About us
Consultant for the consultants.
LENOS c.s. VAT & Customs Lawyers was founded in 1989 as the first fully independent consultancy firm on VAT and customs in The Netherlands.
We are critical free thinkers who view the world through different eyes. And we define things that cannot be defined. If we can look something up, we don’t find it interesting. This makes us a cabinet of curiosities. A cabinet of curiosities active within the most eccentric niches.
We advise our clients on every conceivable issue in the field of VAT and customs processes. For our specialists, both the national and international playing fields hold no secrets. They possess unique expertise in cross-border goods and services and are part of a broad network of specialists both domestically and internationally. We provide advice to our clients on the most diverse VAT and customs topics.
Our clients are found amongst companies, organizations and government bodies, but also amongst law firms, accountants, tax advisors and management consultants. We often act as a ‘consultant for the consultants’ in the literal sense of the word.
Our partners are tax lawyers. We offer all the benefits of a smaller, flexible firm coupled with the experience one usually only finds in the largest tax consultancy firms. All partners have a long experience as VAT and customs inspectors with the Dutch Ministry of Finance as well as VAT and customs consultants with the largest tax consultancy firms in The Netherlands.
The partners make it their business to write articles and books and speak at seminars on VAT and customs topics. We believe publishing and speaking is an ideal way to compel ourselves to think about our specialization and to continue working on a solid theoretical basis, exploring new frontiers. We constantly monitor changes in VAT and customs law, new administrative regulations and evolutions on the EU level.
In need of assistance on tax
or customs issues?
Contact usMeet our professionals.
Our partners are tax lawyers. We offer all the benefits of a smaller, flexible firm coupled with the experience one usually only finds in the largest tax consultancy firms. All partners have a long experience as VAT and customs inspectors with the Dutch Ministry of Finance as well as VAT and customs consultants with the largest tax consultancy firms in The Netherlands.
Paul Lenos
Head of VAT compliance
SPECIALIZED IN:
Processing of VAT- returns/OSS, refunds, ICP, Intrastate, VAT ID
Toon Hasselman
International liaison
SPECIALIZED IN:
EU VAT structuring/analysis, import/distribution, general VAT counselor
Michael van de Leur
Head of research
SPECIALIZED IN:
International and national VAT counselor
John Seerden
Real estate researcher
SPECIALIZED IN:
VAT/Transfer tax counselor, real estate acquisition exploitation and sale, development and investment structures
Steve McCrindle
UK and US indirect tax specialist
SPECIALIZED IN:
UK VAT and customs counselor, compliance advisory, International VAT optimization
Kees Bouwmeester
Customs lawyer
SPECIALIZED IN:
Customs advice
Jaimy Lieuw-A-Len
VAT Compliance specialist
SPECIALIZED IN:
Onboarding, VAT registrations, article 23 license, General Fiscal Representation (GFR), OSS, intrastat and e-recognition
Joop Noomen
Logistics Expert
SPECIALIZED IN:
Logistics (chemical), import & export, dangerous goods, warehousing, port agency, transport insurance
Meet our Beautiful Minds.
Martijn van Riet
In-house tax counselor
SPECIALIZED IN:
International tax management/structuring
Rob de Koning
Marden
SPECIALIZED IN:
Professional director, corporate house keeping, substance specialist
Jacco Kaandorp
SIS-FINANCE
SPECIALIZED IN:
International financial coordinations of operations
Junior Professional
The Young Professional Pool consists of enthusiastic starting VAT professionals who are or were often the first point of contact for VAT and customs matters in their own office and who cannot be trained by their own office. LENOS c.s. guides these professionals in their daily affairs. In addition to the VAT content, this may concern how to approach a case, making a quotation, dealing with colleagues from other disciplines and time registration. The professionals can participate in the weekly online VTO in which highly experienced independently operating VAT advisors participate and where all kinds of VAT and work-related matters are discussed.
