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Doing business with the Netherlands

Setting up an office or branch, posting employees, or finding business partners? Find articles on every aspect of doing business with the Netherlands from abroad.

  • Finding assignments and clients in the Netherlands

    • Participating in national and European tenders, a step-by-step plan
    • How to find customers for your new business - a step-by-step plan
    • Finding business partners in the Netherlands
    • Exporting to the Netherlands from outside the EU
  • VAT and other tax matters

    • Registering with the Netherlands Tax Administration
    • VAT for non-resident businesses
    • Using and verifying VAT numbers
    • VAT rates and exemptions
    • VAT refund from another EU country
    • Claiming a VAT refund in the Netherlands from outside the EU
    • Refund of or exemption from Dutch dividend tax
    • Withholding tax exemption or refund
    • Provision of services: 'cross-border' versus 'establishment'
  • Setting up in the Netherlands from abroad

    • Starting a business in the Netherlands from abroad
    • Moving your business to the Netherlands
    • Setting up a Dutch branch office or subsidiary
    • Step-by-step plan: Posting employees to the Netherlands
    • Posting workers inside the EU
    • Registration for EU self-employed professionals
    • Dutch business numbers
  • Visa

    • Visa for business visits to the Netherlands
    • Visa application for business partners
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