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The unions and the management of GSK have established a timetable for future discussions on the announced massive restructuring, with three works councils scheduled for November and December, while the unions are considering taking action. #GSK #restructuration #syndicats (translated)

The Investor wrote that the Netherlands could only produce the next ASML if it accepted that the founder could become a billionaire. He referred to Constantijn van Oranje, who, according to him, had noted that startups were often embraced as long as they remained small and their founders did not become rich. According to The Investor, the Netherlands wanted to build global companies, but there was discomfort about the financial reward for entrepreneurs who had taken risks. He argued that those who had invested their own money, time, and security for years should be allowed to earn exceptionally if they succeeded. He also asked why a football player with a million-dollar contract was celebrated more easily than an entrepreneur who created thousands of jobs. #ondernemen #startups #innovatie (translated)

Max von Kreyfelt wrote in a column that Dutch bureaucracy, according to him, was slowing down the work of people who create things and maintained a large system of assessors, advisors, and task forces. He suggested that housing construction and entrepreneurship were facing more and more procedures, while shortages of skilled workers were being addressed with new task forces. He also wrote that citizens had to first demonstrate that they could survive financially before they were allowed to start a business, and that construction plans had to go through participation and policy procedures. He argued that people with the right contacts could navigate the system more easily and that mistakes made by officials were treated differently than those made by citizens. Those who asked questions were told, according to him, that trust in institutions needed to be restored, with a campaign funded by taxpayers. Von Kreyfelt referred to a warning from Ayn Rand and wrote that, in his view, the Netherlands was enabling fewer people to create things while more and more people were explaining why decisions were made carefully. He also mentioned that his collection was for sale and asked readers to support him. https://t.co/V2P6pFuNy1 #Nederland #overheid #ondernemen (translated)

Brussels urgently needs to take action to protect the European market more effectively against unfair competition from China, as current trade agreements are making few changes and the European industry is increasingly under pressure. #EuropeseUnie #Handelsbeleid #OneerlijkeConcurrentie (translated)

Mona Keijzer wrote that Jetten had asked her a year earlier to tell the 'honest story.' According to Keijzer, research showed that one third of the supply of social rental homes was needed for status holders and that migration between 2015 and 2024 was responsible for over 60 percent of the housing demand. She asked when Jetten would take action. https://t.co/ZLCnD4Xavj #woningnood #socialewoningbouw #migratie (translated)

The Court of Appeal for Trade and Industry has decided that an investigation must still be conducted into the whether or not unlawful docking of pigs' tails at three pig farmers, despite the earlier decision by the Secretary of State for Agriculture not to take further action. #varkensstaarten #dierenwelzijn #landbouw (translated)

Sander Sassen stated that entrepreneurs with debts to their own BV had not secretly funneled the borrowed money away, but had built it up from liquid assets that, according to him, had already been taxed. He wrote that for such loans, the same market-conform rules applied as for regular lenders and that they did not constitute free money, as repayment was mandatory. According to Sassen, the BV and the managing director-major shareholder had already paid taxes, and above the existing threshold of five hundred thousand, direct taxation in box 2 applied. Therefore, he believed that the loans did not provide an unfair advantage for entrepreneurs compared to those without their own business. Sassen warned that a reduction of the threshold to one hundred thousand retroactively would affect entrepreneurs who had already sold assets, sometimes their homes, to pay off debts after reductions in 2023 and 2024. According to him, they were often tied to long-term plans and could not repay more quickly. He stated that bankruptcies and job losses could be the consequence of this. Sassen also referred to the Dutch Association of Tax Advisors (NOB), which, according to him, anticipated a massacre among entrepreneurs who had reached their repayment threshold after the reductions in 2023 and 2024. He said that the proposal undermined existing agreements and urged politics not to further disadvantage entrepreneurs. #ondernemen #belasting #financiering (translated)

Dutch diplomacy seems unable to accept that neutrality is an illusion, especially in the current geopolitical context with countries like the US, Russia, and Israel, which gives the Jetten government the opportunity to take action against the pressure on the International Criminal Court. #NederlandseDiplomatie #InternationaalRecht #Neutraliteit (translated)

