Nieuw verdrag met Japan ondertekend
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Het nieuwe belastingverdrag tussen Nederland en Japan is ondertekend. Het nieuwe belastingverdrag wordt zowel in Nederland als in Japan ter goedkeuring voorgelegd aan het parlement. Naar verwachting treedt het nieuwe verdrag per <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:metricconverter w:st="on" ProductID="2012 in">2012 in</st1:metricconverter> werking. </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Belangrijke wijziging is een verlaging van de bronbelasting. Dat maakt het voor Nederlandse ondernemers aantrekkelijker om zaken te doen in Japan en voor Japanse bedrijven interessanter om te investeren in Nederland. </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Daarnaast is in het nieuwe verdrag vastgelegd dat bij een geschil over dubbele heffing een onafhankelijke arbitragecommissie uitsluitsel geeft als Nederland en Japan er in onderling overleg niet uitkomen.</P>
<P><STRONG>Overzicht bronbelastingen op dividenden, interest en royalty’s</STRONG></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=center>Dividenden</P></TD>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=center>Interest</P></TD>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=center>Royalty’s</P></TD></TR>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=center>Deelnemingsdividenden (deelnemingspercentage)</P></TD>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=center>Overig</P></TD></TR>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=center>Huidige belastingverdrag</P></TD>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto">5% (25% of meer)</P></TD>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto">15%</P></TD>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto">10%</P></TD>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto">10%</P></TD></TR>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=center>Nieuwe belastingverdrag</P></TD>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto">0% (50% of meer)</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto">5% (10% of meer)</P></TD>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto">10%</P></TD>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto">0% (o.a. financiële instellingen)</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto">10% (overig)</P></TD>
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