Quarter one: structure and status
The BV and holding stand remotely before the boxes are packed (the route); the residence route runs through the business; the 30%-ruling application files with the first payroll — 30% of salary tax-free in 2026, five-year term. Banking opens on a documented file: the services stack.
Quarter two: home and family
Rent first in the target neighbourhood — Zuid for the classic, Oud-West for the energy, Amstelveen for the international schools — then buy deliberately: the family home transfers at 2%: the buying guide. School applications went out in quarter one: the shortlist.
Quarter three: the business rhythm
Dutch board cadence documented, the Ltd–BV relationship priced and papered (the structure guide), first EU hires onto Dutch payroll — employer costs 25–30% on top of gross: the hiring guide and the EU-wide version.
Quarter four: the review
Salary-dividend mix set for year two, box 3 position planned, the substance file complete: the standard. By month twelve the London version of you would be jealous: same revenue, EU market open, school run by bicycle.