The Netherlands, a Tax Avoidance Center, Tries to Mend Its Ways

Sep 20, 2018 · 3 comments
Joris (Netherlands)
In the Netherlands there are thousands so-called 'mailbox' firms. They are companies having an 'office' here. But in reality it is nothing more then a mailbox. Many American companies do so. Google has mailbox 666 in Amsterdam. Our prime minister Mark Rutte says our tax system helps creating jobs by getting foreign companies to settle here. While in reality it is only a mailbox. So zero jobs!
Aart (the Netherlands)
Associated jobs are a fact, e.g. lawyers, accountants, trust offices, banks. Highly lucrative even.
malcolm.greenough (walnut creek,CA)
Ireland already has a substantial IT sector,and Greece enjoys a thriving tourist industry in it's many isles,which it shares with Turkish protection in Cyprus. What more does the EU need?