New US country-specific tariffs and the EU’s response
The United States has announced new country-specific reciprocal tariffs, with implementation set for 1 August 2025. These tariffs are being communicated through official letters from the White House to affected trading partners. The initial list includes several key economies, among them the European Union, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Japan, and South Korea.
The MAP team Annual Report 2024 published
The Dutch State Secretary for Finance published the Team Mutual Agreement Procedures (MAP team) Annual Report 2024 on May 26, 2025. This blog sets outs the highlights of this report.
Taxpayers want to have clarity and certainty about their tax position, not only in the Netherlands but also in cross-border situations. Multinationals can obtain tax certainty in:
- advance in the form of a bilateral or multilateral advance pricing arrangement (BAPA/MAPA), or
- afterwards under a Mutual Agreement Procedure (MAP) when taxpayers are confronted with double taxation.