).

Financial Services Tax  

The financial sector is rapidly changing. Banks, insurers, investment managers and pension funds are facing new technologies, changing regulatory requirements and developing expectations from their clients and investors. This gives rise to innovation and new business models. 

A&M Benelux has experienced financial services tax experts who seamlessly connect with the wider A&M network to tackle cross-border tax and business challenges. They can help navigate complex international tax questions related to capital requirements, digital developments, financial technologies (“fintechs”), risk management considerations, operational taxes, tax aspects of investment structures covering different jurisdictions and reporting requirements.

Real Estate Tax 

With extensive real estate experience, A&M understands the unique tax aspects of acquisitions and dispositions of direct and indirect investments in real estate. Our services cover all tax aspects of the investment lifecycle, including fund, investment and financing strategy, M&A, holding period considerations and tax consequences upon exit.

Transfer Pricing

All transfer pricing engagements are carried out on a bespoke basis that acknowledges each client’s unique circumstances. The beginning of a client partnership starts with a highly cost-efficient review of risks and opportunities that identify areas of focus for the longer term.

A&M’s Dutch transfer pricing service evolves in line with clients’ broader corporate goals. This includes designing transfer pricing strategies in line with Dutch and international regulatory standards. Adhering to the internationally recognized ‘arm’s length principle’, A&M helps companies understand the consequences of profit allocation decisions and execute compliant transfer pricing strategies that preserve value.

A&M’s service is designed to respond to the new business challenges clients face. A&M can create robust transfer pricing policies for businesses expanding into the Netherlands, for instance. A strategic transfer pricing protocol can also add value for companies carrying out M&A activity, whether at the due diligence phase or in post-merger integration. 

Indirect Tax Services

Indirect taxes such as VAT impact every business: when new products are developed, goods are sold, (financial) services are rendered, investments are made or when companies are dissolved there are indirect tax implications. Also new or changed (reporting) regulations require businesses to keep up to date with the latest indirect tax developments (e.g., CESOP, DAC8, VAT in a Digital Age). Our A&M Indirect Tax Team offers specialised planning and support on all areas of indirect tax to help clients navigate through the complex tax regulations and requirements efficiently. 

The A&M Indirect Tax team has ample experience with, among others, advising investors through the whole deal life cycle including the design and implementation of tax control frameworks, advising electric vehicle companies on entering EU markets, advising manufacturers on supply-chain changes, advising financial services companies and real estate investors on complex indirect tax matters. 

General Tax Services 

Tax compliance obligations have grown more complex as new tax laws are enacted. Reporting on international activities can be a sizable part of a company’s tax obligations. A&M can help companies stay ahead of the complexity of compliance and also build compliant tax structures for clients. 

A&M’s network of global tax professionals provides up-to-date, accurate advice in the face of constantly changing regulations, whether that’s for transactions, bankruptcy events or for general tax consultation and ongoing tax compliance work.

What Are the Benefits of A&M’s Dutch Tax Services? 

A&M seeks to help clients reduce their tax burden and ease the pain of compliance by assisting with pre- and post-transactions and as a fully integrated tax and finance solution for clients. Benefits include:

• Minimize tax liabilities: During M&A or other transactions, we identify ways to reduce tax obligations through structural efficiencies. Our goal is for the client to complete the deal without tax issues becoming a distraction.
• Create global efficiencies: Cross-border clients face a complex set of tax laws and challenges as they market globally and can benefit from tax planning that ensures their organization is the most tax efficient and compliant it can be. 

Why Should You Use A&M’s Dutch Tax Services? 

Our broad, operational expertise in international tax consulting helps clients maintain competitiveness. Clients value us for our: 

• Integrated approach to M&A: Our team integrates the financial and tax due diligence components of a transaction to mitigate risk, add value and meet any challenges that arise.
• A true alternative: A&M represents a nimbler, true alternative to name brand consultancies to provide timely advice and flexible responses. 
• Independent advice: We are not an audit or CPA firm, so there’s no conflict of interest that would impair our independence for future client work, post-transition. 
• International network: A&M’s global resources provide clients with the knowledge and expertise they need, no matter where they do business.

Did you know?

A&M spans the globe

Through our network of practices, A&M can leverage expertise around the world. Wherever you are based, our local market understanding can add value to your tax decision-making.

Our tax Managing Directors in the Amsterdam office are very experienced and have worked on over 100 M&A deals.

Dutch tax laws are subject to frequent changes. Keeping your structure compliant and ensuring that there is no unnecessary tax leakage is our goal.

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