Nitrogen Problem in the Netherlands: How it Works

While the Dutch society needs to deal with new nitrogen regulations, the European Commission has hardly any insights into the nitrogen problems in the individual EU member countries. While these countries do no research or are not sharing information regarding...

Preventing Trademark Revocation in China

An increasing amount of overseas companies are registering their trademarks in China. While following the updated intellectual property (IP) regulations in China, solely registering the trademark is not sufficient. In certain cases, your trademark can be revoked...

VAT on energy temporarily reduced to 9%

The Dutch Senate passed the Act on Additional Tax Measures to Increase Purchasing Power 2022 on 28 June 2022. The Act governs the temporary reduction in the VAT rate on energy (natural gas, electricity, and district heating) from 21% (general rate) to 9% (reduced...

India Preparing for Digital Sustainability Reporting

The vanguard of digital reporting, India, is preparing to enable the filing of the new Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report (BRSR) in XBRL format. The two major stock exchanges in India announced the availability of online XBRL submission portals for...

Digital incorporation of limited liability companies

As of 1 August 2022 digital incorporation of a capital company will be possible under directive 2019/1151 of the European Parliament and of the Council of June 20, 2019 (the “Directive“). This means that the costs, time, and administrative burdens will be drastically...