Netherlands Cross Border Resources

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Contents 1 Country Information - the Netherlands 2 Immigration Issues 3 Cash management 4 Tax Planning 5 Investment Planning 6 Risk Management 7 Retirement Planning 8 Estate Planning and Succession Taxes 9 Local Regulation 10 Referrals to Local Planners

Country Information - the Netherlands

In an effort to provide information on financial planning issues in the Netherlands, FPA volunteers have gathered the following links together to point you towards a variety of different resources.

Each link has a descriptive tag explaining what type of site the link goes to. The tags are:

• GOV for government or regulatory sites • ORG for non-profit or association sites • EDU for academic or educational sites • COM for commercial sites, such as product providers

Virtually all of the links lead off of FPA's Web site.

Quality of life – local flavor and customs

• http://www.hollandnews.nl/ (com)
• http://www.undutchables.nl/ (com)
• http://www.cbs.nl/en-GB/menu/themas/vrije-tijd-cultuur/nieuws/default.htm (gov)
• http://us.holland.com/ (com)

Culture

• http://www.mauritshuis.nl/english/index.html (org)
• http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/ (org)
• http://www.hogeveluwe.nl/default.asp?language=2 (org)

Health

• http://www.expatica.com/nl/survival/health_list.html (com)
• http://www.minvws.nl/en/ (gov)
• http://www.cbs.nl/en-GB/menu/themas/gezondheid-welzijn/nieuws/default.htm (gov)

Social Security Coverage

• http://www.cbs.nl/en-GB/menu/themas/arbeid-sociale-zekerheid/nieuws/default.htm (gov)
• http://www.employment.gov.nl/ (gov)

Education Standards

• http://www.minocw.nl/english/index.html (gov)
• http://www.cbs.nl/en-GB/menu/themas/onderwijs/cijfers/default.htm (gov)

Ex-pats opinions on quality of life

• http://www.howtosurviveholland.nl/flash.html (com)

Immigration Issues

Legal Residency

• http://www.justlanded.com/english/Netherlands/Topics/Visas-Permits (com)
• http://www.expatica.com/nl/survival/surv_relocation_list.html (com)

Visas and immigration requirements

• http://www.minbuza.nl/en/home (gov)

Cash management

Bank Accounts

• http://www.justlanded.com/english/Netherlands/Tools/Just-Landed-Guide/Money/Banking (com)

Education Costs

• http://www.justlanded.com/english/Netherlands/Topics/Education (com)

Cost of Living Analysis

• http://www.expatfocus.com/expatriate-netherlands-holland-currency-costs (com)

Housing Issues

• http://www.steunpuntwonen.nl/english/index.asp (gov)
• http://www.expatica.com/nl/survival/housing_market_list.html (com)

Tax Planning

• http://www.expatica.com/nl/survival/finance_list.html (com)

Determining Liability for Income and Gains Taxes

• http://www.belastingdienst.nl/english/individuals.html (gov)
• http://www.justlanded.com/english/Netherlands/Tools/Articles/Money (com)
• http://www.expatica.com/nl/survival/finance/Ask-the-experts_-International-tax-_6_.html (com)

Tax Benefits of Owning a Dutch Home

• http://www.expatica.com/nl/housing/buying_property_list.html (com)

Foreign Tax Credit Arrangements

• http://www.belastingdienst.nl/variabel/buitenland/en/private_taxpayers/private_taxpayers-149.html#P2014_226584 (com)
• http://www.expatica.com/nl/survival/finance/Ask-the-experts_-International-tax-_6_.html (com)
• http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p901.pdf (gov)

Local taxation of non-local pensions and Investments

• http://www.belastingdienst.nl/variabel/buitenland/en/private_taxpayers/private_taxpayers-140.html#P1847_206246 (com)
• http://www.expatica.com/nl/survival/finance/Banksparen_-a-new-savings-scheme-for-mortgages-and-pensions.html (com)

Investment Planning

Asset Allocation Viewed Globally

• http://www.euronext.com/en/ (com)
• http://www.dsi.nl/index.php?sid=244&l=eng (gov)

Risk Management

Liability Insurance

• http://www.expatriatesinsurance.com/ (com)

Health Insurance

• http://www.expatica.com/nl/survival/health/healthcare-reforms-for-better-or-worse-36651.html (com)
• http://www.expatica.com/hr/story/2006-checklist-for-dutch-employers-with-international-employees-26884.html (com)
• http://www.expatica.com/nl/survival/health/dental-care-dutch-style-35180.html (com)

Property Insurance

• http://www.expatriatesinsurance.com/ (com)

Retirement Planning

Local Pension Design and Tax Structure on Encashment

• http://www.ose.be/files/mocpension/NetherlandsOMC.pdf (edu)
• http://www.library.law.uu.nl/privaatrecht.htm (Dutch gov)
• http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=964428 (com)

Social Security Agreements between Countries

• http://www.expatica.com/hr/story/time-to-split-up---10246.html (com)
• http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=108186,00.html (gov)
• http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/international/article/0,,id=105254,00.html (gov)

Transferability of Pensions

• http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/1998/08/feature/nl9808194f.htm (org)
• http://www.life-pensions.com/public/showPage.html?page=343305 (com)

Estate Planning and Succession Taxes

Impact on Estate if there is no local Will

• http://www.notaris.nl/ (Dutch - com)

Local taxation of non-local trusts

• http://www.investorsoffshore.com/html/diy/diyresgone.html (com)

Creating an international trust

• http://www.twinning.nl/Links/content.stm (Dutch com)(/indent)
• http://www.investorsoffshore.com/html/diy/diyresgone.html (com)

Local Regulation

• http://www.dsi.nl/?sid=91 (gov)

Referrals to Local Planners

• The CFP mark is not yet granted in Holland.
• http://www.registermfp.nl/ (org)

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