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Dutch VAT for foreign businesses

Selling to customers in the Netherlands, holding stock in a Dutch warehouse or importing goods here? We register your company for Dutch VAT and file the returns, for a fixed fee.

Services

What we arrange for foreign businesses

The situations we handle most often, from foreign companies to English-speaking entrepreneurs in the Netherlands. Each page explains the rules and what it costs.

  1. VAT registration for foreign companiesThe Registration form Foreign companies, prepared and filed, with all follow-up until your VAT number is issued. € 275, one-off.How it works
  2. VAT returns for non-resident businessesEvery Dutch VAT return, with your questions about the return included. € 100 per month, € 150 with the OSS return, EC Sales List + € 25 per month.What is included
  3. Fiscal representative: do you need one?Usually not. When a representative is compulsory, when it pays off on imports, and when you can register directly.Read the explanation
  4. Selling from a Dutch 3PL or fulfilment warehouseStock in the Netherlands: the registration, import VAT, the OSS and how each sale is taxed.Read the explanation
  5. UK companies after BrexitA UK limited company with Dutch customers or stock: Dutch VAT, an EU EORI number, refunds and Northern Ireland.Read the explanation
  6. US companies in the NetherlandsAn LLC or corporation selling to Dutch or EU customers: registration, parcels and the IOSS, marketplaces and digital services.Read the explanation
  7. Swiss and Norwegian companiesImports, supplies with installation, the reverse charge and refunds for companies from Switzerland and Norway.Read the explanation
  8. A letter from the Dutch tax authorities, explained in EnglishWithin one working day you know what it is, the deadline and what to do. € 95 per letter.How it works
  9. English-speaking entrepreneurs in the NetherlandsLiving here and running a business? Accounting, VAT, income tax and your BV, handled and explained in English. From € 89 per month.What we do
  10. The M form in the year you moveMoved to or from the Netherlands? One income tax return for the whole year, prepared in English. € 295.How it works
  11. For accountants and logistics partnersClients abroad who need Dutch VAT handled? Refer them to us, at our fixed fees.How it works

Fees

Fixed fees, agreed before we start

Dutch VAT registration

one-off, everything included until the VAT number is issued

€ 275

Monthly package

every Dutch VAT return and your questions about the return; per month

€ 100

EC Sales List

only if you supply to businesses in other EU countries; per month extra

+ € 25

Monthly package with OSS

the same, plus the quarterly OSS return for your sales to consumers in other EU countries; per month

€ 150

Dutch VAT refund

per year, for a company without a Dutch VAT number

€ 395

Corporate income tax return

per year, for a Dutch BV

€ 395

Annual accounts and KVK filing

per year, for a Dutch BV

€ 645

All amounts exclude VAT. For a business established outside the Netherlands, our fees are generally not subject to Dutch VAT. New registrations, licence applications, tax audits and objections are priced separately and agreed in advance.

Calculate your fee

Specific questions

The questions foreign businesses ask us

Each page explains the rules with a worked example and what it costs.

  1. Starting a business in the NetherlandsA Dutch BV, a branch or no establishment: what each route means for VAT, corporate income tax and payroll.Read the explanation
  2. The Dutch VAT numberWhat it looks like, how to check one in VIES, and how a company gets one.Read the explanation
  3. Dutch VAT rates in 202621%, 9% and 0%, and why exempt is not the same as 0%.Read the explanation
  4. A Dutch EORI numberFor companies from outside the EU that file customs declarations here. EUR 59 to apply.Read the explanation
  5. Do I need a Dutch VAT number?When the VAT is reverse-charged to your Dutch customer, and when you have to register yourself.Read the explanation
  6. Amazon FBA and fulfilment stockStock in a Dutch warehouse or moved there through Pan-EU: when you register and what you report.Read the explanation
  7. Chinese and other non-EU sellersParcels from abroad, stock in the Netherlands or sales to Dutch importers: which model applies.Read the explanation
  8. Registration refused: no establishmentA Dutch BV managed from abroad is often registered as a foreign business. What that means for VAT and corporate income tax.Read the explanation
  9. Marketplace sales by non-EU sellersAmazon, bol, TikTok Shop: when the marketplace is treated as the seller, and what you still report yourself.Read the explanation
  10. Importing as a foreign companyEORI number, import VAT and how to reclaim it, the Article 23 licence and customs duties.Read the explanation
  11. A Dutch BV with foreign ownersCorporate income tax, VAT, the director's salary, dividends and annual accounts.Read the explanation
  12. Late or missed Dutch VAT returnsPenalties, tax interest and back-assessments, and how a voluntary correction avoids a penalty.Read the explanation
  13. Dutch VAT refund for foreign businessesReclaiming Dutch VAT on costs without a Dutch VAT number, for EU and non-EU companies.Read the explanation
  14. Foreign contractors: construction and installationWho pays the VAT on work in the Netherlands, and when a foreign contractor registers.Read the explanation
  15. Events, conferences and trade fairsWhere admission is taxed, and when a foreign organiser needs a Dutch VAT number.Read the explanation
  16. SaaS and digital servicesBusiness customers, consumers, the threshold and one OSS return for the whole EU.Read the explanation
  17. Call-off stock in the NetherlandsStock at a Dutch customer without a Dutch VAT number: the conditions and the 12-month limit.Read the explanation
  18. Triangulation: ABC chain transactionsDirect delivery to a Dutch customer through an intermediary, without a Dutch VAT number.Read the explanation

Payroll, groups and structures

Staff, group companies and branches

For foreign companies with employees, a Dutch subsidiary or a branch in the Netherlands. We handle these ourselves, at a fixed fee.

