What we help with
Open a service to see what it covers and when it matters most. Not sure where to start? A strategic consultation looks at everything at once.
A focused session in which we look at your residence status, work or business plans, taxes and paperwork together, and set out what to do, in which order and by when. You leave with clear next steps, whether you continue with us or not.
- You are planning a move and want the route right from day one
- You are near a milestone: five years of residence, the end of the expat scheme, a new job or a company
- Several questions overlap and you want one answer instead of four opinions
- Internationals planning or making a move
- Residents weighing a career or business change
- Freelancers and founders deciding on their next step
- Review of your status, income and plans
- Options compared across immigration, corporate and tax
- A written summary with priorities and deadlines
A residence route has long-term consequences for your career, your family, a future business and, eventually, permanent residence or Dutch citizenship. We assess your profile against every available route and build a path that holds up over the years, not only for the first application.
- Before you accept a job offer or start a business here
- When your current permit no longer fits your work or plans
- When you are approaching five years of residence
- When family members are joining you
- Tech and other skilled professionals
- Founders, freelancers and self-employed people
- Graduates of Dutch and top international universities
- US and Japanese citizens with treaty options
- Eligibility check across all relevant routes
- A route from first permit to permanent residence or citizenship
- Timing, documents and risks set out in advance
- Highly Skilled Migrant
- employment with a recognised sponsor
- EU Blue Card
- highly qualified work, EU mobility
- Start-up visa
- one year to launch with a facilitator
- Self-employed permit
- your own business in the Netherlands
- Orientation year
- a year to find work after graduating
- DAFT and Dutch-Japanese Trade Treaty
- self-employment for US and Japanese citizens
- Family members
- partners and children joining you
- Permanent residence
- after five years of lawful residence
- Naturalisation
- Dutch citizenship
We prepare, submit and follow up applications, extensions and changes of purpose with the IND, and keep the conditions of your permit in view while it runs, so a renewal or change never comes as a surprise.
- You have a job offer or plan to start your own business
- Your permit expires in the coming months
- Your employer, role, income or business changes
- You want to switch permits or move to permanent residence
- Employees and their family members
- Self-employed people and start-up founders
- Graduates using the orientation year
- Document checklist and review
- Application, extension or change of purpose
- Contact with the IND until a decision
- Reminders for renewals and conditions
- Highly Skilled Migrant
- employment with a recognised sponsor
- EU Blue Card
- highly qualified work, EU mobility
- Start-up visa
- one year to launch with a facilitator
- Self-employed permit
- your own business in the Netherlands
- Orientation year
- a year to find work after graduating
- DAFT and Dutch-Japanese Trade Treaty
- self-employment for US and Japanese citizens
- Family members
- partners and children joining you
- Permanent residence
- after five years of lawful residence
- Naturalisation
- Dutch citizenship
Sole proprietorship, partnership or BV: the legal form decides how you are taxed, how much risk you carry personally and how easily you can grow, raise money or bring in partners. We compare the options on your actual figures and plans and advise on the form that fits now and later.
- You are about to register with the KvK
- You start freelancing next to a job
- Your residence permit depends on how the business is set up
- You expect partners or investors
- New freelancers and consultants
- Start-up founders
- Holders of DAFT, self-employed or start-up permits
- Tax burden and liability compared per legal form
- Check against your permit conditions
- A recommendation with the reasoning in writing
Once the legal form is chosen, we set up the business in the right order: KvK registration, tax registrations, a holding and operating structure where it makes sense, and the administrative basics you need from the first invoice.
- You have decided to start a business
- You want a holding structure for future flexibility
- You are moving an existing business to the Netherlands
- Freelancers and founders
- Entrepreneurs relocating from abroad
- KvK registration and VAT number
- Holding and operating structure where relevant
- Coordination with notary and bank
- Bookkeeping and invoicing set up from day one
Dutch personal tax works in boxes, and the rules shift for internationals as they arrive, settle and sometimes leave. We plan ahead: what changes when the expat scheme ends, how savings and investments abroad are treated, and how to time decisions such as buying a home or starting a business.
