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Entries from January 2009

How to Live in Amsterdam on a Second Income

January 30th, 2009 · No Comments

OK the title is a little bit misleading because this could work equally well not just anywhere else in The Netherlands but also anywhere else in the world.
As you’ve been reading my blog (I hope you find it interesting!!) you may have noticed that I have spoken about some websites that I have created a.k.a. [...]

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Getting a 3G USB Stick In The Netherlands

January 23rd, 2009 · 208 Comments

As you probably already know from reading this blog, I make a little money from creating websites and converting visitors from those websites into traffic. A lot of people think that I am a “web designer” or running some kind of viagra spam scam! This could not be further from the truth – I create [...]

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Language Update – Colloquial Dutch

January 16th, 2009 · No Comments

I’m quite annoyed with my language progress so far. If you read my earlier post: Learning Dutch Update, then you’ll know that back in October I started making a really good effort and got about halfway through the Michel Thomas Dutch foundation course.
Unfortunately, I lost momentum and instead of resuming I intend to start from [...]

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Expatriate Tax Planning – Why Do Taxes Have To Be So Damn Complicated!

January 9th, 2009 · 497 Comments

Earlier in my Dutch Taxes post I mentioned a little about the Dutch tax system.
But I have another complication because I make a little money from my various websites. But most of this money comes from the US before it hits my UK bank account. And I’ll probably incorporate as a limited company in a [...]

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