Gaston Schul founded in 1947
In 1947, the Dutchman Gaston Schul started out as an exchange courier on the bus (later the train) from Roosendaal to Antwerp. At the time, there were long waiting hours at the border crossing from Wernhout to Wuustwezel (and vice versa). The result was that Gaston had regular contacts with customs and the drivers he met in the border café. It appeared the latter needed assistance to handle the customs formalities, which led to the idea to set up his own customs agency. Gaston Schul now engages in customs agency activities in the broadest sense of the word. In addition to clearing goods, we offer you the following services:
With its branches in the Rhine-Scheldt Delta in the West of the Netherlands Belgium and Germany, Gaston Schul is the biggest player.
On January 1st, 2006, Gaston Schul joined forces with the biggest customs agent in the East of the Netherlands: Jacob Meyer B.V. This company was founded in Amsterdam in 1845 and also occupies itself with customs logistics in the broadest sense of the word. Jacob Meijer can pride itself in a long and reliable history as a customs agent with its branches all along the German-Dutch border from North to South.
This amalgamation under the name Gaston Schul, results in a unique network of 16 offices located at logistically strategic intersections all over the Netherlands and Belgium., stretching from the port areas in the West all the way to the Eastern border. From the humble beginnings in the local café, Gaston Schul has now developed into the biggest leading independent customs agency. Gaston Schul employs more than 140 experts in customs agency activities and can look back on more than 160 years of experience!
The Gaston Schul Ruling
In the eighties, one of our customers imported a sports and pleasure yacht via our services, which he had bought in France from another private person. As they always did, the Dutch tax authorities levied 18% tax on the VAT on the sales price. But this was actually not correct, because the customer had imported the yacht not as an entrepreneur, which meant that the turnover tax levied on the import did not qualify for deduction or reimbursement and this results in the wrongful double levying of VAT! On May 5th, 1982, the Court of Justice eventually ruled in favour of Gaston Schul. Thanks to our company, private persons who make such a purchase now, no longer have to pay VAT twice. The ruling is now known in the customs code as the ‘Gaston Schul Ruling’.
