What changed in Netherlands

Employer approval is in place

Employer compliance

Your employer has not approved working from abroad

Employer compliance

Leave for real: return within a year without settling anywhere and the Netherlands treats you as never having left

Tax residency

A foreign holding company without genuine relocation and substance often adds nothing, even when it is legal

Moving your company

Three specific clauses in the Netherlands-Cyprus treaty close the easy answers

Leaving home: exit tax and ties

A foreign company you keep running from the Netherlands is a Dutch tax resident anyway

Moving your company

Meeting the Dutch substance checklist no longer guarantees the dividend exemption

Moving your company

The Dutch exit tax on your company shares does not expire once you leave

Leaving home: exit tax and ties

A tax treaty resolves it if both countries end up claiming you as resident

Tax residency

The Netherlands does not use a day count to decide you have left, it looks at your ties

Tax residency

Permanent establishment risk looks low for a single remote employee

Permanent establishment risk

Signing contracts or making management calls abroad can create a taxable presence for the employer

Permanent establishment risk

Dutch wage tax withholding continues until a treaty hands taxing rights to the host country

Employer payroll obligations

The Dutch employer has two obligations to clear before the employee leaves

Employer compliance

Your Zvw cover only travels as far as your class allows, and it can lapse entirely

Healthcare coverage

Settling in abroad can shift your habitual workplace away from the Netherlands

Employment law

Dutch dismissal protection travels with a temporary posting

Dismissal protection

WIA disability cover continues, but the claims process is built for the Netherlands

Disability and accident coverage

Dutch sick pay obligations travel with a temporary stay abroad

Sick leave

WW insurance continues, but claiming it from abroad does not

Unemployment rights

We do not yet know if this destination has a Dutch social security agreement

Social security

Working abroad past 3 months for anyone but a Dutch employer drops your Dutch coverage

Social security

Working solely for your Dutch employer keeps you insured even with no treaty

Social security

Your destination has a social security treaty with the Netherlands, but the details vary by treaty

Social security

A posting inside the EU or EEA keeps you on Dutch social security

Social security