Tax in the Netherlands

[Eanna]

Good morning all, I have some queries on tax and I'm hoping that someone can point me in the right direction.

I am currently living and working in the Netherlands, and have been here since the start of September 2007.

I have an Irish limited company and this is being paid into it’s Irish bank account by an Irish agency. I am currently paying tax (employers and personal) in Ireland as my company in Ireland is paid by another Irish-registered company.

I am not registered here in the Netherlands and I have no SOFI number (similar to the Irish RSI number) , so the Dutch revenue quite possibly do not know I exist. There is a tax agreement between Ireland and the Netherlands so apparently I should not be paying tax in both countries.

The agency who got me the job here is insisting that I pay tax here as well as at home, whereas the Irish revenue and my accountant disagree.

Is my accountant right or does the agency have a point ?

Alternatively can someone steer me towards a tax advisor who knows about his ?

Cheers

Eanna

 

[Domo]

You really need to take advice on this.

If you are tax resident in the Netherlands, it is likely that you are liable to tax on your income there.

If you do not break Irish tax residnece you will also be liable to tax here.

However, under the double tax treaty, you will receive a tax credit in Ireland for the Dutch tax paid, so there will be no doube taxation and you will end up paying the higher rate applicable.

However, there may be cashflow issues, and this will need to be addressed.

 

[griffster]

On a salary of say 65k is it better to work in Ireland or Netherlands ,I'm thinking of skipping the country to escape Irish recession - why should I pay for it - anyway I hear tax system is good there ?