Linda Pavan From 2028, VAT on Imports Will No Longer Be Your Problem, But You Still Need to Know Why When Brussels moves, most micro-entrepreneurs roll their eyes. But the VAT reform adopted on 18 July 2025 by the EU Council is not just another bureaucratic wave, it’s a structural shift in how your w... ES IT Linda Pavan NL TAX Jul 29, 2025 LINDA PAVAN
Paolo Maria Pavan Your “Good Intentions” Are Killing Your Business When I was 18, I watched a baker scream at a boy for stealing bread. The boy didn’t cry. He just looked at the man and said, “You have shelves. I have hunger.” The baker replied, “And I have rules.” I... ES ESG IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE Jul 28, 2025 WISE
Paolo Maria Pavan Who Gets What? The Quiet Drift of Wealth in the Dutch Market Economy There are numbers you watch. Then there are numbers that watch you back. The Aiq , or Arbeidsinkomensquote , falls into the second category. This unassuming indicator tracks the share of income that f... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan Jul 28, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN
Linda Pavan VAT Fines Are Coming for You: Supreme Court Says 'I Didn’t Know' No Longer Counts When Ignorance Is Not an Excuse: The Supreme Court Has Spoken Let’s not sugarcoat it. On July 18, 2025, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands confirmed, loud and clear, that not knowing how VAT rules a... ES IT Linda Pavan NL TAX Jul 28, 2025 LINDA PAVAN
Paolo Maria Pavan Stop Babysitting Your Team The Coat That Was Never Returned When I was 24, I lent my best wool coat to a team member before his pitch. He forgot it on a train. He apologized, and I told him, “It’s not the coat. It’s what it mea... ES ESG IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE Jul 25, 2025 WISE
Paolo Maria Pavan Why the Dutch Are the Happiest Burnouts in Europe There’s a silent ledger that no accountant keeps, yet it tallies our days with relentless accuracy. On one side: hours worked, invoices issued, deadlines met. On the other: dinners missed, books unope... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE Jul 25, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN
Linda Pavan Your Co-Director Earns More? Congratulations, That’s Your New Salary Now. Executive Summary: If you own a micro or small business, especially a holding or a BV with multiple partners, the Dutch Tax Authority has clarified how the “usual wage” (gebruikelijk loon) for directo... ES IT Linda Pavan NL TAX Jul 25, 2025 LINDA PAVAN
Paolo Maria Pavan Role Separation in Micro-Companies In 2022, I watched a bakery in Utrecht lose its soul. Not its recipe. Not its clients. Its soul. The founder, warm, tireless, beloved, was the baker, the bookkeeper, the HR manager, the delivery drive... ES ESG IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE Jul 24, 2025 WISE
Paolo Maria Pavan Why Dutch Women Avoid Their Own Streets And CEOs Should Care Welcome to the Netherlands, land of gezelligheid, bikes, and... silent detours. You might think safety in your own neighborhood is a given, but for nearly half of the women aged 15 to 25 , that assump... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan Jul 24, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN
Linda Pavan Think You’re a Holding? Think Again: Dutch Court Slams ‘Certificate-Only’ BVs with Zero VAT Rights Why This Case Matters for Entrepreneurs Too often, founders and owners of micro and small companies set up a structure—think BV on top of BV, certificates instead of shares, management services done "... ES IT Linda Pavan NL TAX Jul 24, 2025 LINDA PAVAN
Paolo Maria Pavan Sustainable Starts with Restraint My grandfather never threw away string. Every time he opened a package, he’d untie the knots carefully, roll the twine around two fingers, and hang it on a nail in the shed. “Because one day,” he’d sa... ES ESG IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE Jul 23, 2025 WISE
Paolo Maria Pavan Why Dutch Consumer Confidence Is Still in the Gutter, Even When the News Pretends It’s Not Every number is a confession. Especially when it pretends to be neutral. Take this one: -32 . That’s where Dutch consumer confidence landed in July. Better than June’s -36, but still buried deep benea... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan Jul 23, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN
