John Seerden was born in 1971. He was a VAT inspector at the tax office in Utrecht from 2003 until 2011. In this capacity, he was tax inspector for tax firms and notary offices regarding RETT/Stamp duty (transfer tax) and related subjects. In 2011 until 2014 John joined BDO in Amstelveen where he was assigned as a RETT specialist on the VAT department. After a brief return to the tax office (2014-2016) John was a self-employed RETT specialist until he joined LENOS c.s. in 2020.
Since 2012 John is annotator for a leading tax magazine VakStudie Nieuws, in which role he places RETT regarded issues (legal amendments, tax policy, case law, etc.) in a context.
John is a T&F athlete with a focus on sprinting and hurdling. As age progresses, he focuses more on coaching. John is Dutch spoken and has a keen fluency in the English language. John is a graduate of the Amsterdam University. He holds a degree in fiscal law.
John: ‘Tax guidance across the entire spectrum of transfer tax. This means that we mainly focus on real estate transactions (asset deals and share deals), project development, business succession and restructuring. For all these processes, we prefer to come on board at the earliest possible stage. We can then form a team with the initiator, his/her permanent tax specialist, accountant and/or notary, so that we can jointly shape the route to the goal.’
