The Netherlands: Worlds Biggest Tax Haven?

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▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ The Netherlands, a fine country of flowers, windmills, and loose regulations around the finer things in life. This country is in many ways like a lot of very developed European economies we have explored earlier on the channel, very high living standards, good social mobility a strong economy and healthy inequality but the Netherlands hides a bit of a secret behind its lovely flowerful smile, it is one of the largest tax havens in the world. But how does this make any sense? The Netherlands has a high-income tax rate of over 50% for top earners and a corporate tax rate of 25%. And there are not even particularly strict laws around things like banking privacy (like there are in countries like Switzerland) … so if all of this is making the Netherlands sound like a pretty terrible tax haven all in all, why is it so popular? ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ 📚 Want to learn more about the economy of the Netherlands? We recommend reading “Tulipomania: The Story of the World’s Most Coveted Flower & the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused”, by Mike Dash 👉 https://amzn.to/2YiHGX9

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▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ #Netherlands #TaxHaven #Economics ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Sources & Citations – Loomis, S.C., 2011. The double Irish sandwich: Reforming overseas tax havens Thorne, D., 2013. The Double Irish and Dutch Sandwich tax strategies: Could a general anti-avoidance rule counteract the problems caused by the utilization of these structures?. Brothers, J.P., 2014. From the Double Irish to the Bermuda Triangle. Tax Analysts Van Dijk, M., Weyzig, F., and Murphy, R., 2006. The Netherlands: a tax haven? Weyzig, F., 2013. Tax treaty shopping: structural determinants of Foreign Direct Investment routed through the Netherlands. International Tax and Public Finance Gordon, R.A., 1981. Tax havens and their use by United States taxpayers-An overview. Intertax Double Irish Dutch Sandwhich: archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/04/28/business/Double-Irish-With-A-Dutch-Sandwich.html ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ EE Fan Exclusive Offer: Sign-up for Acorns! 👉 https://www.acorns.com/ee

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