Dutch collective labour agreement (CAO) - What do you need to know?

Are you wondering if there are collective labour agreements in place? Do you want to know how many holiday days you are entitled to? Are you hiring staff and are you wondering what labour conditions are applicable? For an answer to these and other questions you can consult your collective labour...

Founding a STAK and control over your B.V.

Do you want to give less authority to some individuals in your enterprise? Or do you want to prevent that your partner receives control over your enterprise in the case of a divorce? This is possible by founding a STAK (A foundation Administrative Office).

Spouses in divorce can sometimes be considered for the transitional law

The interest that you pay over your mortgage, can be deducted from your taxable income. Because of this you pay less income tax. This is the mortgage interest tax relief. 

Why start a private LLC (Dutch: B.V.) and what do you need to do when starting?

You want to start a business and you are thinking about doing this in the form of a B.V, or you have a sole proprietorship and want to convert this to a B.V. This article will explain what you need to do when starting a B.V.

The working and payments of the partner alimony

The partner who earns the most money  is obligated to pay his/her partner ‘partner alimony’. This is to prevent that one of the partners has no or an insufficient income.  With this financial distribution a few main rules apply. In the text below we further explain these rules. 

Legal separation: What does it really mean?

Spouses that no longer see a future together can choose to (temporarily) separate. Legal separation means that you want to live apart from each other. You then choose not to share a home anymore. This form of divorce is chosen less and less nowadays, because the law no longer obligates you to live...

Are you living together but not married? Read about the pros and cons of a cohabitation contract

A cohabitation contract is an agreement where you make arrangements about living together. You can have a cohabitation contract with several people at the same time.You can draw up a cohabitation contract together or let the notary draw it up. In some cases you can draw up a notarial...