Get Your Finances Ready for 2020
You must know that feeling of losing control over your finances, or – less dramatically – not exactly knowing where you stand financially.
Corporate & Business Tax in the Netherlands
As an expat, you might want to start your own business in The Netherlands. Starting a business is an adventure you do not want to miss. Setting up a business in The Netherlands starts with choices regarding the type of business entity you may want to use for starting your business.
What to Do With Your 401k When Moving Abroad? Here are Some Options
Moving abroad brings with it a long and complicated list of challenges. But financial ones are the most important to get right. What, for example, can an American expat do with their 401(k) retirement plan? Thankfully, there are some options.
Banking in the Netherlands
No matter what country you’re moving from, the Netherlands is sure to have a very different banking system than you’re used to. This is especially challenging when not every bank is the same with their offerings, requirements, fees, and languages (or any other aspect of banking like credit cards) that you’re likely to encounter at…
A Guide to the Cost of Living in the Netherlands
What is the cost of living in the Netherlands? Before moving, it’s a good idea to determine whether you can afford to live here! You may have heard already about Dutch Healthcare and Utilities, but what about bread or beer? Of course, much of these costs depend on where you live in the Netherlands and…
bunq: the most advanced bank for expats
As an expat, you’re fully aware of how integrated and honestly, small the world is. Moving your whole life halfway around the world is now a piece of cake, but with their fixed locations, restrictive opening hours, and outdated rules and requirements, banks haven’t quite caught up yet. Thankfully, there’s a bank that’s perfectly tailored…
Financial Education: 8 Tips to Teach Your Kids How to Manage Money
Beacon Financial Education was created with the purpose of providing individuals with the information they need for financial control, stability, and simplicity. Educating yourself and making sure you know what’s going on in the “world of finance” is also a good way of showing your children how to acquire and maintain financial health. Here, BFE…
How to Financially Prepare for Your Children’s Future
Baby on the way? Congrats! This is an exciting and also somewhat overwhelming time. Being pregnant in a foreign country, with different customs when it comes to childbirth and raising children, information and assistance in another language. Yes indeed, becoming parents takes a lot of preparing, both emotionally, practically as well as financially. Beacon Financial…
Why Do the Tax People in the Netherlands Get Money Out of My Employment?
There is a whole list of premiums listed on my payslip. What do they all mean? In case of sickness, unemployment, or pregnancy, you will still receive income in the Netherlands. How does that work? Does your employer pay it? Do you pay it? And why can’t you elect to get this extra amount in…
Best Way to Transfer Money to a Dutch Bank Account?
Want to transfer money to (or from) a Dutch bank account or to friends, co-workers, or family overseas? Just know that the response isn’t “there’s an app for that,” so much as “which app do I use?” That’s because there’s a whole array of money transfer companies that specialize in moving money digitally, on a…