Companies in the Netherlands
Business in the Netherlands offers many opportunities. Doing business in the Netherlands can have consequences for your social security and tax. It may also have consequences for your staff. If you want to operate as a self-employed entrepreneur in the Netherlands, you will have to deal with Dutch tax laws and the Dutch social security […]
Posting
If you are temporarily assigned abroad by your employer or if you work abroad temporarily as a self-employed person, it is possible to apply the social security legislation of your country of residence for a short period of time. This is called “postingâ€. To be eligible for a posting certificate as an employee, you must […]
Companies in Germany
If you want to work as a self-employed entrepreneur in Germany, you have to deal with German tax laws and the German social security system. Where you have to pay taxes depends on the individual case and is related to the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTA) that Germany and the Netherlands have concluded. If you […]
Business in the neighbouring country
Entrepreneurial activities abroad offer many opportunities. If you, as a self-employed person or entrepreneur, deploy your staff abroad or recruit foreign staff, this has consequences not only for you but also for your employees. This mainly concerns social security and tax. Companies in the Netherlands Companies in Germany
Sickness allowance
If you work in Germany and become ill, you are initially entitled to a maximum of 6 weeks’ continued payment of wages. If you are still ill after 6 weeks, you will receive a sickness allowance from your health insurance fund. Please note: If you are privately insured, you must take out daily sickness allowance […]
Health insurance, sickness allowance and nursing care
Insurance in the Netherlands If you work in the Netherlands, you are normally insured against medical costs in the Netherlands. For health insurance (Zorgverzekering), you register with a health insurance company (Zorgverzekeraar) in the Netherlands. You pay the contribution for this health insurance (only payment in kind) yourself from your net salary. In addition, your […]
Taxes
If you live in Germany and work in the Netherlands, you have to deal with both the Dutch and the German tax authorities. In Germany, this situation (working in the Netherlands) is about income tax and in the Netherlands it is about wage tax/income tax. The Netherlands and Germany have a double taxation agreement, and […]
Studies and part-time job
If you study in Germany and have a part-time job as a student in Germany, but continue to reside in the Netherlands, you are a cross-border worker. As a cross-border worker, you are subject to the social security system of the country in which you work, i.e. Germany. This means that you have to take […]
Sick note
The employee is obliged to notify their employer of the incapacity for work and its expected duration “as soon as possible”. If the incapacity for work lasts beyond the date first notified, the employee is obliged to submit a further sick note (follow-up certificate). The notification may be made in writing or orally. If the […]
Posting workers to the neighbouring country
People who live in Germany and work in the Netherlands or vice versa are granted the so-called status of cross-border worker. A cross-border worker (also cross-border commuter) is an employee or self-employed person who works in one EU Member State and lives in another EU Member State and returns there in principle every day or […]