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On this page you find information in relation to paying excise duties and taxes on international business. You must pay excise duty or consumption tax to the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration (Belastingdienst) if you manufacture or import certain consumer goods. If your business operations are international, you will have to pay import levies such as import duty and VAT. Detailed information about taxes on international enterprise can be found on the website of the Dutch Customs Administration (Douane).
Choose a tax from the list below for further information.
Taxes on international business
Excise duty and consumption tax
Excise duty (accijns) is a tax paid on certain consumer goods. You pay consumption tax (verbruiksbelasting) on chewing tobacco and snuff and on a number of non-alcoholic beverages.
Import levies
When importing goods, you will have to pay various import levies, depending on the type of product and the country of origin.
Withholding tax
Withholding tax (bronbelasting) is a foreign tax that is withheld if you receive interest, royalties or dividend from another country.
