Linda Pavan Dutch Entrepreneurs Beware: Your ‘Dormant’ BV Could Trigger a VAT Nightmare (Even If You Do Nothing) For All Dutch Micro-Entrepreneurs: Your VAT Number Is Not a Toy Let’s cut straight to the chase: if you run a micro or small business in the Netherlands and you’ve ever thought, “Ah well, we’re just a... ES IT Linda Pavan NL TAX 4 Aug 2025 LINDA PAVAN
Paolo Maria Pavan Scalable Leadership: Hard Truths for Small Business Owners Years ago, I sat across from a baker in Utrecht whose croissants were the talk of the street, but whose staff turnover was the talk of his accountant. “They leave as soon as they learn the ropes,” he ... ES ESG IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE 1 Aug 2025 WISE
Paolo Maria Pavan Dutch Industry Is Flatlining, Here’s Why That Should Terrify (or Empower) Your Business Strategy The Calm That Should Make You Nervous It’s easy to miss danger when it doesn’t scream. The latest Dutch industrial price data doesn’t scream, it whispers. A tiny dip of 0.2% in June. Flat. Unremarkabl... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan 1 Aug 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN
Linda Pavan Tax Confidentiality in the Netherlands: Why Small Business Owners Should Care The quiet protection behind your tax return If you're a small business owner who does their taxes properly and I assume you are, you rely on a basic principle: the information you share with the Dutch... ES IT Linda Pavan NL TAX 1 Aug 2025 LINDA PAVAN
Paolo Maria Pavan Minimalism as Environmental Governance For micro and small business owners in the Netherlands, the term "environmental governance" often feels distant, like a policy manual written in someone else’s language. But it’s not. It’s about how y... ES ESG IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE 31 Jul 2025 WISE
Paolo Maria Pavan THE SHAKY STAGE OF STABILITY: What July 2025 Is Really Telling Dutch Entrepreneurs When the Cycle Speaks, Listen Carefully July 2025 didn't scream. It sighed. For anyone watching the Business Cycle Tracer from Statistics Netherlands (CBS), the story isn't in the numbers themselves—b... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan 31 Jul 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN
Linda Pavan Intent, Mistakes, and the Hand of Justice: What the Latest Dutch Supreme Court Ruling Means for Small Business Owners A wake-up call dressed in civility On July 18, 2025, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands issued a ruling that won’t make front-page headlines, but should keep every small business owner up at night. ... ES IT Linda Pavan NL TAX 31 Jul 2025 LINDA PAVAN
Paolo Maria Pavan Informal Power Still Needs Oversight In my early thirties, I worked with a Manifactur owner in Sondrio (IT) who swore his cousin “just helps with deliveries.” No contract. No payroll. No title. Yet every major decision, from hiring staff... ES ESG IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE 30 Jul 2025 WISE
Paolo Maria Pavan The Illusion of Stability: What the Labour Market Isn’t Telling You Let’s begin with a paradox. In the second quarter of 2025, the Dutch labour market appeared… calm. Vacancies fell by 7,000. Unemployed fell by 4,000. Jobs increased by 24,000. The magic number? For ev... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan 30 Jul 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN
Linda Pavan Too Late, Too Bad: Dutch Entrepreneurs Can No Longer Hide Behind ‘Voluntary’ Tax Fixes The UBS Case Isn’t Just About the Rich The Supreme Court ruling of July 18, 2025 (No. 23/04710) might seem like an exotic saga involving Swiss bank accounts, high-level appeals, and subtle legal doctr... ES IT Linda Pavan NL TAX 30 Jul 2025 LINDA PAVAN
Paolo Maria Pavan Team Size Doesn’t Equal Simplicity In 2018, I met a woman in Utrecht who ran a two-person catering business. She told me, “We’re just small, so we don’t need all that structure.” Two months later, her business shut down after a client ... ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE 29 Jul 2025 WISE
Paolo Maria Pavan The 43% Lie: Why Dutch Debt Isn’t as Safe as They Tell You The Number is Not the Message You’ve seen the headline: “Dutch public debt at 43.2% of GDP in Q1 2025,well below the EU limit of 60%.” So the system is healthy? Let’s slow down. In governance, as in l... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan 29 Jul 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN