Sorry it's not available in English:
https://www.trouw.nl/home/rechter-zi...p-er~ab0a6652/
Bullet points:
- Judge rules in favour of Dutch Tax Authority.
- Pilot not self-employed as:
1. only one company using services of the pilot in question through only one agency
2. company holds position of authority in relation with pilot
3. pilot has to meet criteria not compatible with being self-employed
4. company decided when and where pilot was to work / fly.
- The judge ruled that the pilot was deemed to be employed by Ryanair.
- Ryanair played their usual mantra: not aware of any court case involving Ryanair, if pilots have a tax liability in The Netherlands they will be refunded their tax paid in Ireland by the Irish Revenue regardless of the question whether they are self-employed or employed by Ryanair.
- According to a Dutch professor of fiscal economics this verdict opens the door for investigation of Ryanair and the agency through which the pilot was employed by tax authorities.