International growth often starts without a detailed master plan: a first Dutch client, a recurring project, a sales representative, or an employee who regularly works across the border. As your activities expand, so does the need for a structure that is fiscally, legally, and operationally sound.

Our Belgium-Netherlands Desk helps identify risks and opportunities at an early stage. We advise on matters including:

• the most suitable structure for your activities in the Netherlands;
• the choice between operating directly, establishing a Dutch branch, or incorporating a separate Dutch company;
• the potential creation of a permanent establishment for tax purposes in the Netherlands;
• the allocation of functions, risks, and profits between Belgium and the Netherlands;
• the application of the double tax treaty;
• Belgian and Dutch VAT obligations;
• transfer pricing and transactions between related entities;
• accounting, tax, and administrative compliance requirements in both countries;
• the financing of your international growth and the repatriation of dividends, interest, or royalties.

We look beyond today’s obligations. The chosen approach should also remain effective and practical as your business activities, team, and international structure continue to grow.

As your presence in the Netherlands becomes more established, setting up a local branch or Dutch company may be the right next step. The optimal choice depends not only on tax considerations, but also on liability, financing, commercial objectives, employment matters, and future profit distributions.

PKF BOFIDI and Newtone support you from analysis through to implementation, including:

• selecting the most appropriate legal and tax structure;
• incorporating and registering a Dutch company or branch;
• setting up accounting, reporting, and tax compliance processes;
• arranging financing from Belgium or the Netherlands;
• drafting agreements and structuring transactions between group companies;
• developing transfer pricing policies and documentation;
• recruiting, seconding, and managing the payroll of employees.

Because the Belgian and Dutch implications are assessed together, you avoid a situation where a solution that works well in one country creates unforeseen challenges in the other.

A Dutch investment or acquisition is more than a local transaction. Your Belgian financing structure, tax treatment, reporting obligations, integration strategy, and future cash flows also require careful consideration from the outset.

Our multidisciplinary teams support you with:

• tax, financial, and legal due diligence;
• transaction structuring and financing;
• the deductibility of financing costs;
• valuations and transaction documentation;
• the integration of the Dutch business into the group structure;
• transfer pricing considerations following the acquisition;
• cross-border mergers, reorganisations, and restructurings;
• dividend flows, refinancing, and future exit strategies.

This means you receive not separate Belgian and Dutch advice, but one coordinated international perspective covering the entire transaction.

When an employee lives in Belgium and works in the Netherlands, or vice versa, two tax systems, social security regimes, and payroll environments come together. Hybrid working and remote work make this analysis even more important.

In the context of cross-border employment, we help you understand the tax, social security, and administrative implications on both sides of the border. We advise on matters including:

• where employment income is taxable;
• where social security contributions are due;
• whether registration or payroll obligations arise in the other country;
• the impact of remote working or flexible working patterns;
• whether a salary split arrangement is appropriate;
• the implications of secondment or temporary assignments;
• how employment contracts, payroll calculations, and reporting obligations can be aligned in practice.

Our tax, payroll, HR, and legal specialists work together to develop a solution that is not only technically sound, but also practical and workable for both your business and your employees.

An international move involves much more than changing your address. For entrepreneurs, shareholders, directors, and employees, it can also affect income, shareholdings, real estate, pensions, and future gifts or inheritances.

We support you with:

• determining your tax residency status;
• the taxation of employment income and directors’ remuneration;
• Belgian and Dutch tax filing obligations;
• shareholdings in Belgian or Dutch companies;
• real estate, investments, and pension planning;
• gifts, inheritances, and international estate planning;
• cross-border business succession planning.

By carrying out the analysis before the move takes place, you can proactively manage risks and align your business and wealth structures with your new situation in a timely and efficient manner.

Private wealth does not stop at the border. You may own real estate in the Netherlands, invest through a company, have family members in both countries, or be planning a gift or inheritance with a cross-border dimension.

Belgium and the Netherlands apply different rules to income, wealth, gifts, and inheritances. We help you assess the impact in both countries and support you with:

• the acquisition and structuring of Dutch real estate;
• cross-border wealth planning;
• gifts between Belgian and Dutch residents;
• international estates and inheritance tax;
• estate planning and business succession;
• the transfer of family-owned businesses;
• the structuring and management of private and business wealth.

The result is an integrated approach that aligns your family, business, and wealth planning while taking into account both the Belgian and Dutch legal, tax, and regulatory framework.

International business requires advisers who understand local regulations and how decisions made in one country can affect your position in another. Through the collaboration between PKF BOFIDI and Newtone, you gain direct access to Belgian and Dutch specialists, backed by the strength of the international PKF network.

You can rely on:

• a single point of contact for your Belgium-Netherlands matters;
• direct coordination between Belgian and Dutch experts;
• an integrated approach across tax, accountancy, legal, audit, payroll, HR, corporate finance, and business consulting;
• practical support from initial analysis through to implementation;
• a scalable approach that grows alongside your international activities.

Whether you are dealing with your first Dutch client, a cross-border employee, a local company, an acquisition, or international wealth planning, we bring together the right expertise while keeping sight of the bigger picture.