Partner to nursing home? Single AOW (state pension), yes or no?

Are you married or cohabiting in The Netherlands and is your partner going to a nursing home? Then you will receive a letter from the Social Insurance Bank (SVB) in which you can make the choice to convert a married/partnership state pension (in Dutch: AOW) to a single AOW. This seems attractive: a...

Closing your sole proprietorship? Check the arrangements this requires.

Disappointing results, a new career, retirement, rising costs or a changing legal form: there are plenty of reasons to stop when you are self-employed. Whatever the reason, if you are closing your sole proprietorship, there is quite a bit involved. In this text you can read what you need to arrange.

Building up a pension as an entrepreneur in The Netherlands?

Building up a pension as an entrepreneur in The Netherlands? These are the actual costs of an annuity policy

Annuity: an honest overview of the advantages and disadvantages

If you are an entrepreneur and want to build up a pension, you have to arrange this yourself. The most common way is to do this through an annuity policy. You can arrange this through insurers, banks or investment institutions. There are a number of advantages and disadvantages associated with this...

Overview support measures corona fourth quarter 2021

Overview support measures corona fourth quarter 2021

STAP-budget: subsidy on educational expenses 

As of 2022 the option to receive deduction on the Dutch income tax for educational expenses expires. Instead, you can apply for a subsidy of a maximum of € 1.000 for education and development. With this new so-called STAP-budget, the government wants to make it easier to undergo schooling, training...

Zero emission zones 2025

Dutch municipalities, parties from the transport sector and the Dutch State Secretary for infrastructure Veldhoven, signed the executive agenda for city logistics in February 2021. In this agenda, they all agreed that cities in The Netherlands, starting in 2025, will have a zero emission policy in...

Fiscal benefits for entrepreneurs in the income tax

In the Netherlands there are various deductibles, exemptions and other regulations with which the government offers fiscal benefits to entrepreneurs. The question remains, in what situation are you eligible for what? Lexlupa will list the foremost fiscal benefits for entrepreneurs in this article....

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