Netherlands vs Tax advisor, June 2019, Court of Northern Netherlands, Case No. 200.193.965/01

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The question at issue was whether a tax adviser had acted in accordance with the requirements of a reasonably competent and reasonably acting adviser when advising on the so-called royalty routing and its implementation and when giving advice on trading.

 

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