Xtroverso Knowledge: Dutch Tax & Compliance Insights

Retail’s Quiet Roar: What 3.3% in June Really Tells Us

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Aug 4, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

Not All Growth Is Equal, And Not All Decline Is A Crisis When the Dutch retail sector reports a 3.3% increase in turnover for June 2025 compared to the same month in 2024, many instinctively raise a g...

AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Aug 1, 2025 RISK INTELLIGENCE

Venezuela’s in the spotlight again, but not for the right reasons. The Netherlands has officially issued a Code Red travel warning for the South American nation. Not a “be careful” yellow. Not a “watc...

AUDIO ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan THIRD PARTY RISK

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Aug 1, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

The Calm That Should Make You Nervous It’s easy to miss danger when it doesn’t scream. The latest Dutch industrial price data doesn’t scream, it whispers. A tiny dip of 0.2% in June. Flat. Unremarkabl...

AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jul 31, 2025 RISK INTELLIGENCE

Four tables, a fireplace, a Louis Vuitton bag, and a black Mercedes. It sounds like the setup for a Netflix drama. But this is real life in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, where khachapuri is on the men...

AUDIO ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan THIRD PARTY RISK

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jul 31, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

When the Cycle Speaks, Listen Carefully July 2025 didn't scream. It sighed. For anyone watching the Business Cycle Tracer from Statistics Netherlands (CBS), the story isn't in the numbers themselves, ...

AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jul 30, 2025 RISK INTELLIGENCE

Something big just happened in the Dutch financial landscape. TMNL – that ambitious joint venture between ABN AMRO, ING, Rabobank, Triodos Bank, and De Volksbank, is pressing pause. Not because they f...

AML AUDIO ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jul 30, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

Let’s begin with a paradox. In the second quarter of 2025, the Dutch labour market appeared… calm. Vacancies fell by 7,000. Unemployed fell by 4,000. Jobs increased by 24,000. The magic number? For ev...

AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jul 29, 2025 RISK INTELLIGENCE

Customs fraud is no longer a faraway crime reserved for shady offshore importers. It could be riding right into your warehouse, on two wheels, from China, disguised as “metal parts.” This week, the Eu...

AUDIO ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan THIRD PARTY RISK

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jul 29, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

The Number is Not the Message You’ve seen the headline: “Dutch public debt at 43.2% of GDP in Q1 2025, well below the EU limit of 60%.” So the system is healthy? Let’s slow down. In governance, as in ...

AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jul 28, 2025 ASK PAOLO

Why vague payment terms make your invoice legally useless and how to fix it When a client doesn’t pay, the reflex is always the same: blame the client, blame the economy, blame the intern who sent the...

AUDIO COMPLIANCE ES IT LEGAL NL

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jul 28, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

There are numbers you watch. Then there are numbers that watch you back. The Aiq , or Arbeidsinkomensquote , falls into the second category. This unassuming indicator tracks the share of income that f...

AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jul 25, 2025 RISK INTELLIGENCE

Let’s get real. When you walk into a Louis Vuitton boutique in Amsterdam, you’re not just surrounded by soft leather and velvet ropes. You’re also stepping into one of the most tempting playgrounds fo...

AUDIO ES IT MONEY LAUNDERING NL Paolo Maria Pavan THIRD PARTY RISK