Netherlands Warns Against Unilateral Solutions for Minimum Tax

The Netherlands would only support as a last resort members of the European Union unilaterally implementing a minimum tax on multinationals, as this risks creating divergences in the bloc.

The Hague would only back this option “if we would come to the worst and that is the only alternative, as a last resort,” Marnix van Rij, state secretary for tax affairs, told Bloomberg during a visit to Brussels. “We have the EU to avoid unilateral measures like this because you are running the risk of countries making changes.”

The OECD-led deal to impose a 15% minimum tax on large ...