Xtroverso Knowledge: Dutch Tax & Compliance Insights

Why Dutch CEOs Are Slamming the Brakes And What It Really Says About the Netherlands

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jun 23, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

The Numbers Don’t Lie, But They Rarely Tell the Whole Truth April 2025: investments in tangible fixed assets dropped 2.3% compared to a year earlier. That’s not just a stat, it’s a signal. And if you’...

DUTCH ECONOMY Paolo Maria Pavan

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jun 23, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

Let me be clear from the start: house prices rising again is not news. It’s ritual. What matters now is not what has gone up, but why and why now . In May 2025, Dutch owner-occupied homes were on aver...

DUTCH ECONOMY Paolo Maria Pavan REAL ESTATE

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jun 20, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

The AEX closed at ~929.5 today, retreating 0.5 % , and bringing the weekly drop to nearly 1.3 % . It was a subdued, corrective cadence, steady without turning bearish, but not confident enough to recl...

Paolo Maria Pavan TODAY'S MARKET PULSE

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jun 20, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

A Whisper Louder Than Despair The Netherlands blinked in June. Not quite hope, just a blink. Consumer confidence, as measured by CBS, nudged itself from -37 in May to -36 in June. A single point. A ro...

DUTCH ECONOMY Paolo Maria Pavan

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jun 19, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

The AEX closed on 909.30 , down 7.80 points or -0.85% , sliding beneath a key round number it hasn’t seen since mid‑May. Tone of the Day: Subdued Under Strain On surface, a modest drop. Beneath it, a ...

Paolo Maria Pavan TODAY'S MARKET PULSE

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jun 19, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

The Illusion of Value, the Certainty of Tax Here’s the headline: In 2025, the average WOZ value of Dutch homes is up 5%. That’s €398,000 on average, the benchmark figure municipalities use to calculat...

DUTCH ECONOMY Paolo Maria Pavan REAL ESTATE

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jun 19, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

May 2025 and apparently, nothing happened. That’s what the numbers would like us to believe. 3.8% unemployment , same as April. A tidy -2,000 drop in the number of people without work. 7,000 new jobs ...

DUTCH ECONOMY Paolo Maria Pavan

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jun 18, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

The AEX closed today at 917.10 , a slide of –3.53 points (–0.38%) on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. After several days of restrained shifts, today introduced a mild but unmistakeable drag, a sigh rather th...

Paolo Maria Pavan TODAY'S MARKET PULSE

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jun 17, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

A measured descent On Tuesday, June 17, 2025, the Amsterdam AEX Index closed at 920.63, marking a decline of 0.46% from the previous day. This modest dip suggests a market mood that is cautious yet co...

Paolo Maria Pavan TODAY'S MARKET PULSE

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jun 17, 2025 WISE

A Number Is Not a Trend, Until You Understand the Tension Behind It In 2024, 45% of Dutch adults declared they either didn’t drink alcohol or limited themselves to one glass per day. At first glance, ...

Paolo Maria Pavan WISE

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jun 17, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

A Tsunami of Industrial Investment Is Coming—But Will It Lift All Boats? According to CBS, Dutch industrial producers expect a 27% increase in investments for 2025. In absolute terms, that means billi...

DUTCH ECONOMY Paolo Maria Pavan

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jun 16, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

A Quarter Percent Climb Amid Global Convulsions Amsterdam's AEX Index closed today, 16 June 2025, at 924.93 , recording a daily gain of +2.31 points (+0.25%) . A statistical whisper, barely audible ov...

Paolo Maria Pavan TODAY'S MARKET PULSE