- You arrive in or leave the Netherlands
- Your expat scheme is about to end
- You have income, savings or property in more than one country
- You plan a major financial decision
- Employees with or without the expat scheme
- Internationals with assets abroad
- Couples deciding on fiscal partnership
- Analysis of your current and future tax position
- Scenarios for upcoming decisions
- Clear advice on what to do, and when
We prepare and file your Dutch income tax return, including the M form for the year you arrive or leave, foreign income and assets, the expat scheme and fiscal partnership choices. Afterwards we check the assessment you receive.
- Your first or last year in the Netherlands
- You have foreign income, property or investments
- You have the expat scheme or a business next to your job
- You want an assessment checked
- Employees and their partners
- Freelancers and sole proprietors
- Director-shareholders of a BV
- Collection and review of your data
- Preparation and filing of the return
- Check of provisional and final assessments
- Objections when an assessment is wrong
Some situations do not fit a standard service: letters from the tax authority or the IND you do not understand, missed deadlines, back taxes, rules of two countries that seem to conflict. We establish what happened, what is at stake and what can still be fixed, then handle it with the authorities.
- You received a letter, fine or assessment you do not understand
- Deadlines were missed or returns were never filed
- Your permit and tax position no longer match
- Two countries both claim tax
- Anyone facing an urgent or tangled issue
- Fast assessment of the situation
- A recovery plan with priorities
- Objections, corrections and correspondence with authorities
A strategic session for founders and directors in which we look at structure, tax position, administration and international staff at once and agree on priorities. Most useful before a major decision, or when the company has grown faster than its set-up.
- You plan growth, investment or new shareholders
- The company has outgrown its original structure
- You want to hire from outside the EU
- You are considering a sale, restructuring or closure
- Founders and directors of BVs
- Freelancers considering incorporation
- Foreign companies entering the Netherlands
- Review of structure, tax, administration and staffing
- Options and their consequences compared
- A written action plan with priorities
We design and review the structure around your company: holding and operating companies, director salary and dividend policy, the participation exemption, fiscal unity and the timing of profit distributions. The aim is a business that is efficient today and ready for investment, succession or sale.
- You set up or reorganise a group of companies
- Profits grow and distributions need planning
- You prepare for investors, a merger or a sale
- You operate across borders
- Director-shareholders (DGA)
- Growing start-ups and scale-ups
- International groups with a Dutch entity
- Analysis of the current structure
- Holding and dividend strategy
- Director salary and remuneration planning
- Implementation with notary and tax authority
We incorporate your BV from start to finish: shareholder structure, articles of association, coordination with the notary, KvK and UBO registration, tax registrations and the business bank account, with each step explained along the way.
- You start a new company
- You set up a holding or a joint venture
- A foreign company needs a Dutch subsidiary
- Founders and co-founders
- Freelancers moving to a BV
- Foreign parent companies
- Shareholder structure and articles of association
- Notary coordination and deed of incorporation
- KvK, UBO and tax registrations
- Bank account and first administrative set-up
We keep your records up to date and file VAT returns, the corporate income tax return and other filings on time, with clear reporting so you always know where the company stands. Built for founders who would rather spend their time on the business.
- Your company is new and needs a reliable routine
- You no longer want to do it yourself
- Your current records are behind or unclear
- BVs and sole proprietorships
- Start-ups and small international companies
- Holding companies
- Bookkeeping and periodic reporting
- VAT returns
- Corporate income tax return and annual accounts
- Filing of annual accounts with the KvK
When the records have fallen behind or the tax authority is already involved, speed and structure matter. We rebuild the records, file what is missing, review assessments and fines, and handle objections and negotiations with the tax authority, including payment arrangements where needed.
