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nks possess of 90% of the assets of Dutch domestic banks. Amsterdam is one of a major financial center in Europe; the biggest three banks have a worldwide network of services; more than 50 foreign banks have their offices in the Netherlands; two accounting firms of the world's four major accounting firms have established their global headquarters in the Netherlands; Amsterdam Stock Exchange is one of the oldest stock exchange in Europe. The Netherlands is the country with the lowest cost of financial services in Europe. Foreign exchange can flow freely in the Netherlands. Foreign enterprises’ financing and profits, capital, loan interest and remitting of other legitimate income would encounter no export restrictions, foreign investors can choose any one currency as payment. (Economic Survey of the Netherlands, 2008)
3. The tax collection system
The tax categories in the Netherlands mainly include corporate tax and personal income tax (including wage withholding tax) and value-added tax (VAT).
On 1st January, 2007, the Netherlands’ tax reform program came into effect, the reform is aimed at further strengthening of the www.51lunwen.orgNetherlands’ competitiveness of tax environment in the European Union and the global, so that local enterprises of the Netherlands’ and foreign-invested enterprises can enjoy preferential tax policies, thereby further enhancing the important role of the Netherlands’ as the ideal country of business operation in EU.
In the Netherlands, corporate income tax was substantially reduced, since January 1st, 2007, the general corporate income tax rate is 25.5% (It was, 29.6% formerly.); to improve the interests of small and medium-sized, the new tax law also provides for that the profits which are less than 25,000 euros apply the tax rate of 20 %, 23.5% is applicable to the profits of 2.5-6 million euros. The new rates of the Netherlands are generally lower than the current rate of major developed countries’ in Western Europe. （(https://www.expatax.nl/dutchtaxlawsexpatax.htm）
4. Society
In the assessment of the United Nations, the Netherlands is one of the most appropriate place for living in the world. Here, you can not only enjoy the high quality of life, experience a general feeling of being at home; you can also communicate in English and work together with people from all over the world friendly and experience the harmonious life. As the Netherlands is located in the heart of Western Europe, you can easily drive to Berlin, Paris and London for just a few hours.
According to the latest data of the European OECD, the overall labor market of the Netherlands is still relatively good. In 2008, the population of recipients of social welfare accounted for 17 percent of the population of working age in the Netherlands, actually, this part of people can be mobilized to solve the aging problem which has puzzled Dutch government for a long term. And if this population of 17% can return to the community as labor force, it would help to reduce social welfare expenditure, which is also a better program proposed for the European OECD.
Dutch are generally well-educated, they master multiple languages and have with the complex skills which are needed by high-tech economy. The organizations of trade union in the Netherlands are more moderate and tend to serve the interests of the majority of people. Employers and employees of the Netherlands carry out all kinds of cooperation through a variety of labor relations