ASML Urges Consistency on Taxes After Dutch Government U-Turn

ASML Holding NV called on the Dutch government to ensure stable investment and fiscal policy, criticizing tax policy decisions that reduced benefits for foreign workers.

ASML cited the example of the country’s recent reversal on its tax breaks for high-skilled expatriate workers, which went through four iterations in three years before being reinstated at a slightly lower level.

Consistent regulations in the Netherlands are “even more important than looking at what is happening abroad,” ASML’s government affairs liaison Emmeke Hulshof said during a parliamentary hearing on the semiconductor industry Wednesday.

“Our concern arises from the fact that there have been ...