Living in Netherlands, working for a UK company

anitatt wrote:

How would it work for a UK citizen to live in the Netherlands and to work - remotely - for a UK company?  Tax issues?  Employment law issues?

Hi and welcome to the Forum.

With great difficulty, for both the reasons you stated.  Unless you're self-employed, you can only work in the Netherlands with a Dutch employment contract, your UK company can't do that.  There are ways around it, where your UK company employs a Dutch Agency to take you on, but these are expensive.

It's been asked before here, but nobody has ever come back and said they achieved it.

Hope this helps.

Cynic
Expat Team

It is simply not possible.

Thank you Cynic.  I'd really love to know if there is anyone who has managed to do this successfully and how they did it.  In the current crisis many people are finding they can work from home very efficiently and perhaps are also thinking of expanding their horizons by working from a different country!

You can expand your horizon by trying  to get a job in this country, that will be very hard because for most jobs you need to speak Dutch and nowadays most companies aren't eager to employ British citizens due to Brexit.

You must contribute to the Dutch system to live here, otherwise it is simply not possible to live here.

Hi There, I just want a follow up from the previous question. I am an Irish citizen who will be moving to the Netherlands in October with my partner (Who is a French national). We both will be contracted with a UK based company and will be working under a freelance affiliation. Just wanted advice regarding taxes and what the best way to go about this. We have lived in the country in the past (I was studying and she on internship) but this will be the first time we will be working full time. Any advice will be appreciated

Hi and welcome to the Forum.

You both have the right to live and work anywhere in the EU.

My advice.  Move to the Netherlands, register with the Gemeente; when you get your DigiD, you can declare your job to the Belastingdienst who will then tax you just as if you had a job in the Netherlands.  I trust you have done the research on how much you're going to be taxed - there are online tax calculators - Google will help you find them.

You need to resolve your Health Insurance; this link may help you.  You should be aware that although you are working for a UK company, you will have no recourse, or fall back on the NHS.

Hope this helps.

Cynic
Expat Team

Hi there

again a question similar to above

I own a company in the UK my husband is a Dutch national and works in the Netherlands partime

we do not have a spouse visa and we travel between each country twice a month

our intention is for my husband to work for my company remotely. 

frstly Is this is possible ?

Second how do we arrange wages ? So we are not paying currency conversion costs which are  extortionate

and finally is it only Dutch taxes we need to pay or would we also be penalised in the Uk

regatds

Katie and mark

Hi there
again a question similar to above

I own a company in the UK my husband is a Dutch national and works in the Netherlands partime

we do not have a spouse visa and we travel between each country twice a month

our intention is for my husband to work for my company remotely.

frstly Is this is possible ?
Second how do we arrange wages ? So we are not paying currency conversion costs which are extortionate
and finally is it only Dutch taxes we need to pay or would we also be penalised in the Uk

regatds
Katie and mark
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Hi and welcome to the Forum.

Where you are assessed for personal taxes is mainly dependent on where you are deemed resident; for example, if you live in either the UK or the Netherlands for more than 183 days in a tax year you will be deemed as being tax resident in that country and liable for that countries taxes.  A couple of points on that:

• There is a tax treaty in place between NL/UK, you can read it here (link).
• Tax assessments are generally on your worldwide income unless the treaty says otherwise.  Dutch social taxes (27.65%) are not included in any treaty and you will pay them on your worldwide income if you are deemed resident in the Netherlands.
• The UK tax year runs from Apr > Mar while in the Netherlands, it runs from Jan > Dec.  My personal experience is that you can come unstuck and end up liable for paying taxes twice on the same income.

Assuming you are not an EU passport holder, you will need a residency permit if you are to live and work in the Netherlands.

Where to pay your salary - you need to consider Health Insurance, it's a legal requirement in the Netherlands and employers also have to make a payment.  If you are resident in the Netherlands, you may no longer fall back on the NHS for any treatment.

Your tax affairs are complicated enough for me to recommend you speak to a Dutch tax advisor; at the top of this page is a link to our services section and there is a link there to take this further.

I hope this helps.

Cynic

Expat Team

Hello,

I am a freelancer currently in the Netherlands with a registered sole trader (ZZP) I am originally from the UK but I moved here so I have a 5 year work visa. My question is can I carry out freelance jobs for UK companies? What are the tax repercussions of this in both the Netherlands and the UK?

Hello,
I am a freelancer currently in the Netherlands with a registered sole trader (ZZP) I am originally from the UK but I moved here so I have a 5 year work visa. My question is can I carry out freelance jobs for UK companies? What are the tax repercussions of this in both the Netherlands and the UK?
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Hi and welcome to the Forum.

I'm not a tax expert, so what I say is at best an opinion.  That said, first of all, a fact, is that there is a tax treaty in place between UK/NL (link); these things generally prevent double taxation on income tax and in addition cover things like pensions and business taxes.

If you are wholly resident in the Netherlands, you will be assessed for both income and social taxes by the Belastingdienst on your worldwide income.

I assume you are going (or already have) your own company in the Netherlands and will have the appropriate invoicing/contracts to show the Belastingdienst when you declare this additional income.  If you have any tax assets remaining in the UK then HMRC may well be interested in any additional UK-sourced income; my advice would be to speak to a Dutch tax expert and see what they think.

I hope this helps.

Cynic

Expat Team

Hello, I am EU Citizen (non dutch) owning LTD company in UK. Can I work in the Netherlands for dutch company through my LTD company? LTD is  equivalent of dutch ZZP. According to british info I can offer my service anywhere in EU and I use to work like that in Italy. The question is if I can do the same in the Netherlands?

@Przprec That's a good question. Could someone answer that