Companies in the Netherlands

The Netherlands or Holland is a small country in Europe. The area does not exceed 41.5 thousand square km. Less than 16 million people live in the country. The official language is Dutch. Currency - EURO.

The official state system is a constitutional monarchy. The constitution is written on the basis of French civil law.

The main types of state income: tourism, engineering, agricultural products, the banking sector with significant capital, the ability to borrow at low interest rates. Sources of cash receipts are not controlled, with rare exceptions.

Holland has a well-established legislation and political system, there are no revolutions, there is a minimal risk of a change in the economic direction of development. This makes the Netherlands one of the most attractive countries for setting up offshore companies.

Positive Invest Company offers everyone to register or buy a company for doing business at the international level with the payment of minimum taxes and fees.

Company in the Netherlands: main factors

Positive Invest draws attention to the following key points to consider when opening a representative office in the country:

• Only 2 types of organizations are legally permitted: a limited liability company (BV) and a limited liability partnership (CV).

Private Limited Company

You can register a company with BV type if the following conditions are met:

• the minimum amount of the authorized capital is EUR 0.01; – the company must have an office in the country for which registration was made;
• the issue of shares is allowed: ordinary, preferred, having and not having the right to vote;
• the sole founder or shareholder can decide to establish a company. Director - must be a resident of any of the countries that are members of the EU. You can appoint nominee directors and shareholders. A general power of attorney is signed with the nominee director, which regulates the list of permitted actions with the property and shares of the owner of the company;
• the place of holding meetings of shareholders is not regulated by law. There is no need to provide reporting regarding company decisions, hiring of directors, development or reduction of activities.

Buying a company in the Netherlands: Income tax 

Offshore companies in the Netherlands usually pay up to 25% of their profits to the budget. If the amount of income does not exceed EUR 200,000, the tax rate is reduced to 20%. The VAT rate is 21%. You can get a tax exemption in the following situations:

• the company owns at least 5% of another company, provided that it pays at least 10% of tax on the profit received at the place of registration;
• investments in other enterprises do not exceed 50% of all assets of a company registered as an offshore company.

 The use of the Dutch tax system is possible only if the director of the company is a resident or citizen of this country.

Business owners who are residents of the European Union do not pay tax on dividends. All others are required to pay 15% of the total amount of dividends received to the country's budget. The rate can only be reduced if there is an agreement between the Netherlands and the country in which the owner of the shares is a resident to avoid double taxation. Double taxation agreements have been signed with most countries of the world.

Features of accounting and document management

The specialists of Positive Invest company without fail provide the clients who decide to open a company in the Netherlands with the following information:

• information about business owners is not provided to third parties under any circumstances. Anyone can get information about the director of the company. The data is in the public domain. The bank may provide information by court order if there are good reasons to believe that the company is organized to finance criminal activities, arms or drugs. Otherwise, the sources of cash receipts and their volumes are not controlled;
• accounting and reporting are mandatory for all forms of ownership and activities;
• documents can be stored in any country of the world at the discretion of the owner.

Registering a company in the Netherlands with Positive Invest

Positive Invest invites business owners to take advantage of all the advantages of working in the best European markets, to gain access to the capital of the largest banks in the world. To do this, just contact the specialists of our company and register an offshore company in the Netherlands. You can legally reduce your tax burden.

Contact Positive Invest and in 1-2 weeks you will receive a package of documents allowing you to work in a country with optimal legislation for business. This will allow you to legally keep capital in European banks, make payments with minimal delays, use the best loan products and programs.