Your First 6 Months After DAFT: The Practical Setup That Keeps You Compliant DAFT is DIY friendly. The painful part is not the application. The painful part is what happens after approval, when you have to build a working system across address registration, business registration, taxes, and admin. If you do the basics in the…
Municipality registration (BRP) Last updated: 4 February 2026 Why this matters: registering in the Personal Records Database (BRP) is what unlocks your Dutch “life admin” stack: BSN, DigiD, health insurance, bank onboarding, and many municipal services. For DAFT, treat BRP registration as a day‑one infrastructure task. BRP/BSN edge cases (briefadres, landlord refusal, family docs) Quick…
BSN Last updated: 4 February 2026 Start Here · Checklist · BRP registration · DigiD The BSN (Burgerservicenummer) is your Dutch citizen service number. You use it for many government interactions and a lot of “everyday systems” (health insurance, healthcare providers, childcare, employer payroll, and often bank KYC steps). For most people moving to the…
Monitored sources & official links (what we watch) Last updated: 2026-01-31. This is the “watch list” that drives change detection and human review. Contents · FAQ · Worked examples The wiki stays accurate by monitoring authoritative sources and treating everything else as either “variance” or “context.” Where to manage this: WP Admin → DAFT Wiki…
Wiki changelog (major content milestones) Last updated: 2026-01-31. This page tracks major wiki updates so you can answer: “what changed, when, and why?” Contents · FAQ · Worked examples This wiki is maintained via incremental content packs and periodic snapshots. Use this changelog as your “high-signal” history (not every typo fix). Recent milestones Date Version…
Coverage certificates (A1/S1): what they are, when they apply, and what to keep Last updated: 2026-01-31. Practical guidance only (not legal/tax advice). Social security coordination is fact‑specific—verify with the relevant authority. Contents · FAQ · Worked examples Common entry points: Social security & pensions · Insurance · Health insurance “Coverage certificates” usually refers to official…
Income tax boxes & provisional assessments Last updated: 2026-02-02 Start Here · Checklist · Taxes hub In one line: In the Netherlands your personal income is taxed in “boxes” (Box 1/2/3). A provisional assessment (“voorlopige aanslag”) is a way to pay (or receive) an estimate of that tax during the year so you don’t get…
Worked example: GP registration attempt log (scripts + escalation) Last updated: 2026-01-26. This wiki is educational and practical guidance only (not legal, tax, medical, or financial advice). Always verify critical requirements on official sources (IND, Government.nl, KvK, Belastingdienst/Toeslagen, SVB, your municipality, RDW, NVWA, and Customs/Douane). Goal: find a huisarts (GP) and keep a simple “attempt…
Closing or pausing the business (DAFT-safe playbook) Last updated: 2026-01-28. This wiki is educational and practical guidance only (not legal, tax, medical, or financial advice). Rules can change and vary by situation. Verify critical requirements on official sources (IND, Government.nl, KvK, Business.gov.nl, Belastingdienst/Toeslagen, SVB, your municipality, RDW, Douane, and relevant regulators). Pausing or closing a…
Correspondence address (stop missing letters — the #1 hidden DAFT failure mode) Last updated: 2026-01-28. This wiki is educational and practical guidance only (not legal, tax, medical, or financial advice). Rules can change and vary by situation. Verify critical requirements on official sources (IND, Government.nl, KvK, Business.gov.nl, Belastingdienst/Toeslagen, SVB, your municipality, RDW, Douane, and relevant…