[walshemj]

Why would you include corp taxes in that.

I looked at Amsterdam as a move and it was about the same as the UK and other European states, and as I have the max years in for the uk pension scheme I was temped to move to Holland to buildup a second pension there.

The lack of a VCT's, CGT exemption and taper relief is an issue for smaller investors - Seems to me that the ducth have a lot of german style Mittelstand companies and cgt/taxsystems is trageted at that .

and the 30% rule ie 30% of you salary is disregarded for 10 years for migrant workers is an amazing tax break(http://www.expatax.nl/30ruling.php#.UTnYdjfRqE8)

[mtrimpe]

Also, if you're Dutch, entrepreneurial and working in IT you will usually be a freelancer.

That means that you get to deduct expenses on working equipments, business lunches, hosting, travel costs, etc.

On top of that if you're in an innovative industry you'll get another €20k or so tax deduction (WBSO & RDA.)

In general that means that for innovative entrepreneurs it's fairly easy to get to an effective tax rate of about 10%.

[nirvana]

Ok, so you don't pay %50 on 1/3rd of your salary for 10 years. I wouldn't exactly call that "an amazing tax break". You're still paying way too much in taxes.

[walshemj]

um you do know how to calculate % do you this is effectively adding 30% tax free to the base you do not get taxed at 52% on all the rest you still have the tired tax rates as well as the 30%

And by that time id have moved back to the UK :-)

[ako]

Depends on what you get in return...