The Netherlands has a well-established reputation for international holdings, finance- and royalty companies.

The most important reasons to choose the Netherlands are:

A large network of tax treaties
A well-developed infrastructure for bank and financial services as well as transport and communication
Multilingual workforce
Stable political climate
To gain prior certainty, it is possible to make agreements with the Dutch Tax Authorities on Advance Pricing Agreements (APA) and Advance Tax Rulings (ATR)

The legal forms generally used for international tax planning are:

A private company with limited liability (BV)
A company limited by shares (NV)
A limited partnership (CV)
A cooperative (Co-op)

The Netherlands is becoming attractive again due to new tax legislation

The corporate income tax rate has been reduced in 2011.
A rate of 20% will apply to the first € 200,000 of taxable profits and a rate of 25% for the surplus.