The NetherStart Partners Team for Launch, Tax and Permits

Daan Mulder

Launch and legal forms lead

Daan checks whether a founder's activity needs a KVK registration and which conditions each legal form sets. Daan prepares the documents a sole trader, a freelancer or two VOF partners take to their KVK appointment, and goes with them; the registration is theirs. For a first BV, Daan assembles the file the notary works from; the notary executes the deed.

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In practice	11 years on Dutch start-up files
Background	University of Amsterdam, law faculty (2014); then the starter desk of an Amsterdam business-services firm
Languages	Dutch (native), English, French
Office	Amsterdam
Prepares	Starting a business and its cost; the KVK registration and the BSN (citizen service number); the sole proprietorship (eenmanszaak), the freelancer (zzp'er) and the VOF, prepared for the founders' own KVK appointment; the CV (limited partnership) and the maatschap (a partnership of professionals); the first BV, prepared for the notary; the UBO register; a trade mark for a new brand; buying an existing BV (buyer-side assistance in a notarial share transfer); doing business in the Netherlands and the start-up ecosystem; online and food businesses; starting in Amsterdam; the business address and the virtual office, as a separate service
Reviews	The VAT, corporate tax, annual accounts, bookkeeping, payroll, tax advice and fiscal representation pages; the taxes of a zzp'er; the DAFT, start-up permit and self-employed permit pages; moving to the Netherlands as an entrepreneur

Pages Daan prepared

Our business address is a separate service: a client who takes it takes no other service from us. Daan also prepared its two pages:

Pages Daan reviewed

Noor Bakker

Tax, bookkeeping and payroll lead

Noor keeps the books and the VAT calendar of sole traders and new BVs. Noor prepares quarterly VAT returns, a zzp'er's income tax return and the return for the year of a move, a first-year BV's corporate income tax return and first annual accounts for filing, and runs a first employee's payroll as the client's payroll tax service provider.

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In practice	9 years on the first-year tax and books of Dutch starters
Background	Erasmus University Rotterdam, school of economics, fiscal economics (2016); then the starters' tax team of a Rotterdam bookkeeping firm
Languages	Dutch (native), English
Office	Amsterdam
Prepares	The taxes of a zzp'er; the VAT number, the VAT rates and the first VAT return; corporate income tax and the first annual accounts of a new BV; bookkeeping, annual accounts and VAT returns; payroll for the first employee; tax advice for the founder; arranging fiscal representation for an e-commerce importer; the 30 percent ruling
Reviews	The BV, sole proprietorship, freelancer, VOF and trade mark pages; the guides on the legal forms, the zzp status and the UBO register; the cost of starting; the business bank account and the bank account for a non-resident

Pages Noor prepared

Pages Noor reviewed

Lina Haddad

Founder permits and banking lead

Lina prepares DAFT, start-up and self-employed permit files; the applicant signs and the IND decides. For a founder who moves, Lina explains the order: the municipal (BRP) or non-resident (RNI) registration, the BSN, DigiD, then the KVK. For a new business account, Lina prepares the documents a bank, an e-money institution or a payment provider asks for; the bank decides.

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In practice	8 years on residence and onboarding files of founders who move
Background	Leiden University, law faculty, migration law track (2017); then the relocation desk of a The Hague expat-services firm
Languages	Arabic (native), Dutch (native), English
Office	Amsterdam
Prepares	The DAFT application (Dutch American Friendship Treaty) and DAFT business ideas; the start-up permit; the self-employed (freelance) permit; moving to the Netherlands as an entrepreneur; the business bank account; a bank account for a non-resident
Reviews	Starting in Amsterdam; the KVK and BSN guides; doing business in the Netherlands, the start-up ecosystem, online and food businesses; the 30 percent ruling; the business address and the virtual office

Pages Lina prepared

Pages Lina reviewed

Lina also reviewed the two pages of our business address, which is a separate service:

Who prepared and who reviewed each page

Every service page and guide on this site names the person who prepared it and a different person who reviewed it. The date beside the two names says when the page was last updated, and each name links to that person's card above.

Where our work stops

Only the owner registers a sole proprietorship at the KVK; we prepare and go along.
A Dutch notary executes the deed of a BV; we prepare the file.
The IND decides on a residence permit, and the applicant signs the application.
A bank decides whether to open an account, and no outcome is promised.
None of us is a lawyer (advocaat), a notary or an accountant.
None of us acts as a client's director or sells a company.

How to reach the team

None of the three publishes a personal email address or a direct line. Write to the team through the contact form, by email to info@starting-a-business-in-the-netherlands.com, or call +31 20 555 7777, Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 18:00, Amsterdam time. A founder who already knows what they need can fill in the onboarding questionnaire.