Trusted advisors to enterprises moving capital, people, and intellectual property between India and the Netherlands.
The India–Netherlands Business Desk brings together CNK in India, Share Impact Accountants and Maas Accountants in the Netherlands — one coordinated advisory desk for enterprises moving capital, people, and structure between the two countries. Tax, FEMA, transfer pricing, statutory audit, governance, and outsourcing, under one bilingual-ready roof, partner-led from first call to steady state.
2024 estimate
active in India
withholding cap
India & GCC
A relationship that has quietly become one of Europe's most consequential with India.
The Netherlands is India's third-largest export destination in Europe and a leading source of European foreign direct investment into India.
The corridor is no longer about trading houses and ports. It is about agritech, semiconductors, water management, logistics, life sciences, and capital structuring. The volume of work has matured; the advisory architecture serving it, at the mid-market, has not.
Boutique Dutch firms have no India footprint. Indian firms rarely speak Dutch tax. The Big Four price for the Fortune 500. Founders, family offices, and growing companies fall between the gaps. The India–Netherlands Business Desk closes that gap — not as a referral chain, but as a coordinated advisory desk with one point of contact, technical depth in both jurisdictions, and delivery capability across twelve Indian cities and two established Dutch practices.
Two jurisdictions. One file. One point of contact, end to end.
No cold hand-offs across time zones. Your file moves between CNK, Share Impact Accountants, and Maas Accountants as one coordinated engagement, led by a named partner and supported by specialists in transfer pricing, FEMA, MLI, and Dutch corporate income tax.
FEMA, Companies Act 2013, Income-tax Act 1961, GST, ICAI assurance standards, transfer pricing under Section 92.
Dutch CIT, dividend withholding, participation exemption, ATAD compliance, BEPS Pillar Two readiness.
Six service lines, designed for the cross-border reality — not retrofitted from a domestic playbook.
India Entry & Structuring
Entity selection and inbound structuring for Dutch enterprises establishing operations in India, and outbound structuring for Indian enterprises investing into Dutch holdcos.
- Entity selection — subsidiary, LLP, branch, project office, liaison
- FEMA approvals, automatic vs. approval route mapping
- ODI compliance for Indian outbound investments into Netherlands
- Shareholder agreement coordination with Dutch counsel
- DPIIT, RBI, and ROC registrations
Cross-Border Tax Advisory
Treaty-led tax planning, withholding determination, and Pillar Two readiness across the full India–Netherlands corridor.
- India–Netherlands DTAA application and treaty entitlement under MLI
- Withholding determination under Section 195
- MFN clause analysis post-Nestlé
- Dutch participation exemption planning
- Permanent Establishment risk analysis
- Tax opinions and litigation support
Transfer Pricing & BEPS
Documentation, benchmarking, and dispute support for cross-border transactions between Indian and Dutch group entities.
- Master File and Local File documentation
- Country-by-Country Reporting coordination
- Benchmarking studies — IT/BPO, agri, trading models
- Advance Pricing Agreement support
- Section 92E certification
- Pillar Two GloBE return readiness
Statutory Audit & Group Reporting
ICAI peer-reviewed assurance delivery, calibrated for Dutch group consolidation calendars and IFRS reporting.
- Indian statutory audit under Companies Act 2013
- IFRS-to-Ind AS conversion for Dutch parent consolidation
- US GAAP reporting packs where applicable
- Internal financial controls testing under Section 143(3)(i)
- Group reporting pack reconciliation
Finance & Compliance Outsourcing
Steady-state finance operations for Dutch parent groups, delivered in the parent's reporting calendar and format.
- Bookkeeping and management reporting
- Payroll processing and TDS formalities
- GST and TDS compliance, return filings, refund applications
- ROC and secretarial filings
- MIS in the Dutch parent's reporting calendar
- Quarterly Board pack for the Netherlands directors
Transaction & Valuation Advisory
End-to-end deal support for Dutch acquirers entering India and Indian sellers transacting with Dutch counterparties.
- Buy-side and sell-side financial and tax due diligence
- Rule 11UA / DCF valuations for FEMA and Income-tax compliance
- Royalty Relief brand valuations
- Transaction structuring — Dutch holdco to India operating company
- Post-close integration and reporting
Not a referral chain. A coordinated, accountable desk.
Cross-border advisory is too often a sequence of hand-offs. The Indian firm answers the Indian question. The Dutch firm answers the Dutch question. The client stitches the two together at their own risk.
The Desk dissolves that seam.
One point of contact across both legs of the transaction.
A named partner owns your file end to end and coordinates directly with the allied firm on the other side of the corridor. No diffusion of responsibility when the deadline is real.
MLI-aware, Pillar Two-ready, current on the post-Nestlé MFN debate.
The DTAA is not what it was five years ago. Treaty entitlement, principal purpose tests, and GloBE allocation rules require re-papering existing structures, not just designing new ones.
Mid-market fee architecture, partner-led delivery.
You are not buying a leveraged pyramid. The partner is in the room, on the call, and on the email thread. Pricing is transparent and tiered, not a quarterly mystery.
Twelve-city Indian footprint, plus GCC presence.
Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Pune, Chennai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, GIFT City, Gurgaon, Dubai, Abu Dhabi. Wherever the Indian operation lands, we are within reach.
INAA Global Network member firm.
An international network of independent professional firms. Reach without the cost structure or politics of Big Four affiliation.
A clear path from first call to live structure.
Confidential briefing call
Forty-five minutes with the partner. Commercial intent, jurisdictional facts, and timing established. No pitch, no obligation.
Cross-border opinion
A written technical opinion with India and Netherlands tax, regulatory, and structuring recommendations. Costed, fixed-fee, partner-signed.
Implementation
Entity formation, FEMA filings, ODI/FDI documentation, statutory registrations, treaty paperwork. Project-managed against a calendarised plan.
Ongoing compliance
Outsourced books, payroll, statutory audit, and a quarterly Board pack in your reporting calendar. The back office your auditor in Amsterdam relies on.
Briefings from the corridor.
Three firms. One coordinated desk.
CNK
Chartered Accountants with a partner-led, multi-disciplinary practice across direct tax, transfer pricing, assurance, and business advisory. Twelve-city footprint across India, with a presence in the UAE. INAA Global Network member firm.
Visit CNK →Share Impact Accountants
A modern, people-oriented accountancy practice built as a network organisation. Hugo brings thirty years' experience, including fourteen as a partner at EY, with a focus on sustainability, integrated reporting, and international clients.
Visit Share Impact Accountants →Maas Accountants
A Den Haag-based practice with over twenty years guiding foreign companies through Dutch company formation, tax, and financial administration. Serves as the day-to-day point of contact between headquarters abroad and its Dutch subsidiary. INAA Global Network member firm.
Visit Maas Accountants →"The Client's problem is Our problem." Begin a conversation with the Desk.
The first call is a forty-five-minute briefing with a Partner. We discuss your facts, your jurisdictions, and your timing — and tell you, plainly, whether we can help.