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The 30% ruling for your foreign employees in the Netherlands
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Using and verifying VAT numbers
Leave schemes
Employing highly skilled migrants
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Avoid false self-employment
From 2025 stricter rules will apply. Read here what this means for you.
Coming to the Netherlands
Permits and visa
,
Living in the Netherlands
,
Information for employers
, …
Starting your business
Checklists for starting a business
,
Registering your business
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Choosing a business structure
, …
Running your business
Business taxes
,
VAT
,
Staff
,
International business
,
Business location
,
Insurance
,
Legal matters
, …
Finance and taxes
Funding and loans
,
Tax schemes and benefits
,
Subsidies
,
Webinar: Financing your business in the Netherlands
,
Prinsjesdag - Budget Day in the Netherlands
, …
Sector-specific
Hospitality
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Retail and wholesale
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Construction
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Transport
,
Financial services
, …
Ending your business
Closing down your business
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Financial problems and bankruptcy
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Selling or transferring your business
, …
Current
30% ruling explained
Highly skilled employees
The 30% ruling allows employers to reimburse highly skilled migrants for the costs of moving to the Netherlands. Read how the scheme works.
Glossary
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Incoterms®
International transport
Do you import or export goods? And do you want to lay down clear terms and conditions? Use an Incoterm®. Find out which one you and your supplier or client can use.
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10 December: Open day with partners
OnderNemerSplein Eindhoven
During the open day in Eindhoven, you can put your entrepreneurial questions to one or more expert advisers from the partners of OnderNemerSplein. Sign up in advance to reduce your waiting
time.
Finding a facilitator
Start-up information
Want to launch an innovative start-up? One of the conditions of the start-up residence permit is that you work together with a business mentor: a facilitator. Click for a list of recognised
facilitators.
Qredits Business school for statushouders
In-class training
Qredits offers training for statushouders who want to start a business in the Netherlands. Free of charge. You learn the what, how, and when in class over a 3-month period. A coach will help you. Click here for more information and to
register.
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Which taxes do you have to pay?
Information
Businesses have to pay taxes in the Netherlands: VAT, income tax, corporate tax, municipal taxes. Find out which taxes you have to pay.
Search the Business Register
KVK
Find out how to access the Dutch Business Register (Handelsregister) at the KVK website.
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