Linda Pavan From CEO to Con Artist: How One Man Turned His BV into a Personal ATM and a Mortgage Scam Machine CASE REFERENCE Judgment: Amsterdam Court, Criminal Division Date: June 19, 2025 Case numbers: 81/034780-22 (A) and 81/159304-24 (B) ECLI: NL:RBAMS:2025:4117 Penalty: €10,000 fine (or 85 days in prison... ES IT Linda Pavan NL TAX THIRD PARTY RISK Jul 10, 2025 LINDA PAVAN
Linda Pavan What Happens When Your €1,000 Holding Fee Gets Called Out for What It Really Is? THE MYTH OF THE €1,000 MANAGEMENT FEE For years, many small entrepreneurs in the Netherlands have operated through a structure that seemed clever on paper: a holding BV (owned personally) invoices a m... ES IT Linda Pavan NL TAX Jul 9, 2025 LINDA PAVAN
Linda Pavan What the Taxman Won’t Tell You When You Move Abroad as an Entrepreneur Let me tell you a story. A few years ago, a client, let’s call him Marco, called me from Portugal. He had just bought a villa on a hill, was sipping vinho verde, and wanted to “wrap things up in the N... ES IT Linda Pavan NL TAX Jul 4, 2025 LINDA PAVAN
Linda Pavan What No One Tells You About International Tax Treaties (Until You're F*cked) International tax treaties are not just for the Apples and Amazons of this world . If you’re running a one-person consulting firm in Breda and your client’s in Brussels, congratulations, you’re offici... ES IT Linda Pavan NL TAX Jul 3, 2025 LINDA PAVAN
Linda Pavan What Most Entrepreneurs Forget After Buying Green Tech And It’s Costing Them Thousands I’m not a fan of complicated tax talk. I like facts, stories, and clear instructions. So here’s one for you: Last year, a small Dutch company decided to install a heat pump. They wanted to go greener,... ES IT Linda Pavan NL TAX Jul 2, 2025 LINDA PAVAN
Linda Pavan What the Tax Office Won’t Tell You Before Slapping You with a VAT Bill As entrepreneurs, we often assume that "being heard" is part of any fair administrative process. Yet, in tax matters, especially around VAT (omzetbelasting), this isn’t always a given. Understanding w... Linda Pavan TAX Jun 25, 2025 LINDA PAVAN
Linda Pavan What Happens When Legal Protection Becomes a Mirage for Entrepreneurs? The NOB report "Knelpunten in Kaart 2025" delivers a blunt message: if you're a taxpayer in the Netherlands, especially an entrepreneur, you’re not standing on legal bedrock. You’re balancing on proce... Linda Pavan TAX Jun 20, 2025 LINDA PAVAN
Linda Pavan What Happens When the Taxman Fines You Without Proof? Let’s skip the sugarcoating. If you fine people, you better be damn sure who did what wrong, when, and why. Otherwise, you're not administering justice, you’re tossing darts in the dark and hoping one... Linda Pavan TAX Jun 18, 2025 LINDA PAVAN
Linda Pavan What If the Tax Office Owes You Money and You’ve Been Too Passive to Notice? A Step Toward Justice, Not Generosity On 12 June, the Dutch House of Representatives approved the Counter-Evidence Scheme Box 3 Act . It may sound like technical tax jargon, but its significance is an... Linda Pavan TAX Jun 16, 2025 LINDA PAVAN
Linda Pavan What Really Counts as a Business Asset for Investment Deduction in a BV? Let me tell you a quick story. Last year, a young entrepreneur came to me with a proud smile and a neat Excel list of all the things he had bought for his new BV. A laptop, a fancy espresso machine, e... Linda Pavan TAX Jun 13, 2025 LINDA PAVAN
Linda Pavan How the New Box 3 Tax Plan Threatens Your Wealth Without Touching Your Wallet It’s not easy to talk about Box 3 without triggering frustration. For years now, this part of the Dutch tax system has been a source of confusion, legal battles, and systemic failure. So when the outg... Linda Pavan TAX Jun 5, 2025 LINDA PAVAN
Linda Pavan Fall of the Schoof Cabinet: What’s Next for Fiscal Policy? As Head of Ledger and Tax Compliance at Xtroverso, I am not in the business of politics—but I do study its fiscal ripple effects with precision. The recent decision by PVV leader Geert Wilders to pull... Linda Pavan TAX Jun 4, 2025 LINDA PAVAN
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