by Mario van Teijlingen | Feb 7, 2025 | Articles
Financial markets have recently delivered two excellent years, encouraging many to start their investment journeys. New investors, inspired by personal dreams, financial goals, or even Fear of Missing Out (FOMO), often join conversations at the office coffee machine...
by Mario van Teijlingen | Dec 8, 2024 | Articles
In November, the annual “Pensioen3Daagse” campaign by Wijzer in Geldzaken reminds everyone working in the Netherlands to take stock of their retirement savings. This year’s focus highlighted a concerning disparity: the gender pension gap. Research...
by Mario van Teijlingen | Nov 14, 2024 | Articles
In June 2024, the Supreme Court issued several rulings on the way in which income from capital (box 3) is currently calculated. According to the ruling, the calculation violates the European Convention on Human Rights and only the real return on your assets may be...
by Mario van Teijlingen | Jul 3, 2024 | Articles
Recently, the Dutch Supreme Court invalidated a wealth tax bill that aimed to create a fairer system for taxing wealth. This decision has significant implications for financial planning, particularly for internationals living and working in the Netherlands. Background...
by Mario van Teijlingen | Jun 4, 2024 | Articles
Our client had a simple plan to finance the purchase of a beautiful, luxurious holiday home on the waterfront of one of our country’s famous lakes. In addition to using savings and part of their investments, repayments had created space between the mortgage...
by Mario van Teijlingen | Apr 8, 2024 | Articles
Your mortgage is one of the longest financial commitments you make. 30 years in most cases. Many people plan to make that obligation disappear completely by amortizing or repaying the loan. This is sometimes also “helped” by the disappearance of tax...
