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Expatax,
Newsletter May 22, 2003 1. Tax deduction for self employed/freelancers If you are selfemployed then you can use a special tax deduction called 'Zelfstandigenaftrek' if you meet certain requirements. These are: 1. On January
1 of that year you must be younger than 65; The amount of the deduction depends on the business profit you made (figures 2003): With a profit
Selfemployed deduction
If you have just started your business then you can get an extra startersdeduction called 'Startersaftrek' under the following conditions: - you can claim
the selfemployed deduction; In 2003 the amount of the startersdeduction is € 1.895. 2. New identification rules: Wet Identificatie bij Dienstverlening As of June 1, 2003 tax advisers and accountants have to identify their clients who contact them to do some work for them. This means that the following must be registered: - Copy of the identity paper (passport or drivers license or registration Chamber of Commerce) including: a. surname,
first name, date of birth, current address; - Every day the client has met the adviser. The registration has to be made in relation to the fight against money laundry and fraud. Not only banks have this duty anymore but also lawyers, notaries, tax advisers, accountants, business advisers, estate agents and trust offices. So now you know why you will have to show your identity papers to Expatax or Europlan in the future. 3. Company car As you may know a car you get from your employer to use for your work and for the rides between home and work but also for the other private kilometers is taxed as income in your income tax return if the private kilometers in a calenderyear are more than 500. The amount of the income depends on: a. the value
of the car; The value of the car is the original catalogue value including VAT and BPM. The amount of private kilometers must be proven with a registration containing for every single trip: a. date; What will the percentage be? This depends on the amount of private kilometers per year: 0 till 500 km
nihil Also the distance between home and work is relevant. If the distance is between 10 and 30 km then there is no problem. But if the distance is less than 10 km 1/3 of all the kilometers will be treated as private. If the distance is more than 30 kilometers, 1/3 of all the kilometers above 30 are treated as private. The maximum private kilometers calculated this way is 5.500. If you pay an amount to your employer every month for the private use of the car this can be deducted from the income. 4. Redundancy payment If you are made redundant you will often receive a redundancy payment. The possible tax consequences are mentioned on our website and are updated recently. Look here for more information: www.expatax.nl/redundancy.htm 5. Glossary for mortgages Have you seen our glossary for mortgages yet? It explains some Dutch words regarding mortgages. You can find it here: http://www.expatax.nl/glossarymortgage.htm 6. Just read: new school for expat kids in Amsterdam It's in Dutch but here is the article: http://www.parool.nl/artikelen/NIE/1053494713491.html It's about a new school in the Wodanstraat in Amsterdam for highschool children and costs € 4.500 per student per year. 7. Unsubscribe This newsletter is sent to all the persons who have contacted us in the past, are clients or have subscribed to the mailinglist. If you don't want to receive anything from us anymore just reply to this email and mention that you would like to unsubscribe from future mailings. We will then delete your emailaddress from our systems. If you have any questions about the above you can always contact me. Feel free to forward this newsletter to other persons who you believe may be interested in receiving it. They can subscribe to our mailinglist on www.expatax.nl/newsletter.htm. Kind regards, Arjan Enneman |