Freelancers and sole traders
Invoice fast, skip the VAT headache
You don't have time for admin between two jobs. You want to send an invoice and get back to work, without the VAT return catching up with you in the evening.
An invoice in under a minute
A quote becomes an invoice with one click, in your own house style from 6 templates, with nothing to retype.
Your VAT return is already prepared
Your bookkeeping fills itself in with every invoice, so your VAT return is ready whenever you need it.
A payment link included, paid faster
Every invoice gets a payment link via Stripe or Mollie, so clients can settle up straight away.
Frequently asked questions
How much time will my admin take?
An invoice takes under a minute, and at the end of the quarter the VAT return is already assembled. What is left is checking and sending.
Can I use the small business scheme?
Yes. With the Dutch KOR switched on, TelMaar charges no VAT and puts the right legal wording on your invoice.
What if a client does not pay?
The reminders go out on their own, firmer each time, and TelMaar works out which collection costs and statutory interest you may ask a business client for.
More about this work
- Income tax return for freelancers in the Netherlands: how it worksHow does the Dutch income tax return (IB) work as a freelancer? Profit from business, the hours criterion, the allowances and what you need to file.
- Scanning receipts: from till slip to books that add upHow do you scan receipts so they count for VAT and the retention obligation? What has to be legible, when the paper can go, and what commonly goes wrong.
- Invoicing without a Chamber of Commerce number: when is it allowed?Can you send an invoice without a KvK number in the Netherlands? When registration becomes mandatory, what belongs on the invoice, and how VAT works.
Work it out yourself
- Calculate your hourly rateStart from what you want to keep and work backwards. The dial that matters most is billable hours: you work more hours than you can invoice, and your rate has to carry the unpaid ones.
- Calculate VATConvert an amount excluding VAT to including, or the other way round. Watch the second direction: 21 percent of an amount that already contains the VAT is not the VAT.
- Invoice templateAn invoice has to carry certain details, otherwise your client cannot deduct the VAT. This template puts all of them in place.
- Calculate collection costsIf an invoice stays unpaid you may claim collection costs. How much is set by decree: fixed percentages over brackets, with a minimum of 40 euro and a maximum of 6.775 euro.
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