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Solar panels

Solar panels lead to entrepreneurial status for value-added tax purposes

Written by: Bas Hollenberg | 3 December 2015

Owners of solar panels who backfeeds power into the grid for valuable consideration should be acknowledged as having entrepreneurial status for value-added tax purposes.

bitcoins

Value-added tax exemption for bitcoins

Written by: Bas Hollenberg | 30 October 2015

Is the purchase and sale of bitcoins exempt for VAT purposes? 22 October, the Court of Justice of the EU legal judgment rendered.

Value-added tax

Value-added tax on irrecoverable outstandings

Written by: Bas Hollenberg | 4 October 2015

As the duped supplier you have the option of applying for restitution of any such irrecoverable value-added tax.

foreign value-added tax

Recovery of foreign value-added tax

Written by: Bas Hollenberg | 2 September 2015

If you are entitled to recovering value-added tax paid in another EU Member State in 2014, please do before the end of September!

responsibility

Ultimate responsibility for outstanding taxes

Written by: Bas Hollenberg | 21 August 2015

No matter what, a managing director always retains ultimate responsibility for a tax debt.

value-added tax charges

Outstanding value-added tax charges

Written by: Bas Hollenberg | 24 July 2015

The Tax and Customs Administration has recently embarked on a drive aimed at the collection of outstanding value-added tax charges.

audit

Availability of underlying accounting details

Written by: Bas Hollenberg | 29 June 2015

An audit by the Tax and Customs Administration of a restaurant revealed that the business at a certain point in time had deleted its underlying accounting details.

accountant

director shareholder responsible for mistakes accountant

Written by: Bas Hollenberg | 18 June 2015

It is important to monitor the work of your accountant. After sloppiness from your accountant, you are still responsible.

invoice

Document vs. invoice

Written by: Bas Hollenberg | 30 April 2015

A contractor sent a document. The price and sales tax were listed on it. Will this be valid as an invoice for the VAT?

Liability

Liability of fiscal unit being disbanded

Written by: Bas Hollenberg | 30 April 2015

Does a former subsidairy have liability for a debt of the fiscal unit? Read more for the Court’ Judgment.

solar panel holders

Solar panel holders receive letter

Written by: Bas Hollenberg | 1 April 2015

The Tax and Customs Administration has written to some 10,000 solar panel holders about the value-added tax returns. Read more!

Mini one-stop shop

Information on national laws relating to MOSS

Written by: Bas Hollenberg | 24 March 2015

The European Commission has published a final report containing information on national rules applied for the use of the MOSS.

Correction VAT

Correction VAT returns

Written by: Bas Hollenberg | 21 March 2015

Correct your VAT return for 2014 before the first of April. This way you will prevent tax rate.

e-books

No reduced VAT rate for e-books

Written by: Bas Hollenberg | 9 March 2015

There should be two reduced VAT rates to be applied for deliveries included in the VAT Directive and services. What about e-books?

tax return letter

Unjust tax return letter

Written by: Bas Hollenberg | 3 February 2015

You may received a “value-added tax return letter 2015” from the Tax office even though you already received the exemption from administrative obligations.

Value-added tax rebate

Value-added tax rebate

Written by: Bas Hollenberg | 25 December 2014

It is permissible by virtue of a particular decree that the value-added tax rebate is credited to a current account which is registered in a different name than that of the entrepreneur.

supplementary

Supplementary value-added tax return

Written by: Bas Hollenberg | 19 December 2014

Reported too little or too much value-added tax? Set the record straight by filing a supplemental value-added tax return.

company car

Fuel used by company car

Written by: Bas Hollenberg | 14 December 2014

Make sure you pay fuel of the company car with a card, to trace the payment!

sonar panels

Solar panels

Written by: Bas Hollenberg | 10 December 2014

According to a ruling by the European Court of Justice, the exploitation of solar panels is to be regarded as an economic activity where the value-added tax regime is concerned.

Value-added tax code registration hoax

Written by: Bas Hollenberg | 5 December 2014

Business owners have recently been on the receiving end of offers for European value-added tax code registration.

Value-added tax return for final reporting period of calendar year

Written by: Bas Hollenberg | 19 November 2014

To income from a substantial interest include disguised profit distributions. This is a form of preferential treatment of a shareholder.

Supplementary value-added tax in 2014

Written by: Bas Hollenberg | 18 November 2014

To avoid tax interest entrepreneurs may indicate a correction to their VAT return for April 1, 2015 the Tax Authorities.

Rate differential between books and e-books

Written by: Bas Hollenberg | 27 September 2014

According to the EU Value Added Tax Directive it is permissible for the Member States alongside the regular value-added tax rate to deploy one or two reduced rates, albeit that these may only be…

Energy tax on solar panels

Written by: Bas Hollenberg | 19 September 2014

Private owners of solar panels have been an entrepreneur for VAT when supplying the energy fee to the grid. Where they are entitled to?

Obligation to have bank account registered in name abolished for value-added tax

Written by: Bas Hollenberg | 9 September 2014

To avoid further problems, the State Secretary of Finance approved now that the ascription obligation to pay the sales tax does not apply.

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