Dear UENL Community –
After the summer break, I am pleased to provide a short update re the status of our legal fight.
Status: Thanks you to all for your continued support! And, of course, not in the least for your financial support, which enabled us to agree with Taxperience to continue the litigation. After the filing of pro-forma letters of appeal in April to safeguard our position, Taxperience has now also filed the complete letters of appeal which include the grounds of our appeal to the Higher Tax Court of Amsterdam last week. The next step in the process is that the tax authorities will have the opportunity to file their view in a letter to the tax court.
Decision Date: It is expected that the Tax Court will schedule a hearing during Q1 of 2025. We hope to have a decision of the Court around May/June 2025.
Participation in Case: In the background, Taxperience has also been busy finalizing the list of all participants that can join our legal case together with the tax authorities. (For context: there were some people in the previous round that had missed the deadline for participation. Taxperience has been working to add them if these cases met the agreed-upon criteria). The final list of participants is expected on short notice now. Taxperience will contact you to confirm you are on the list by the end of September. You will be requested to respond to that email to confirm/update your contact details. It is no longer possible for new participants to join. If you were already on the list, nothing has changed – you remain on the list.
Taxperience has done the best they can to add as many more cases to the list as possible, but there are still some that cannot be added because certain criteria were not met. In situations where a case could not be added, any potentially submitted letters of content will be withdrawn and participation in the Taxperience-led legal case will not be possible. Naturally, for those that cannot participate, you can continue legal action individually. In that case, please inform Taxperience. However, if you are not part of our legal battle, chances of success are minimal, especially since you are excluded from the list of participants for a reason which makes your case weaker than ours, and we know that our case is already a very hard fight to win. Taxperience will not be available to assist you in your individual legal case.
Let’s keep our fingers crossed. I will send an update as soon as we have relevant news to share.
Best, also on behalf of the legal team,
Jessica