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Netherlands Consulting on Draft Law for New Withholding Tax on Dividends Paid to Low Tax Jurisdictions

29 September 2020

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Netherlands

The Dutch Ministry of Finance has launched a public consultation on a draft law for the introduction of a new conditional withholding tax on dividends paid to low tax jurisdictions. The conditional withholding tax would apply from 1 January 2024 on dividend payments to jurisdictions with a corporate tax rate below 9% and jurisdictions listed by the EU as non-cooperative, which is the same scope of jurisdictions for the conditional withholding tax on interest and royalties that will apply from 1 January 2021. The consultation period runs from 25 September to 23 October 2020. Comments made will be considered in...