Employer registration intake

Complete this form to register your company with the Dutch Tax Administration for payroll taxes. Takes approximately 10 minutes.

What happens next

1Complete this form
2Upload your documents
3We review the intake
4Registration filed
5Belastingdienst issues number
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1 · Company details

Is the company established (resident) in the Netherlands, or is this a non-resident company registering as a Dutch employer? *

This determines which Dutch Tax Administration registration applies (Melding Loonheffingen Aanmelding werkgever for NL residents, or Aanmelding Onderneming buitenland for non-residents) and which questions below are shown.

Dutch registrations

Has the company ever been registered with the Dutch Tax Administration?
Is the company registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce (KvK)?

Director / owner

2 · Business activities

Required for the Dutch Tax Administration registration (ON 071 Section 5) and for sector classification.

Does the company perform more than one distinct business activity?

Only needed with more than one activity, to determine which activity has the highest estimated wage sum for sector classification.

If there are more than two activities, please add details in the notes field on the last step.

3 · Contact person

The authorised signatory or main contact for this registration.

Tax representative

Will TaxGate act as authorised representative (gemachtigde) before the Dutch Tax Administration?
Is the signed Power of Attorney available?

Please indicate who will act as representative, and include their details in the notes on the final step.

Where should correspondence from the Dutch Tax Administration be sent?

4 · Employees & payroll

e.g. posted employees who remain covered under Dutch social insurance.

Social security & wage tax

Are Dutch social security contributions (werknemersverzekeringen) applicable?

Applicable to employees who live and work in the Netherlands, unless an A1 certificate applies.

Is Dutch wage tax (loonheffing) withholding applicable?

Generally applies whenever an employee physically performs work in the Netherlands, regardless of where the employer or employee is based. A tax-treaty exemption (the 183-days rule) may apply only if there is no Dutch "economic employer" and the salary cost is not recharged to a Dutch entity. This is separate from the social security question below (A1 certificates affect social security only, not wage tax).

Are A1 certificates available for cross-border employees?

A valid A1 certificate exempts the employer from Dutch social security contributions for those employees.

Preferred payroll tax filing period

Monthly is standard for most employers.

Were activities taken over from another employer in the Netherlands?

The form Melding Loonheffingen overdracht van activiteiten must be filed. TaxGate will handle this.

Staffing arrangements

The following applies when employees work under the management and supervision of a third party. A specific sector classification and the form Melding Loonheffingen uitzenden will apply if any of these are answered Yes.

Temporary agency workers (uitzendbureau)?
Employer of Record (EOR) arrangement?

5 · Corporate tax & VAT

Dutch corporate presence

A permanent establishment (vaste inrichting) may arise if one or more of the following apply. Please answer each question.

Does the company have an office in the Netherlands?
Does the company have a warehouse in the Netherlands?
Are management activities carried out from the Netherlands?
Do employees work from a fixed location in the Netherlands?
Is there any other fixed place of business in the Netherlands?

Dutch VAT activities

A Dutch VAT registration may be required if any of the following apply.

Supply of goods in the Netherlands?
Supply of services in the Netherlands?
B2B transactions in the Netherlands?
B2C transactions in the Netherlands?
Imports into the Netherlands?
Exports from the Netherlands?
Intra-EU supplies (from NL to EU)?
Intra-EU acquisitions (into NL from EU)?

6 · Documents & submission

Documents not in Dutch, German or English should be accompanied by a translation. An unofficial office translation is sufficient at this stage.

PDF, JPG, PNG, DOCX or XLSX. Up to 10 files, 20 MB total. You can also send documents by email after submission.

✓ Intake received
Thank you. We will review your submission and contact you within 2 business days with next steps.

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