General Terms
Benning & Partners Belastingadviseurs
Filed with the court registry in the District of Amsterdam under reference number 117/2011.
- Benning & Partners Belastingadviseurs (‘Benning & Partners’) is an association of limited liability (practice) companies having its seat in Amsterdam.
- All assignments are exclusively accepted and executed by Benning & Partners Belastingadviseurs, under exclusion
of application of articles 7:404 and section 2 of article 7:407 of the Dutch Civil code.
- Any / all liability of Benning & Partners is limited to the amount of the professional liability insurance payment for
which there is entitlement in the specific instance increased with the excess (own risk/”eigen risico”) which has to
be carried by Benning & Partners in the specific instance.
- Benning & Partners can contract third party experts for the performance of work for a client. Benning & Partners is
not liable for defaults/failure of these third parties and is authorized –without prior permission from the client – to
accept limitation of liability terms as specified by these third party experts on behalf of the client.
- Contrary to statutory time limitations, all claims and other actionable rights against Benning & Partners as concern
work carried out by Benning & Partners expire after 1 year.
- All rights to protest regarding invoiced fees charged by Benning & Partners are forfeited 4 weeks after the date of
the respective invoice unless the client demonstrates that they were not aware of the existence of the respective
invoice and also provided that such subsequent protest is submitted with due promptness.
- Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the fee payable by the client is calculated on the basis of the hourly rate, as is
in principle fixed yearly, multiplied by the number of hours spent. A percentage of the fee can be added to the bill to
cover office costs.
- The client must pay the fee invoices of Benning & Partners as sent, within 15 days of the date of the respective
invoice. In the event of late payment, Benning & Partners reserves the right to charge interest at the statutory rate.
- The articles of these General Terms and Conditions apply to the members of the association of companies of
Benning & Partners, the directors of the respective practice companies and all those who currently work or have
worked for Benning & Partners.
- The legal relationship between Benning & Partners and the client is subject to Dutch law. All disagreements as may
pertain to this legal relationship are the exclusive jurisdiction of the Dutch courts.
- These General Terms and Conditions are binding as of the 1st of January 2012. For the period up until and
including the 31st of December 2011 the General Terms and Conditions as filed at the court in Utrecht under
number 02/161 are binding.
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