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Dutch diplomacy seems unable to accept that neutrality is an illusion, especially in the current geopolitical context with countries like the US, Russia, and Israel, which gives the Jetten government the opportunity to take action against the pressure on the International Criminal Court. #NederlandseDiplomatie #InternationaalRecht #Neutraliteit (translated)

Madelon Vos wrote that entrepreneurs, according to the CEO of DSM, needed a reliable government, but did not get one. She stated that Dutch politics trivialized the effects of the income tax in box 2 and the high rates in box 3, and that this policy severely affected entire sectors, including the Dutch crypto and precious metals sector with more than two million investors. Vos wrote that investors had to keep track of their real returns themselves, while some banks and brokers could not provide that data and the Tax Authority had not yet verified the calculations. According to her, investors would want to deduct inflation, transaction costs, currency costs, and subscription costs from that calculation. She also reported that the man who had been at the basis of the law had since advocated for the withdrawal of the amendment and the law and for a new piece of legislation. Furthermore, Vos pointed to the rising interest rates in France and the possible consequences of that for the Netherlands. She wondered if war was looming and wrote that the Netherlands was increasing pressure on Russia. https://t.co/X4T4ze43tV #ondernemen #beleggen #politiek (translated)

Julien De Wit wrote that a colleague had posted his testimony on LinkedIn and that he found it worth sharing. The self-employed individual mentioned that he had received chemotherapy with Taxotere and Cyclophosphamide three years earlier, followed by radiotherapy. A month after his last radiation treatment, he had returned to work, although his supervising doctor thought it was too soon according to him. He had quickly reduced his replacement income of about 40 euros per day. The colleague wrote that he worked as a self-employed individual without staff through a company and had no fixed salary, paid sick leave, or vacation pay. If he was sick or took a holiday, he earned nothing. With a full schedule ahead, he was afraid of getting sick this month, he wrote. He opposed what he considered to be negative perceptions of self-employed individuals with a management company and called for respect for the risks they themselves bore. https://t.co/JNrZ60Kq3n #zelfstandigen #ondernemen #respect (translated)

A balanced wealth tax is economically better, regardless of whether one desires a higher or lower tax burden, according to Marike Stellinga, who advocates for a tax system that encourages working and entrepreneurship instead of clever tax structures. #belastingstelsel #economischeongelijkheid #vermogenbelasting (translated)

Geert Noels wrote that the memo from Vooruit about management companies contained grotesque methodological and accounting errors according to him. He stated that newspapers and parties could easily expose this and said that entrepreneurs in the country were fair game. https://t.co/ErLtEX2K0E #managementvennootschappen #ondernemen #journalistiek (translated)

Jurgen Vluijmans wrote that he had read comments on articles about entrepreneurship and corporations. The familiar arguments stood out to him less than what he described as the strongly negative sentiment towards entrepreneurs in Belgium among people who do not run their own businesses. He stated that this was an observation, not a value judgment, and that the attitude shocked him because it was, in his opinion, much worse than he had expected. #ondernemen #Belgium #sentiment (translated)

Marianne Zwagerman wrote that Hugo de Jonge had ruined her business when he was the Minister of Health and later, as Minister of Housing, had again taken away a financial safety net with rental regulations. She said that entrepreneurs constantly had to adapt to changing government rules and stated that the government came up with new ways every day to take their money. Zwagerman described herself as someone who felt like she was being squeezed out by The Hague time and again. https://t.co/mB98wl1Nsu #ondernemen #beleid #overheid (translated)

The box 3 plan contains a harmful crypto gap. As a result, it is not fiscally neutral, acts as a competitor disturber, undermines entrepreneurs, incites undesirable behavior among investors, and causes unforeseen costs for citizens. But: recovery can be quick. 👇🧵 https://t.co/wMhByoQFjA #belasting #cryptovaluta #ondernemen (translated)

As an entrepreneur, you might have borrowed €700k from your holding in 2023 and used it to buy real estate in box 3 for your retirement. Selling is not possible because there is a tenant, and selling with a tenant results in a significant loss. In 2023, the limit was still €700k, so nothing was wrong. In 2024, it was reduced to €500k, and suddenly €200k of your loan was treated as dividends. That cost you over €50k in box 2 tax on money you never distributed. Now the limit will decrease by €80k each year starting in 2027 to €100k. Then you will pay around €20k per year for five years, totaling around €100k. And all that on your own borrowed money, for which you pay interest to your BV. Your BV pays corporate tax on that, and you also pay box 3 tax on those properties for your old age. What a country. #ondernemen #vastgoed #belasting (translated)

The high diesel prices due to the Iran war are causing growing discontent among Republicans, including candidates in deep red states, who are urging Donald Trump to take action because they fear that their voters will pay the price in the upcoming elections. #Trump #Dieselprijs #IranOorlog (translated)

We are indeed certain: tax increase on housing. Tax increase for entrepreneurs. Cancellation of the promised reduction in inheritance tax. They are completely unclear and there is no agreement on: reduction of government spending. Unfortunately indicative of the level of our governments at the moment. https://t.co/VBHJt7CCTS #belasting #overheid #ondernemen (translated)

Russia has sent a document to NATO in which the alliance is accused of escalating military activities and taking provocative actions around Kaliningrad. The main point in the document is the warning that if NATO attempts to isolate or block Kaliningrad, Moscow will respond with its "full arsenal" of available weapons. #NAVO #Rusland #Kaliningrad (translated)

No no, 36% profit tax on profits from 1000 euros and a maximum of 100,000 euros can be borrowed from one's own company instead of 500,000 euros. This means that many entrepreneurs who still have a debt with their own company will face huge problems if this is retroactive, because if there was a possibility to pay off that debt, it would have already happened. Many are currently in the middle of a multi-year plan to repay because the limit had already been lowered to 700,000 in 2023 and to 500,000 in 2024. These people have had to sell assets, often their own homes, to pay the owed taxes. And now they want to set that limit to 100,000 euros? That's fine for new loans from that date, but not retroactively, as that would be a death sentence for many entrepreneurs. #belasting #ondernemen #BV (translated)

Over the past few hours, I have been overwhelmed with messages from investors, entrepreneurs, and citizens who are completely fed up. Fed up with the reduction of the loan limit for entrepreneurs, which already went from 700,000 to 500,000 in 2023, and is now being reduced by 80% to 100,000. Fed up with the fact that the Ministry is single-handedly putting an end to crypto and physical gold. By taxing physical assets with wealth tax. For many, it feels like expropriation; they want to leave and are done with the ever-increasing taxes. It seems that @Minister_FIN @eelcoheinen knows very well what they are doing. Knowledge and wealth are leaving the Netherlands. #belastingen #ondernemen #cryptovaluta (translated)

Ruben Brekebeen, you have consciously signed for the capitulation of entrepreneurial Netherlands today. A massive capital flight is now underway, the damage is no longer conceivable. September 29, 2026: "A date which will live in infamy" for entrepreneurial Netherlands and for the @VVD #ondernemerschap #kapitaalvlucht #VVD (translated)

Europa handelt te traag en onvoldoende om het Internationaal Strafhof te beschermen tegen dreigende Amerikaanse sancties, en nationale regeringen moeten actie ondernemen om banken te ondersteunen in het behoud van hun financiële samenwerking met het hof. #InternationaalStrafhof #Trump #EuropeseUnie