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The VAT deadline isn't admin: It's Cash Flow

by Linda Pavan

Jan 19, 2026

Most small businesses don’t get into trouble because they can’t do the work. They get into trouble because the paperwork arrives at the wrong moment, right when cash is tight, a client is slow to pay,...

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An Order Confirmation Isn’t an Invoice and Your Administration Depends on Knowing the Difference

by Linda Pavan

Jan 16, 2026

Cash flow doesn’t collapse with a bang. It frays at the edges: a paid bill without the right document, a cost booked on “whatever was in the inbox,” a VAT return that looks fine until it’s questioned....

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Your Foreign Savings Account Isn’t “Separate” From Your Income Tax

by Linda Pavan

Jan 15, 2026

Small business owners live and die by predictability. Cash flow needs to be steady, invoices need to be paid, and admin should stay boring. A personal bank or investment account abroad sounds like a p...

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Cash above €3,000 is off the table, here is what changed

by Linda Pavan

Jan 14, 2026

From 1 January 2026, a very practical line has been drawn through Dutch business life: if you sell or buy goods as a professional trader, you may no longer accept or make a cash payment of €3,000 or m...

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The Provisional Tax Assessment: The Invoice You Didn’t Ask For, But Still Have to Manage

by Linda Pavan

Jan 13, 2026

In the coming weeks, many of you will find a new kind of “invoice” on the mat: the Belastingdienst is sending out the voorlopige aanslag for 2026. This isn’t noise. It lands right where small business...

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Don’t Lend on a Handshake With Your Own Company

by Linda Pavan

Jan 12, 2026

In small businesses, cash flow is not an abstract word. It’s invoices that arrive late, payroll that doesn’t wait, VAT that comes on time whether your clients do or not. So when someone asks for “a te...

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Dividend is not a payday: The BV test you can't skip

by Linda Pavan

Jan 9, 2026

In a BV, dividends don’t live in the abstract. They land right in the middle of cash flow, invoices you still need to collect, supplier trust, payroll dates, VAT turns, and that one unexpected bill th...

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Your BV Won’t Save You If You Don’t Run It Like a BV

by Linda Pavan

Jan 8, 2026

Most small business owners start a BV for the same down-to-earth reason: protection. If a client doesn’t pay, if a project goes wrong, if the market turns, you don’t want your private life dragged int...

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Minimum Tax for Multinationals, Maximum Ripples for Small Business

by Linda Pavan

Jan 7, 2026

You might read “147 countries agree on a minimum tax for multinationals” and think: not my world. But the moment governments adjust tax rules for the very top, the everyday business reality for the re...

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The one meeting that makes your BV's numbers "real"

by Linda Pavan

Jan 6, 2026

Every year I see the same pattern: invoices are sent, cash flow is watched like a hawk, and yet the annual accounts are treated as “something for later.” Until a bank asks for the vastgestelde jaarrek...

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The 2025 Balance sheet is not “Paperwork” It's your business in one page

by Linda Pavan

Jan 5, 2026

On the first days of a new fiscal year, most owners are already looking forward, new quotes, new projects, new invoices. But the quiet reality is that last year is still sitting in your cash flow and ...

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Add your company details on the bill or lose the VAT later

by Linda Pavan

Jan 2, 2026

In real business life, “admin” isn’t a separate activity. It’s cash flow, it’s reliable numbers, it’s trust, yours and the tax office’s. And it’s risk, not the dramatic kind, but the slow kind that sh...

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