- Returns were filed late or not at all
- You received estimated assessments or fines
- There is a dispute or audit with the tax authority
- A previous adviser left a backlog
- Companies with a backlog
- Directors facing assessments or penalties
- Rapid assessment and recovery plan
- Reconstruction of records and missing filings
- Objections, appeals and correspondence
- Payment arrangements
Moving from a sole proprietorship to a BV pays off at a certain level of profit and risk, and the way you convert matters. We calculate the right moment, choose between a tax-neutral and a taxable transfer of the business, and handle incorporation, contracts and registrations.
- Your profit has grown steadily
- You want to limit personal liability
- Clients or investors prefer a BV
- Your permit or contracts need a different set-up
- Freelancers and sole proprietors
- Consultants and IT contractors
- Break-even calculation
- Choice of conversion method
- Incorporation, transfer of contracts and registrations
Closing a company properly protects you from liability and tax surprises later. We guide the whole process: shareholder decision, final accounts and tax returns, settlement with creditors and deregistration, or a turbo liquidation when no assets are left.
- The company is no longer active
- You move your business abroad
- You restructure and no longer need an entity
- Dormant or completed companies
- Holding companies without activity
- Choice of liquidation route
- Final accounts and tax returns
- Deregistration from the KvK
The WBSO lowers the cost of research and development: employers pay less wage tax on R&D work, and self-employed founders get an extra deduction in income tax. Applications go to RVO in advance and need project records. We assess eligibility, write the applications and set up the records.
- You develop new software, products or processes
- You employ developers or engineers
- You are a self-employed founder doing R&D
- You plan R&D work for the coming period
- Tech start-ups and scale-ups
- Software and product companies
- Self-employed developers
- Eligibility and project assessment
- Applications to RVO
- Project records set up for checks
The EU Blue Card lets you hire highly qualified specialists from outside the EU without becoming a recognised sponsor. Since the 2024 changes, professionals can also qualify on relevant work experience instead of a degree. We check each candidate, prepare the application with you and the employee, and coordinate the arrival.
- You found a candidate outside the EU
- You hire IT specialists with experience but no degree
- Your company is not a recognised sponsor
- Start-ups and tech companies
- Employers hiring internationally for the first time
- Check of role, salary and candidate
- Application with the IND
- Arrival steps: registration, BSN and the expat scheme
Under the expat scheme, employers can pay part of the salary of staff recruited from abroad tax-free, for up to five years. The rules changed recently and change again from 2027. We check eligibility, file the joint application of employer and employee, and plan for the moment the scheme ends.
- You recruit someone from abroad
- An employee with the scheme changes employer
- The scheme is ending and the tax position changes
- Employers hiring internationally
- Employees recruited from abroad
- Eligibility and salary check
- Joint application to the tax authority
- Payroll implementation
- Planning for the end of the scheme
How we work
Immigration, corporate, tax and administration are usually handled by four different advisers who rarely talk to each other. At NLyzed they sit in one pair of hands.
A permit choice is checked against its tax effect. A company structure is checked against your residence conditions. Every deadline is checked against all of them. You explain your situation once and get one plan that holds together.
- › step 01/04Get in touchSend a request through the form, by email, WhatsApp or Telegram. A few lines about your situation are enough.
- › step 02/04Intro call or consultationFor a clear, single question, a short intro call is enough to agree on the approach. When several areas overlap, we start with a strategic consultation.
- › step 03/04One plan across disciplinesYou receive a plan in which the immigration, corporate, tax and admin steps fit together, with scope and timing agreed upfront.
- › step 04/04Press EnterWe carry it out: applications, registrations, filings and follow-up with the authorities, and we keep track of what comes next.
Led by Serge Graaf
› Founder & Managing Director
Serge holds a Master of Laws and has worked as a lawyer and adviser for more than fifteen years. Since 2019 he has guided internationals and their companies through Dutch immigration, business setup and tax.
He has advised several hundred private and corporate clients and personally set up more than fifty company structures in the Netherlands, from a single BV to complete groups with the infrastructure around them. His focus areas include start-up and self-employed permits, employment-based immigration and the EU Blue Card, corporate structuring, and tax compliance for entrepreneurs and private clients. At NLyzed he leads the office and every client engagement, bringing the legal, tax and business view together in one plan.
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