When you are an employee in the Netherlands and you get sick, your salary continues: the law obliges your employer to pay you for up to two years. But when you are self-employed (ZZP’er), that safety net disappears. If you […]
When you become self-employed (ZZP’er) in the Netherlands, the part that causes the most apprehension is taxes. The good news: the Dutch system treats the self-employed quite well thanks to a series of deductions that reduce what you pay. The
If you are going to work for yourself in the Netherlands, your first official step is to register with the Chamber of Commerce (Kamer van Koophandel, KVK). This registration officially makes you a self-employed person (ZZP’er) and, surprisingly, it’s one
