Xtroverso Knowledge: Dutch Tax & Compliance Insights

by Paolo Maria Pavan

The Dignity of the Written Word When I was a child, my grandfather, an old Engineer with ink-stained fingers, once told me: “What is not written is not real.” At the time, it felt too severe. Why shou...

ES ESG IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE

Jul 15, 2025 WISE

Why the Netherlands Is Keeping Dead Companies Alive (And Pretending It's a Recovery)

by Paolo Maria Pavan

The Surface Story: Numbers that Reassure June 2025: 313 companies were declared bankrupt in the Netherlands. That’s an 18% drop compared to the same month a year earlier. The bankruptcy rate sits at 8...

AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan

Jul 15, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

Terrorism Isn’t at the Border. It’s in Your Wi-Fi.

by Paolo Maria Pavan

XTROVERSO RISK INTELLIGENCE UNIT – REPORTING COMMENTARY Topic: EU Terrorism Trends 2024 (Source: Europol TE-SAT 2025 ) Audience: CEOs, Directors, Risk & Compliance Leads of Dutch Micro and Small Enter...

ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan THIRD PARTY RISK

Jul 15, 2025 RISK INTELLIGENCE

What Happens When Your Supplier Cheats? You Pay Twice.

by Linda Pavan

Not Just for Big Players If you think VAT fraud is a distant, high-level concern, let this case serve as your wake-up call. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has made it painfully clear: even micro ...

ES IT Linda Pavan NL TAX

Jul 15, 2025 LINDA PAVAN

Why Founders Must Govern Themselves First

by Paolo Maria Pavan

The Lesson Beneath the Silence When Noostech came to an end in the aftermath of COVID, it wasn’t just a company that closed. It was a moment suspended in time, complex, painful, and intimate. A chapte...

ES ESG IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE

Jul 14, 2025 WISE

Why Your Business Is Clapping for 0.5% Growth Like It's a Win, And Why That Should Scare You

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Exports Up 0.5%. Should We Celebrate? May 2025. The Dutch export machine, once an iron heartbeat of Europe, managed a whisper of growth: just +0.5% in volume (corrected for working days) compared to M...

AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan

Jul 14, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

What Tax Advisors Won’t Tell You About That iShares Case And Why Your Small Dutch Business Is Next

by Linda Pavan

A Tax Case That Isn’t Just for the Big Funds You might think a European tax case involving iShares and Spanish dividend withholding has little to do with your small business in Rotterdam, Haarlem, or ...

ES IT Linda Pavan NL TAX

Jul 14, 2025 LINDA PAVAN

The Contract You Never Signed Will Still Be Used Against You

by Francesco Cattaneo

Welcome to the Court of “But We Agreed…” In business, a signature is not always needed to get you into trouble. Sometimes all it takes is a phone call, a nod on Zoom, or a “sure, let’s go” on WhatsApp...

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Jul 14, 2025 FRANCESCO CATTANEO

The Ethics of Letting Someone Go

by Paolo Maria Pavan

I. The Uncomfortable Question We All Avoid Let me begin not with numbers, but with a memory. It was early spring, Amsterdam still grey. I had just signed off on a termination notice, an act I had post...

ES ESG IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE

Jul 11, 2025 WISE

Crypto is the New Cocaine: Why EU Watchdogs Are Coming for Your Wallet

by Paolo Maria Pavan

What Strasbourg Tells Us About the Future of Compliance for Small Enterprises in NL Welcome to the shadowlands of finance, where code is law and your accountant might need a hacker as a sidekick. Whil...

ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan THIRD PARTY RISK

Jul 11, 2025 RISK INTELLIGENCE

Why That Quiet 1.1% Jump in Spending Is the Wake-Up Call Smart Entrepreneurs Needed

by Paolo Maria Pavan

A Modest Number with a Loud Signal When CBS tells us that Dutch households spent 1.1% more in May 2025 than in May 2024, most executives raise an eyebrow, then move on. Too small to celebrate, too gre...

DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan

Jul 11, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

What the Hell Happens When You Liquidate Your BV and Think the Taxman Will Feel Sorry for You?

by Linda Pavan

A Sobering Truth for Micro and Small Business Owners Let me start with a hard fact, no dressing it up: if you’re the proud owner of a micro or small business structured with a holding and an operation...

ES IT Linda Pavan NL TAX

Jul 11, 2025 LINDA PAVAN

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