Yannis

Sorry for the late reply Ron. It's very hard for me to understand tax matters, but this sentence made it very clear for me! Thank you!

Sorry for the late reply and thank you for this distinction Joost! Makes a lot of sense this way!

I think my intentions were misunderstood. I m not looking for freebies, but I do want to do my own research before I hire a tax advisor so I can speed up some processes. I can't claim to be proficient in tax/legal matters, but any link to resources others find valuable should suffice and are definitely a point towards the right direction. Y

Hey Wigbolt! Thank you so much for your points! I will only be working minimal hours for the time being so I will definitely not make 20k on turnover/sales volume, by the end of this year. From my discussion with the KVK and the belastingdienst I understand that in the case that I (hopefully with more clients) surpass that, I need to immediately inform them and get taxed on the very service/item that surpasses the mark and from that point forward. I start small, but I don't intend to stay below 20k. I have been living in the Netherlands for the last 7 years and I do understand the struggles and cost of life and I also do have some personal capital to keep me afloat until I decide whether or not freelancing is for me. My main concern is to understand whether or not I should start working under KOR, especially in relation to VAT and the VAT exemptions it offers. Yannis

Thank you so much for the heads up. Is it really as bad as I think it is? Not being able to claim any VAT back? In the case that I don't go under the KOR scheme, what would be the legal/tax frame I would have to research to prepare myself?

Hello everyone! I am starting as a freelancer on the 1st of August (eenmanszaak). I have already contacted the KVK and have also had a chat with them over the possibility of going under the KOR scheme. I will most probably not be making more than €20,000 on the first fiscal year (with some chances that this might also happen on the 2nd year of my operations) so I am covered as far as that criterion is concerned. However, there are some things that haven't been made clear yet. I was hoping you could help me through the examples I have! a) I will be offering Marketing services to a company within the EU. In order to do so I will sometimes need to be extremely mobile, thus I need a laptop although I already have a PC. This laptop will be used entirely for business purposes. If I start freelancing under the KOR scheme that means that I would have to buy the laptop with VAT and that VAT will not be returned to me as a company expense (from what I gathered). b) It is a possibility that I am asked to book my own tickets and hotel/AirBnB rooms to the places I need to travel for work (still within the EU). Although not the rule, this could happen through personal funds which will later be reimbursed by the company to which I offer my services. How would I declare that this is not profit, but an actual reimbursement that won't count towards the €20,000 mark of the KOR scheme? c) I also plan to start a very small webshop (not drop-shipping) with most - if not all - of my raw material purchased from within the EU (Greece, Poland), but later sold locally, in the Netherlands; I already know I wouldn't have to pay VAT to these suppliers since the purchase is happening in between EU states. Although there are no real expenses I can think of locally, I am still very skeptical as to whether or not it would be justified to follow the KOR scheme. If I don't get tax returns/rebates because of KOR, then I also lose VAT relief from services and material I would need to source locally (most importantly: tax advisor, delivery costs, office supplies). What do you guys think? If something is not clear I am more than willing to elaborate further! Thank you so very much for your time! Yannis

Thanks Ron! I really appreciate the detailed breakdown!

Thank you so much Hans for the prompt and succinct reply!

Hello everybody, I am terribly sorry, but my Dutch is not good enough to inquire about something like this. So, I want to start an eenmanszaak, but I have three different ways of generating income as a freelancer, one of which will most probably be a small scale consumable goods online shop. This is important as the two sources won't really need a title/name for the business, but the third one, the online shop, will require it's own name and the branding that goes with it. So the question would be two-fold really: can I have more than one sources of income under the eenmanszaak scheme and would I be able to declare them as three different businesses? Thanks for your time! Yannis