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Taking stock of the Dutch tech cluster: What The Netherlands needs to win the European startup scene

The Next Web

Let me drop a few names and you will get the picture: Adyen, Booking.com (acquired by Priceline), Distimo, Mendix, Shapeways, Spilgames, Takeaway.com, TravelBird, WeTransfer and Qandidate. But hedonistic pleasures aside, The Netherlands actually has a great foundation for tech entrepreneurship. A top-notch infrastructure.

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Understand the tricks Multinationals use to avoid paying tax

Start Up Blog

A jurisdiction where the tax rates are lower, think Singapore, Ireland, the Netherlands, the Cayman Islands. Trick 1: Pay excessive amounts for rights to use brands names, intellectual property or other non physical assets the parent company owns. Oh, and a ‘Related Party’ is essentially ‘them’. Tricks Multinationals do to avoid tax.