IT freelancer taxes question

1. Where are you from?
2. Where did you work?
3. Is there a tax agreement between these countries?
4. Where did you currently pay your taxes?

And on a side-note: If you work in the Netherlands than it is your responsibility that your taxes are paid in a proper way, and not that of a company or another person. Even if your company makes mistakes than it is your problem.

And to be short: You live here, you work here, so you pay tax here.

My advice would be to find an expat financial specialist, this since you seem to have no clue on our tax system, or what you can deduct.

[ Bericht 33% gewijzigd door hottentot op 14-04-2016 14:06:20 ]

I think you can look up all the information you need on these websites:

http://www.belastingdiens(...)gdienst/individuals/

http://www.belastingdiens(...)_in_the_netherlands/

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Op donderdag 14 april 2016 14:19 schreef D.D.W. het volgende:
I think you can look up all the information you need on these websites:

http://www.belastingdiens(...)gdienst/individuals/

http://www.belastingdiens(...)_in_the_netherlands/

Problem with the Dutch system is all the extra rulings, all the different treaty's, all the different exceptions, and the many ways of all the different things you can deduct in a different way. Given that he's a freelance IT specialist, i'd estimate his income easily over ¤100.000,- meaning that the most efficient way of doing your taxes can easily save thousands. If he has all the papers nicely ordered than it's just a couple of hours for a financial specialist which would only cost him a couple of hundreds. And it would save him reading up on all the Dutch rulings, and numerous phone calls with Heerlen where most of the people on the phone really have no clue what they are doing (my own experience)

Dutch taxes are a complicated system compared to many other countries, which shows clearly in the fact that there's a huge bunch of Dutch people who in my opinion have very low understanding of it.

[ Bericht 3% gewijzigd door hottentot op 14-04-2016 14:41:50 ]

Yeah, you'll need to be more specific. Start by answering the questions asked above.
If you worked from home (so abroad) you're usually liable for taxes there.
If you worked on location it'll depend on a lot of things like having a permanent establishment or not.

But yeah, it really depends on your situation, the countries involved and the tax treaties between those countries.

I think this is a 419-type of scam.

Klaasned(erlands) vindt in het Engels communiceren interessant staan?

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Op donderdag 14 april 2016 16:59 schreef vaduz het volgende:
I think this is a 419-type of scam.

TS is from Australia instead of Nigeria

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Op donderdag 14 april 2016 17:47 schreef hottentot het volgende:

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TS is from Australia instead of Nigeria

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Op donderdag 14 april 2016 17:47 schreef vaduz het volgende:

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Gokje....

Daar is Envato begonnen, geen idee eigenlijk (ook niet het idee dat er nog meer info in dit topic gaat komen)

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Op vrijdag 15 april 2016 15:45 schreef KlaasNed het volgende:
I am currently in Netherlands, but I come from Norway. Sorry for my English actually, I am studying Dutch, but only as a beginner.
I have been doing my projects from Netherlands and submitting them to Envato (HQ in Australia).

Thank you for your replies. I'll check with Envato. I just thought someone had the same problem.

Instead of trusting a company who has different interests than you have i'd rather put my trust in a bookkeeper who works for you.

The company where I work, also do taxes for expats. If you can't find a solution, maybe you can contact a similar office for advice.

Unless Envato paid you on a Swiss of Cayman bank account, i guess you are screwed.

Did envato pay taxes for you in Australia, for previous work?