Holding Companies

Offshore corporations often hold investments in subsidiaries and/or associated companies, publicly quoted and private companies, as well as joint venture projects.
Capital gains arising from the disposal of particular investments can be made without taxation. In the case of dividend payments, reduced levels of tax on income can be achieved by utilizing a company incorporated in a zero or low tax jurisdiction that has double tax agreements with the contracting state.
An intermediary company is established in a jurisdiction with a suitable treaty. For example, the company will be used for investments in the European Union, since corporate entities registered there can avail themselves of the EU Parent/Subsidiary Directive.

The Netherlands has an extensive double tax treaty network with many Eastern European countries and countries of the former Soviet Union, and the use of Dutch companies for inward investment into these countries provides a tax efficient structure. More over if the holding company in the Netherlands is the subsidiary of a Netherlands Antilles company, which anticipates for a tax efficient exit.

Click here for more information about holding companies on the Netherlands Antilles BV.

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