Months 12–9 before: the origin file
Every departure country has its exit chapter — assessments on latent gains, trailing rules, final returns. Open it first: valuations documented, deferrals mapped, the departure date chosen rather than discovered. The origin-country pages on this site carry the patterns; your home-country adviser prices the exact figures.
Months 9–6: the structure
The Dutch layer stands before you land: BV and holding formed remotely in two to three weeks (the route), banking on a prepared file, the ownership chart final — because restructuring after arrival meets rules that restructuring before simply misses: the target architecture.
Months 6–0: the household
Schools applied (a year ahead where possible), housing sequenced rent-then-buy, the registration afternoon booked — the full checklist: the 90-day sequence. The 30% ruling files with your first payroll; the arrival-regime landscape: the comparison.
Month 1 after: the review
Residence positions confirmed both sides, treaty tiebreaker read once, the salary-dividend mix set for year one — and the calendar quietly repeats each January.