Expats

Our specialists of the CMS Expat Desk provide cross-border advice to (global) companies about international employees, also known as "expats". The provided assistance is related to employment law, visa's, work permits, tax, pension and social security matters:

• application of the required permits to reside and work in the Netherlands, both for expats and family members;
• registration of the employer at the Dutch Immigration and Naturalization Services (in Dutch: IND);
• mobility policies;
• international assignment services agreements;
• expat agreements covering all employment related aspects such as the relocation to the country of origin;
• termination of the expat agreement or international assignment services agreements;
• the possibility to apply for 30% tax ruling (which is a benefit for the expat);
• the tax optimization of a salary split and employee benefits;
• employers tax obligations, multi state wage and income tax returns;
• payroll services;
• the applicable pension scheme and how to deal with pensions in different countries;
• the possibilities for international transfers of pension benefits and continued participation in another jurisdiction;
• analysis of the applicable social security scheme(s) and the consequences thereof; and
• the implementation of the preferred social security scheme.