Throughout the country, the Tax and Customs Administration will carry out quick checks regarding the use of the Eurovignette, in particular of foreign lorries. That has been made known by Minister De Jager.

Dutch Finance Minister De Jager has instructed the Tax Department to trace payments with anonymous 'black' credit cards in the Netherlands. This concerns special credit cards and pin debit cards linked to bank accounts in (former) tax havens.

In the second semester of 2010, the Netherlands will start negotiations with Australia, Belgium, Costa Rica, Germany, Indonesia, Kenya, New Zealand and Panama.

The Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury of Hong Kong, Professor K.C. Chan, and the Minister of Finance of the Netherlands, Mr J.C. de Jager, signed a comprehensive agreement for avoidance of double taxation (hereinafter: CDTA) between the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Kingdom of the Netherlands (hereinafter: the Agreement) on March 22nd, 2010.

Are you living in the Netherlands and working in another country in the European Union (EU)? Or working in the Netherlands and living in another EU country? Or are you employing people in this situation? If so, you are subject to social security systems in various countries. What if you become unemployed or incur health costs? In which country should you apply for your benefit or reimbursement? And in which country do you pay your social insurance contributions?

The Netherlands has the intention to also exchange tax information in the future with Uruguay, Mauritius and Brunei. A proposal by Finance Minister De Jager to conclude a Tax Information Exchange Agreement with these three countries was approved by the Cabinet. This provides the Netherlands with extra means to combat undeclared savings and tax evasion.