Sometimes you come across a (sad) story in the media that get’s your attention. The reasons for the attention? Drama is usually part of it, as is money. Add some taxes in the mix and you have a great story[…]
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Tag: Taxes
How much do you need to retire in 2021
Ah September, the month parents get some peace and quiet as the kids go back to school. Road are getting busy again. It’s also the month we celebrate our blogiversary (the 5th!). But it’s also the month that the government[…]
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Death & Taxes
It’s been relatively quiet here lately, which has a very good reason: Death & Taxes. Recently my dad has passed away after being ill for a short period of time. It’s been a roller coaster ride, which ended with a[…]
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Get a pay increase for part-time work
How to get a pay increase for part-time work? It’s actually not that hard and it goes automatically in the Netherlands. The height of the pay increase does however depend on your income. How does this all work? Taxes! Those[…]
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How much do you need to retire in the Netherlands – 2020 update
It’s that time of year again for me to look forward and determine the new “early retirement numbers”. We do this for ourselves each year to find out what our new target wealth should be based on a 4% net[…]
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Dutch Real Estate: Box 1, 2 or 3?
With the proposed new tax laws for 2022, there are a lot of changes for real estate investing in the Netherlands. The primary conclusion is that owning real estate as of 2022 will be a lot more expensive, tax wise[…]
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Real Estate or Stocks & Bonds?
Yes, the whole 2022 tax thing is keeping me “entertained”. Thanks to all for the comments and feedback on my last three posts (including this one). Both the impact on (our) FIRE target(s) and on having Real Estate has given[…]
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Dutch Real Estate and Box 3 in 2022
Last week we’ve looked at what the newly proposed 2022 Box 3 (“wealth tax”) does to your FIRE plans. As you likely know we use real estate as part of our FIRE plans. What’s about to change on this front?[…]
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How a government can screw up your FIRE plans
Today a lesson from having fickle friends: Dutch politicians and the associated tax department. With the future stroke of a pen, they may make our lives (those whom strive for FIRE in the Netherlands) a whole lot more difficult. So[…]
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Should you buy a forest?
We had a discussion on slack the other day about air travel. As you all know, it’s one of the most polluting forms of travel. But also a fast way to get around and very convenient to cross big ponds.[…]
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Financial Independence Europe Podcast
If you want to hear me try to squeeze 2 hours into 30 minutes, you got to check this out! You might need to play this at 0.5x speed 😉 Financial Independence Europe Podcast A while back I got the[…]
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Dutch Real Estate: Taxation Options
Wait, don’t run away screaming because the posts title states “Taxation”. This one is interesting (for the Dutch at least)! As you might be aware, we currently have all our Real Estate being taxed in Box 3, to benefit from the[…]
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How Much Do You Need To Become Financially Independent in the Netherlands (Part 3)
Update December 2018: for the latest for 2019 version see here. (If you have read this post before, it is important to note that updates were made on October 10, 2016 as a result of various comments on this post. The main updates[…]
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Dutch Taxes – Part 6: Real Estate
We have previously covered the basics with regards to Dutch taxes, which you can find here. Real estate investing is, however, going to complicate things a bit further. However, it also provides some opportunities to lower you tax burden if[…]
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