[jayvoordemensen]

How about you have the decency to pay the taxes our hight trust, safe, clean, universal health care providing government needs? Instead of living off of others, raising housing costs and saying 'like' all day long in our once friendly neighborhood bars?

[sokoloff]

If the Dutch government offers such an arrangement, shouldn’t someone presume they are offering it for a reason that Dutch politicians believe is in the country’s interests? (It reads to me as an arrangement wherein the Netherlands is able to tax 70% of someone’s income who might otherwise become a resident of a different country.)

[nyargh]

Like, its still a net positive for the dutch taxpayers my dutchbro. Like, your taxpayers didn't have to pay to raise and like educate this person for 12+ years and you get them in their peak economically productive years. And like, even with the tax breaks they're earning high wages in IT and paying plenty in taxes.

Like, if your government wasn't Hebben Een Serieus Probleem in the middle of their wildly racist meltdown right now, you could, like, petition them to solve real problems for your countrymen.

But like, way eaier to whine on the internet.

[CalRobert]

For what it's worth I'm often on r/Netherlands pointing out that the 30% ruling is unfair to Dutchies and downvoted to oblivion for saying it.

It would be kinda weird to have the 30% ruling available and then get mad at someone for taking it. For what it's worth, I think it's insane that people get to claim gigantic, child-crushing Dodge Rams as a business expense and pay almost zero tax, but I don't blame the truck owners, I just think those laws are stupid.

If it helps, though, I brought my job here with me, I barely go to bars because I have two young children, I don't say "like" much, and the Netherlands has horrendous demographics and probably benefits from someone who came here with kids, brought a job with them, lives car free, and has a strong desire to integrate. It would help if country built enough housing though. Funny enough, though, my landlords emigrated to my home country (the US), so I guess it's a wash when it comes to housing.

[jayvoordemensen]

Fair points, from other commenters as well. Being a bit too blunt here maybe.

But still: starting a BV, appointing yourself, with the sole purpose of 30% tax reduction may be by the law, but it's also bending the idea of the law. So legal, but moral? It was meant for employees of proper businesses, with offices and other employees, paying taxes like we all do AND hire fine people like yourself. Not for private persons starting one person LLCs. But hey, hoop dat je blijft hangen, wat de wet ook gaat doen.

[CalRobert]

We intend to stay, we moved here so our daughters could bike to school.

For what it's worth I briefly had an Irish and a Dutch company but never attempted any base erosion or profit shifting!