Xtroverso Knowledge: Dutch Tax & Compliance Insights

When Your Verzamelinkomen Finally Matters: A Small-Business Reality Check on the 2025 Tax Credit Change

by Linda Pavan

Feb 23, 2026 LINDA PAVAN

Small business owners know that the numbers we crunch on paper don’t always feel the same in our bank account. One of those quiet numbers is the general rebate the general tax credit that reduces what...

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by Laura De Troia

Feb 18, 2026 LAURA DE TROIA

When an employee says they need time off to care for a sick child or parent, your mind does not go to legislation. It goes to open projects, client expectations and whether this month’s invoices will ...

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File on Time or Carry the Risk Yourself

by Linda Pavan

Feb 18, 2026 LINDA PAVAN

For many small BVs, the annual accounts feel like something that lives with the accountant. Until the deadline passes. Then it becomes the director’s problem, personally. The rules around filing with ...

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When Is an Employee Truly Profitable?

by Laura De Troia

Feb 17, 2026 LAURA DE TROIA

The moment you consider hiring someone, the question is rarely philosophical. It is practical. Can I afford this? Will the revenue cover the salary? What will it do to my cash flow, my margins, my pea...

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by Linda Pavan

Feb 17, 2026 LINDA PAVAN

When a sole trader decides to convert into a BV, the question is rarely theoretical. It is about liability, contracts, continuity of clients, and above all: cash flow. If the conversion triggers tax o...

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by Laura De Troia

Feb 16, 2026 LAURA DE TROIA

When turnover rises, most entrepreneurs focus on VAT, staffing, and cash flow. Fewer look at their own salary. Yet for directors of a Dutch BV, that number, the gebruikelijk loon, or customary salary,...

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The Annual Accounts Are Not a Formality

by Linda Pavan

Feb 16, 2026 LINDA PAVAN

For many small business owners, the annual accounts feel like something that belongs to the accountant’s calendar, not to daily business reality. Yet the obligation for a CEO to prepare the annual sta...

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by Laura De Troia

Feb 13, 2026 LAURA DE TROIA

When a contract ends or a dismissal becomes unavoidable, most small business owners focus, understandably, on continuity. Who takes over the work? What happens to the client? What does this mean for c...

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by Linda Pavan

Feb 13, 2026 LINDA PAVAN

In small businesses, money often moves faster than paperwork. A transfer to cover VAT, a loan from the director to bridge a slow-paying client, an advance to a related company. On the bank statement i...

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by Linda Pavan

Feb 12, 2026 LINDA PAVAN

Every small business owner knows the feeling: invoices out, money in eventually. Cash flow is never abstract. It’s rent, salaries, suppliers, trust. And somewhere in that daily reality sits the tax pa...

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When “We’ll See” Is Not a Promise

by Laura De Troia

Feb 12, 2026 LAURA DE TROIA

Every small business owner knows this moment: a temporary contract is nearing its end, the numbers are tight, the workload uneven, and you’re still weighing whether someone truly fits. Meanwhile, the ...

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by Laura De Troia

Feb 11, 2026 LAURA DE TROIA

The moment an employee reports sick, everyday business reality kicks in. Work pauses, invoices wait, clients ask questions, and you start counting the cost. In the Netherlands, sickness is not just a ...

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