  1. Payroll for foreign employersEmployees in the Netherlands without a Dutch entity: registration as an employer and the monthly payroll. € 25 per employee per month.What we do
  2. The 30% rulingThe conditions in 2026, the change to 27% in 2027 and the joint request. € 245 per employee.How it works
  3. A1 certificate and social securityWhich country's social security applies when staff work across borders. From € 95.Read the explanation
  4. Dutch subsidiary of a foreign groupEnglish-language accounting, reporting to the group, VAT, annual accounts and corporate income tax. € 295 per month.What is included
  5. Transfer pricing and intercompanyManagement fees, cost plus and an intercompany agreement for your Dutch BV. € 995 one-off.Read the explanation
  6. Permanent establishment in the NetherlandsWhether your activities create a permanent establishment, and its corporate income tax return. Assessment € 245.Read the explanation
  7. Closing your activities in the NetherlandsThe final VAT return, deregistering the VAT number, the OSS and the payroll. € 195 one-off.What we do
  8. The cross-border small business scheme (EU KOR)No VAT in other EU countries with an EU turnover up to € 100,000. Notification € 95.Read the explanation
  9. Dutch VAT compliance for international groupsEvery return, reconciliation and EC Sales List per entity, in English, at a fixed monthly fee per entity.What is included
  10. Dutch corporate income tax19% and 25.8% in 2026, the deadline, losses and the interest limit. Return € 395 per year.Read the explanation
  11. Dutch dividend withholding tax15%, the exemption for parent companies and the return within one month. € 95 per distribution.Read the explanation
  12. Employer of record, or your own payroll?Your own registration as a Dutch employer, without a Dutch entity. € 25 per employee per month.Read the explanation
  13. UBO register for a Dutch BVWho counts as a UBO, the one-week deadline and the documents for owners abroad. € 95 per report.How it works

Why foreign businesses choose us

  • Your file is handled by a tax lawyer with an LL.M. in tax law
  • Fixed fees, agreed before we start
  • Your questions about the VAT return are included in the fee
  • One fixed fee per month, so the cost is spread evenly
  • An answer within one working day, in English

Fiscal representation

Do you need a fiscal representative, for example for an Article 23 licence on import VAT? We refer you to a licensed partner.

Frequently asked questions

Do we need a Dutch VAT number?

Often not. If you only sell to businesses established in the Netherlands, the VAT is in most cases reverse-charged to your customer. You do need one when you owe Dutch VAT yourself, for example on sales from Dutch stock to consumers, or when you move your own goods from another EU country to the Netherlands: see do I need a Dutch VAT number?

Does stock in a Dutch warehouse make our company established in the Netherlands?

Usually not. A warehouse without staff and technical means suited to supplying customers is not a fixed establishment. Your company then registers as a foreign business; see selling from a Dutch 3PL or fulfilment warehouse.

Do we need a fiscal representative?

Usually not: most foreign companies, also from outside the EU, can register for Dutch VAT directly. A representative is compulsory only for certain distance sales by companies from outside the EU and for the VAT warehouse and excise warehouse arrangements. We are not a fiscal representative; if you need one, we refer you to a licensed partner (see fiscal representative: do you need one?).

How often do we file Dutch VAT returns?

As a rule per calendar quarter, also when there is nothing to report; monthly is possible on request. By law the return and the payment are due within one month after the end of the period; for a company without an establishment or fixed establishment in the Netherlands, the Dutch tax authorities allow two months. We file them in our monthly package.

Can we reclaim Dutch VAT without a Dutch VAT number?

Yes, if you owe no Dutch VAT yourself. Companies from another EU country file the request through the portal of their own tax authority by 30 September of the following year; companies from outside the EU file it with the Dutch tax authorities within six months after the end of the calendar year. See Dutch VAT refund.

Do we need an EORI number?

Only if your company deals with customs in the EU, for example when it imports goods from outside the EU. A company from outside the EU registers with the customs authority where it files its first declaration, and the number is valid in the whole EU. We apply for it for € 59: see a Dutch EORI number.

What does Dutch VAT compliance cost with you?

A Dutch VAT registration is € 275 one-off, everything included. After that € 100 per month for every VAT return, or € 150 per month with the OSS return, and € 25 per month extra for the EC Sales List; all amounts exclude VAT. Work out your fee with the cost calculator.

We should have registered earlier. What now?

The Dutch VAT for the past periods is still due, and the Dutch tax authorities can assess it up to five years after the end of the calendar year. If you correct it yourself before you know or should suspect that the Dutch tax authorities are aware of it, there is as a rule no penalty: see late or missed Dutch VAT returns.

Tell us where your company is established and how your goods move.

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