Madelon Vos wrote that entrepreneurs, according to the CEO of DSM, needed a reliable government, but did not get one. She stated that Dutch politics trivialized the effects of the income tax in box 2 and the high rates in box 3, and that this policy severely affected entire sectors, including the Dutch crypto and precious metals sector with more than two million investors. Vos wrote that investors had to keep track of their real returns themselves, while some banks and brokers could not provide that data and the Tax Authority had not yet verified the calculations. According to her, investors would want to deduct inflation, transaction costs, currency costs, and subscription costs from that calculation. She also reported that the man who had been at the basis of the law had since advocated for the withdrawal of the amendment and the law and for a new piece of legislation. Furthermore, Vos pointed to the rising interest rates in France and the possible consequences of that for the Netherlands. She wondered if war was looming and wrote that the Netherlands was increasing pressure on Russia. https://t.co/X4T4ze43tV #ondernemen #beleggen #politiek (translated)

Julien De Wit wrote that a colleague had posted his testimony on LinkedIn and that he found it worth sharing. The self-employed individual mentioned that he had received chemotherapy with Taxotere and Cyclophosphamide three years earlier, followed by radiotherapy. A month after his last radiation treatment, he had returned to work, although his supervising doctor thought it was too soon according to him. He had quickly reduced his replacement income of about 40 euros per day. The colleague wrote that he worked as a self-employed individual without staff through a company and had no fixed salary, paid sick leave, or vacation pay. If he was sick or took a holiday, he earned nothing. With a full schedule ahead, he was afraid of getting sick this month, he wrote. He opposed what he considered to be negative perceptions of self-employed individuals with a management company and called for respect for the risks they themselves bore. https://t.co/JNrZ60Kq3n #zelfstandigen #ondernemen #respect (translated)

A balanced wealth tax is economically better, regardless of whether one desires a higher or lower tax burden, according to Marike Stellinga, who advocates for a tax system that encourages working and entrepreneurship instead of clever tax structures. #belastingstelsel #economischeongelijkheid #vermogenbelasting (translated)

Geert Noels wrote that the memo from Vooruit about management companies contained grotesque methodological and accounting errors according to him. He stated that newspapers and parties could easily expose this and said that entrepreneurs in the country were fair game. https://t.co/ErLtEX2K0E #managementvennootschappen #ondernemen #journalistiek (translated)

Jurgen Vluijmans wrote that he had read comments on articles about entrepreneurship and corporations. The familiar arguments stood out to him less than what he described as the strongly negative sentiment towards entrepreneurs in Belgium among people who do not run their own businesses. He stated that this was an observation, not a value judgment, and that the attitude shocked him because it was, in his opinion, much worse than he had expected. #ondernemen #Belgium #sentiment (translated)

Marianne Zwagerman wrote that Hugo de Jonge had ruined her business when he was the Minister of Health and later, as Minister of Housing, had again taken away a financial safety net with rental regulations. She said that entrepreneurs constantly had to adapt to changing government rules and stated that the government came up with new ways every day to take their money. Zwagerman described herself as someone who felt like she was being squeezed out by The Hague time and again. https://t.co/mB98wl1Nsu #ondernemen #beleid #overheid (translated)

The box 3 plan contains a harmful crypto gap. As a result, it is not fiscally neutral, acts as a competitor disturber, undermines entrepreneurs, incites undesirable behavior among investors, and causes unforeseen costs for citizens. But: recovery can be quick. 👇🧵 https://t.co/wMhByoQFjA #belasting #cryptovaluta #ondernemen (translated)

As an entrepreneur, you might have borrowed €700k from your holding in 2023 and used it to buy real estate in box 3 for your retirement. Selling is not possible because there is a tenant, and selling with a tenant results in a significant loss. In 2023, the limit was still €700k, so nothing was wrong. In 2024, it was reduced to €500k, and suddenly €200k of your loan was treated as dividends. That cost you over €50k in box 2 tax on money you never distributed. Now the limit will decrease by €80k each year starting in 2027 to €100k. Then you will pay around €20k per year for five years, totaling around €100k. And all that on your own borrowed money, for which you pay interest to your BV. Your BV pays corporate tax on that, and you also pay box 3 tax on those properties for your old age. What a country. #ondernemen #vastgoed #belasting (translated)

The high diesel prices due to the Iran war are causing growing discontent among Republicans, including candidates in deep red states, who are urging Donald Trump to take action because they fear that their voters will pay the price in the upcoming elections. #Trump #Dieselprijs #IranOorlog (translated)