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Get 30% salary raise
If you are an expat working in Netherlands you can apply to get a tax reduction of 30%, that means you get a 30% raise on your salary. If you are working in the Netherlands, you may incur additional costs, the so-called extraterritorial costs . Your employer may select a free (unloaded) reimbursement for the extraterritorial expenses you incur.Also, your … Continue reading
Job Scam
Unfortunately there are many stories about people that are scammed while trying to find a job. Most of the times they are asked for money for jobs that do not exist, they are presented with something different from what they were told or in extreme cases slavery. Before i came to the Netherlands it was … Continue reading
Netherlands elections 2012
Netherlands Prime Minister and conservative-liberal party VVD leader, Mark Rutte, shows his delight ahead of his party’s victory in the Netherlands general election, September 12, 2012. Yes, that is write. The elections 2012 had passed. I follow with interest this elections to see how is going to be the future of the Netherlands, more taxes … Continue reading
Netherlands rated most unfriendly country for Expats
The Netherlands has been rated among the most unfriendliest countries in the world for expatriates by Forbes magazine, while Canada is rated the most friendliest country for expats. The US is rated fourth after Canada, Bermuda and South Africa by the US magazine which looked at the results of a recent HSBC Bank International’s Expat … Continue reading
Higher energy bills and increasing taxes
All households since past July are paying more for energy . Average the energy costs for households increased by 8 percent.For an average household, this means additional costs 160-170 euros. The reasons for the increase include the rise in gas prices and the austerity measures of the government. From July also the gas prices went up by about 8-10 … Continue reading
Largest greenhouses in the world
The Netherlands has some of the largest greenhouses in the world. Such is the scale of food production in the country that in 2000, greenhouses occupied 10,526 hectares, or 0.25% of the total land area of the Netherlands. Greenhouses began to be built in the Westeland area of the Netherlands in the mid-19th century. The addition … Continue reading
Scooters and bicycles thefts
; Where i leave in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, there is not that much violent crime, for what i can see. And for what i hear is like that in all Netherlands, but there is a crime that is increasing, the theft of scooters and bicycles. This is a photo of an Scooter that was putted on … Continue reading
Zwarte Cross Festival (‘Black MotoCross’)
Next week starts the biggest festival of music and not only in the Netherlands. This is the 16th edition. The Zwarte Cross Festival (‘Black MotoCross’) is a mixture of sports, music, camping and a series of bizarre stunts. It took several years before this festival this size and had become the largest music festival in … Continue reading
Piratebay bloqued
Good afternoon, to my amazement when trying to access the site of the pirate bay, I was redirected to a page that said my access was blocked by the court. At first I thought I only had blocked access to me by much the same but the visa is for everyone in the Netherlands. In … Continue reading
Noruega procura Engenheiros Portugueses
Bom dia, mais um País à procura de mão de obra qualificada Portuguesa. Para ver a notícia basta ir a este link. Boa sorte, obrigado, Sérgio
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