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by mtrimpe 4848 days ago
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%.