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A digital-tax pig covered in app and user symbols is inspected in a tiled checkpoint. An X-ray reveals its belly full of gross revenue coins while a founder waits with the leash.

A digital-tax pig covered in app and user symbols is inspected in a tiled checkpoint. An X-ray reveals its belly full of gross revenue coins while a founder waits with the leash.

Ledger & Tax

Foreign Digital Tax Costs Depend on Design Before Deduction

Belastingdienst gives a useful Vpb answer, but the tax label still has to earn its place in the books.

byLinda Pavan Geraedts

July 9, 2026

A boardroom scene where two giant calendar pages occupy the directors’ chairs while a finance director presents them with a folder and managers wait with payroll and supplier papers.

A boardroom scene where two giant calendar pages occupy the directors’ chairs while a finance director presents them with a folder and managers wait with payroll and supplier papers.

Ledger & Tax

Corporate Tax Interest Returns to the Weekly Cash Conversation

A court correction can help liquidity, but the next surprise still starts with timing.

byLinda Pavan Geraedts

July 6, 2026

A terraced house leans because one drawer is missing from the filing-cabinet foundation beneath it, while financial and tax professionals inspect the damage.

A terraced house leans because one drawer is missing from the filing-cabinet foundation beneath it, while financial and tax professionals inspect the damage.

Compliance

Dutch Mortgage Relief Moves From Rate Question to Record Risk

The 2031 deadline is still years away, but old loan papers may decide tomorrow’s tax position.

byPaolo Maria Pavan

July 6, 2026

A small Dutch office is dominated by a giant wall calendar whose date squares act like cash drawers demanding money. A business owner and tax adviser look at it nervously while distant officials outside struggle with an unfinished

A small Dutch office is dominated by a giant wall calendar whose date squares act like cash drawers demanding money. A business owner and tax adviser look at it nervously while distant officials outside struggle with an unfinished

Ledger & Tax

Brussels Tax Plans Meet a Dutch Cash Calendar

The EU is still debating BEFIT and related tax files, but Dutch companies already live with 2026 rates.

byLinda Pavan Geraedts

July 4, 2026

A carpenter’s workshop is divided by a border line on the floor. Compliance officers measure and separate sawdust into two piles while the carpenter waits with a plank and a tiny broom.

A carpenter’s workshop is divided by a border line on the floor. Compliance officers measure and separate sawdust into two piles while the carpenter waits with a plank and a tiny broom.

Ledger & Tax

Cross-Border Entrepreneurs Must Split the Dutch Deduction More Carefully

The Dutch branch profit is only one slice of a wider business.

byLinda Pavan Geraedts

July 2, 2026

A private payout dressed like a retired saver is prevented from entering a cosy savings safe and is redirected by a tax clerk toward a line of payroll documents.

A private payout dressed like a retired saver is prevented from entering a cosy savings safe and is redirected by a tax clerk toward a line of payroll documents.

Ledger & Tax

Annuity Payouts Can Hit Income Tax When Savings Feel Safer

Old retirement products need contract evidence before Box 3 stories reach the tax return.

byLinda Pavan Geraedts

June 30, 2026

A small business owner stands at an institutional tax counter with a ghostly figure made of receipts. Behind the clerk is a neat row of miniature filing-cabinet houses and one empty mailbox. The clerk points to the mailbox while the ghost

A small business owner stands at an institutional tax counter with a ghostly figure made of receipts. Behind the clerk is a neat row of miniature filing-cabinet houses and one empty mailbox. The clerk points to the mailbox while the ghost

Ledger & Tax

Old Dutch Losses Do Not Pay Tomorrow’s Tax Bill

A Gelderland court signal shows why founders must keep loss claims alive while the assessment route.

byLinda Pavan Geraedts

June 26, 2026

A Dutch finance manager in a plain office watches a huge corporate document funnel suck up her ledger, binders, keys, piggy bank, and calendar from a tiny subsidiary workspace.

A Dutch finance manager in a plain office watches a huge corporate document funnel suck up her ledger, binders, keys, piggy bank, and calendar from a tiny subsidiary workspace.

Ledger & Tax

Dutch Minimum Tax Guidance Lands on Access, Data and Cash

For in-scope groups, Pillar Two is no longer distant policy. It is a June and August execution job.

byLinda Pavan Geraedts

June 26, 2026

A corporate sale meeting has turned into an archaeological dig inside a boardroom, with suited advisers excavating dusty tax documents from the floor while the founder watches uneasily.

A corporate sale meeting has turned into an archaeological dig inside a boardroom, with suited advisers excavating dusty tax documents from the floor while the founder watches uneasily.

Ledger & Tax

A Short Tax Ruling Shows How Long BV Memory Runs

A Hoge Raad closure turns old group debt, losses, and tax interest into present-day.

byLinda Pavan Geraedts

June 11, 2026

A restrained Dutch office scene: a founder, accountant and tax inspector at a boardroom table. A formal shareholder sits upright, a briefcase of cash sits on another chair, and a sweating risk-holder in a life vest sits on a third. The

A restrained Dutch office scene: a founder, accountant and tax inspector at a boardroom table. A formal shareholder sits upright, a briefcase of cash sits on another chair, and a sweating risk-holder in a life vest sits on a third. The

Ledger & Tax

Dividend Relief Is Moving Toward the Real Risk Holder

For small BVs, the dividend date matters less when cash, risk and tax relief part.

byLinda Pavan Geraedts

June 8, 2026