Dutch Company Partner for Advisers: You Keep Your Client

By Robert Jeffrey, Holdwise B.V., Hoofddorp. Checked against the official sources on 20 October 2026.

What we do for your clients

For your clients, our team sets up a Dutch private limited company (BV), or a holding with an operating company, from abroad with a power of attorney. We arrange the value added tax (VAT) number, the European customs number (EORI number) and the licence to settle import VAT in the VAT return (Article 23 licence). We also arrange the login for Dutch government portals (eHerkenning), including for a director abroad. Our backoffice team keeps the books and files the tax returns, with reports in English.

Our team also prepares the file for the business bank account, and the bank makes its own decision. Partners in the Netherlands handle warehouse, customs and product compliance once your client asks, and your client sees every price first. See how we work with partners.

Your client receives a proposal with the price for the Dutch company (BV), or for a holding with an operating company, before deciding. Other work has its own price, which your client sees first.

Who sends clients to us

You are	Your client needs	We arrange
Accountant or tax adviser abroad	A Dutch company for customers, staff or stock in the EU.	The Dutch company, the Dutch tax returns and the reports for your own work.
Agency or consultant	A company in the EU to sell, invoice and register for VAT.	The company, the VAT and EORI numbers, and partners for warehouse and compliance.
Logistics firm, forwarder or warehouse	An importer in the EU with VAT and customs numbers.	The company as importer, the EORI number and the Article 23 licence. You keep the logistics.
Dutch accountant or lawyer	Dutch company work for a foreign client, in English.	The setup and the administration, in agreed roles.

Formation platforms and the tax question your client asks next

Once a formation platform has set up the company, your client wants to know which salary and which dividend make sense. The next questions are whether to use a holding or a single company, and where the company is tax resident when the director lives abroad. Those questions need an adviser who knows both the Dutch rules and the rules of the home country.

If you send the question to us, your client receives our advice. That is one signed answer with the official source behind every figure, a structure memo, or a second opinion on an existing set-up. The price is in the proposal your client approves first, and you keep the formation and your own services.

For 2027, clients ask most about the e-invoicing obligations in Europe from 2026 to 2028 and the single VAT registration from July 2028. They also ask about the EU Customs Data Hub and the new importer rule from 1 July 2028 and about the EU anti-money laundering rules from 10 July 2027. Those rules include registering the people who ultimately own parent companies outside the EU (UBO rules). Other questions concern relocating a company to the Netherlands in 2027 and hiring staff in the Netherlands in 2027.

How sending a client works

You send an outline through the advice form, with the home country, the owners, the plan in the Netherlands, the target date and the parts your firm keeps. Our team has a look at it and confirms the document list. Your client then receives a proposal with every amount before any work starts.

We check your client’s identity directly with your client, as the Dutch anti-money laundering act (Wwft) requires. We then do the Dutch work and keep you informed as agreed with your client.

You keep your client

You stay your client’s adviser for your own services, such as tax in the home country, group accounts, logistics or marketing. We handle the Dutch part and stay in that role.

Before the work starts, we agree with you and your client who answers which questions, which reports you receive and which information your client allows us to share with you. The terms of our cooperation with your firm are settled before the first client.

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Sources

Last reviewed: October 2026.

Frequently asked questions

Who is my client's contact in the Netherlands?

Our team in Hoofddorp is your client's contact for the Dutch work. Your own services stay with you, and we agree these roles before the work starts.

Who signs the proposal and pays for the Dutch work?

Your client signs the proposal with us, and we invoice our own work. Partners such as warehouses or customs brokers send their own quotes, which your client approves first. The partner invoices your client directly for its own work.

Which information do you share with me?

We share the information your client allows us to share, usually the progress of the setup, the filings and the figures you need for your own work.

Can a logistics firm keep handling the goods?

The logistics firm keeps handling the goods. Your client's Dutch company becomes the importer, with its own VAT number, EORI number and Article 23 licence, while you keep the transport, the customs declarations or the warehouse.

Who can set up a Dutch company for a UK client that imports into the EU, and handle the Dutch VAT?

A Dutch civil-law notary sets up the company (BV) by power of attorney. The company is then registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce (KVK), receives its VAT number and EORI number, and applies for the Article 23 licence for import VAT. Our team arranges these steps, keeps the books, files the VAT returns and works with you as your client's adviser.

The director and shareholder of a UK limited company works remotely from the Netherlands. Which Dutch tax points should an adviser check?

The Netherlands can tax the pay for work done in the Netherlands, and the UK company can get Dutch payroll duties. Social security usually follows the country where the work is done. A UK company that is managed from the Netherlands can also become tax resident there, or have a fixed place of business there that the Netherlands can tax (permanent establishment). The outcome depends on where decisions are taken and where the work is done.