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Let’s face it: when you’re an expat entrepreneur in the Netherlands, taxes are like that mysterious guest at the party who shows up uninvited and insists on knowing everything about your personal life. You know you should pay attention to them, but sometimes, they’re just a little bit overwhelming. Expats love The Bookie .... and we love them!

Picture this: You’ve just moved to the Netherlands, you're juggling a new language, new culture, and the constant question of whether your bike is going to be stolen today. And on top of that, you’ve got taxes, VAT, and Dutch financial rules that might as well be written in hieroglyphics. Since we've started in 2015 we have helped hundreds of expats and non-Dutch entrepreneurs with their accounting. In order to give you an idea what we do, we will start sharing their experiences.

We are recognized by the Tax Authorities for Horizontal Supervision (Horizontaal Toezicht in Dutch). That’s cause for celebration. Celebration? Yes, for us and for our entrepreneurs. It means that, due to the high quality of our tax returns, we’ve been given more responsibility. Or actually, more decision-making power. Want to know what the advantages are for you? Read more.

The income tax return: a return that you have probably been filing for years, but perhaps still don't understand. We will discuss the most important themes in the near future. We start with the beginning of life: your child. Do you have one or more children? Then this will have consequences for your taxes.

Next Wednesday, November 22, the time has come: our Dutch (national) elections. Of course, your choice is not just a business one, but as an entrepreneur you probably want to know how politicians view topics such as taxation, self-employment or disability insurance. In this article we list a number of points that you have to deal with as a self-employed person.

As two-year-olds, we also regularly run into the most urgent question ever internally when our accountants explain the ups and downs of the Tax Authorities, returns and tax issues to us. Fortunately, every complex answer can be given a 'easy' explanation. Bookie Tim makes an effort. This time about when your tax return is filed.

"Wij zijn Tusky, een (lees: dé) punkrock band uit Utrecht! Wij timmeren en slopen onze weg al zes jaar lang door het brave Nederlandse muzieklandschap."

Op woensdag 4 april vindt er aansluitend op de Bookie Borrel van Q1 een voorlichtingsavond plaats over een alternatief voor een arbeidsongeschiktheidsverzekering. Ook een AOV, maar dan een Broodfonds.

Mathieu is een wervelwind aan energie, die zes jaar lang vol enthousiasme Speaker Verhuur Utrecht (SVU) runde. Met deze naar eigen zeggen uit de hand gelopen hobby verhuurde hij elektronische apparatuur voor feesten en partijen. Eind dit jaar sluit hij deze carrière met een knaller af door het ‘Imaginarium’-feest van Broei te voorzien van mooi geluid. En dan ligt er een toekomst voor hem open in zijn oude discipline: engineering.

De eerste Bookie Broodfonds bijeenkomst op 4 april was zo'n groot succes dat de groep ondernemers groot genoeg was om te starten.