Anyone contracting in the Netherlands or know about the tax system?

[m0n1k3r]

A bit weird. My last contract in the Netherlands was a 3 figure Euro hourly sum plus expenses and no tax needed to be paid there due to a tax agreement with Germany. Just some paperwork to prove I was resident in Germany and away I went. The contract was not bad and got on well with the Dutch guys and I've worked a few times since in Holland and had no problems...Everyone has a different experience

An A1 certificate and note more than 182 days in the Netherlands?

Foreigners can rely on the 30% ruling for some time.

Dutch residents have a number of tax deductions and incentives if registered as self-employed (far better than operating through a BV).

[Brussels Slumdog]

I love working in the Netherlands as the tax rates are lower than Belgium and Dutch is easier to understand than Flemish. Flemish is like trying to understand a drunk from Scotland at midnight. Don't forget that you will need private health care as well as your social security payments( like Switzerland)





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[Lance]

I love working in the Netherlands as the tax rates are lower than Belgium and Dutch is easier to understand than Flemish. Flemish is like trying to understand a drunk from Scotland at midnight. Don't forget that you will need private health care as well as your social security payments( like Switzerland)

surely your EHI card covers health?

[stek]

surely your EHI card covers health?

Only as a visitor, not when you become a worker, student or self-sufficient resident.

All the EHIC does is allows the local system to backcharge the NHS for any treatment you may have.

[rocktronAMP]

Only as a visitor, not when you become a worker, student or self-sufficient resident.

All the EHIC does is allows the local system to backcharge the NHS for any treatment you may have.

Hmmm ... this thread seems be a wee downer on contracting in Netherland.

I just had a 15 minute call from recruitment agent about a contract in Netherlands, who just banged on and on.

The rate was 75 Euro / Hour.

The contract length was 12 months.

The location is Amsterdam.

As a ball park, is this economic viable?

There was no talk of expenses, but relocation. An existing mortgage and plus I have feeling this is a punt by recruiters fishing for game at the start of the year. Why would they pay a Brit an exorbitant rate more than a local Dutch worker?

[rocktronAMP]

Hmmm ... this thread seems be a wee downer on contracting in Netherland.

I just had a 15 minute call from recruitment agent about a contract in Netherlands, who just banged on and on.

The rate was 75 Euro / Hour.

The contract length was 12 months.

The location is Amsterdam.

As a ball park, is this economic viable?

There was no talk of expenses, but relocation. An existing mortgage and plus I have feeling this is a punt by recruiters fishing for game at the start of the year. Why would they pay a Brit an exorbitant rate more than a local Dutch worker?

I will answer my own question.

(77Euro per hour * 37.5 working hours per week ) / 5 days = 577.50 Euro / day

Using XE.com, 1 EUR == 0.850803 GBP (on 3rd January 2017 at 19:09 GMT(!))

Therefore 490.913 GBP / day. Not nearly attractive, then when taking the living expenses of Amsterdam and with a living family back in the UK.

[aproto]

A bit weird. My last contract in the Netherlands was a 3 figure Euro hourly sum plus expenses and no tax needed to be paid there due to a tax agreement with Germany. Just some paperwork to prove I was resident in Germany and away I went. The contract was not bad and got on well with the Dutch guys and I've worked a few times since in Holland and had no problems...Everyone has a different experience

Hey darmstadt,

Would you please be so kind to tell me which form you had to fill in? Just a "VAR"?

I might soon find myself in the same situation (freelancer living and registered in Germany with gig in the Netherlands).

Cheers!

[tarbera]

really

I did a 6 month stint in NL during 2015. I opted for the route of using my own UK limited co, !

You do know that against dutch law, as you are taxed in Holland from day 1


anyhoo OP - give my old pay rolling company a call - for a bespoke solution

https://www.a2z-payrolling.com/freelancers

[jonballantine]

Michael Bailey

Hi,

I've been offered a contract in Amsterdam for 6 months, and understand I qualify for the 30% tax ruling. I've been given a break down of the expected salary etc and I've got a couple of questions that I thought I might get a clearer answer on here than from the recruitment agency.

The salary is based on 12 months which is fine and comes to €122200 for the year, that's fine, but then as part of the break down of payments I have to make, one is €21449 for income tax (no problems with that one), another is €9491 for Dutch NI premium and the other is Dutch employers social security which is €9945.

If anyone else is working over there, can you confirm that you pay these? I wondered if I could pay UK NI instead, so I paying my stamp here. I thought there was a dual NI treaty? And also should I be paying the Dutch Employers Social Security?

The figures come out Gross income €122200 and Net €77735, but if I put the gross figure into a Dutch tax calculator (thetax.nl) it shows income of €87,927 with paying Social Security and €95,745 without paying it.

The agency is Michael Bailey if anyone has used them? Any help would be appreciated, as it looks like I would be paying €10K-18K more than I should be.

Thanks in advance.

I am in a similar situation and am being offered a contract from Michael Bailey. The rates are similar to you and when I compare their net monthly offer using the Dutch Tax Calculator, there is a wide discrepancy. Did you have to pay "accounting fees"? I'm wondering if it is the Agency and not the Dutch tax laws driving down the gross.

[jonballantine]

Hi,

I've been offered a contract in Amsterdam for 6 months, and understand I qualify for the 30% tax ruling. I've been given a break down of the expected salary etc and I've got a couple of questions that I thought I might get a clearer answer on here than from the recruitment agency.

The salary is based on 12 months which is fine and comes to €122200 for the year, that's fine, but then as part of the break down of payments I have to make, one is €21449 for income tax (no problems with that one), another is €9491 for Dutch NI premium and the other is Dutch employers social security which is €9945.

If anyone else is working over there, can you confirm that you pay these? I wondered if I could pay UK NI instead, so I paying my stamp here. I thought there was a dual NI treaty? And also should I be paying the Dutch Employers Social Security?

The figures come out Gross income €122200 and Net €77735, but if I put the gross figure into a Dutch tax calculator (thetax.nl) it shows income of €87,927 with paying Social Security and €95,745 without paying it.

The agency is Michael Bailey if anyone has used them? Any help would be appreciated, as it looks like I would be paying €10K-18K more than I should be.

Thanks in advance.

How did this turn out? I was offered a similar contract by Michael Bailey and I am trying to figure out if the difference between Gross and Net is due to the Agency or the Dutch Tax laws. Similar to you, the Dutch Tax Calculator showed a much higher monthly net rate than was is being offered.