Navigating taxes with Rock Payroll with our key insights and expertise
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The Dutch 30% ruling in 2026: what employers en expats need to know
Expats, relocating to the Netherlands for work, can qualify for a discount on their Dutch income tax bill. This discount is called the 30% ruling and it allows the employer to pay a part of the employee’s salary free of tax. This part is treated as tax-free and intended as an allowance for extraterritorial expenses.
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OECD 2025 Update: What the New Guidance Means for Remote Work and Employer of Record (EOR) Arrangements
The OECD has released its 2025 update to the Commentary on the Model Tax Convention (MTC), providing long-awaited clarification on how permanent establishment (PE) rules apply to modern remote work situations.
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New IND fee update: what it means for your hiring roadmap
Changes in immigration regulations can easily slip under the radar, yet they directly affect how you hire and support international employees.
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The Dutch Highly Skilled Migrant landscape is changing. Are you ready?
Recent Dutch policy work signals tighter rules around hiring and placing kennismigranten (highly skilled migrants or knowledge migrants).
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Pension and payrolling
Effective January 1st 2021, it became mandatory to implement an adequate pension scheme for payroll employees. In other words, their pension scheme must be equivalent to that of permanent employees of the hiring company.
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The Highly Skilled Migrants scheme
The Highly Skilled Migrants Scheme streamlines the process for employers in the Netherlands to recruit professionals from outside the EU, EEA, or Switzerland, offering expedited acquisition of residence and work permits.