Many Dutch residents register as self-employed as EMZ or ZZP, even though they are employed. According to labor market research, there is a surge in workers’ interest in this type of combination. There are several reasons for this.
First, the negative effects of restrictions imposed to combat the COVID-19 pandemic continue to be seen in the Netherlands. Then many sectors of business suffered, and it became more difficult to live at a decent level. According to the National Labor Market Survey, 13% of respondents said they would not be able to make ends meet without additional work.
The second reason that pushes employees to earn extra money is the desire to add variety to their own lives and do what they love. When choosing a job as the main source of material support, people are forced to focus on the education received, acquired skills and salary. Additional work for yourself opens up the opportunity to realize yourself in new, sometimes unexpected areas of activity. For example, an engineer starts baking and selling cakes, and a plumber starts painting pictures. Sometimes a new job begins to bring in income that is comparable and even exceeds the salary for hire!
There are other reasons to diversify your work. Some doctors, in the process of career growth, move from working directly with patients to working in office positions. From an income point of view, this approach is justified, but many medical workers want to directly help people, so in their free time they engage in such activities as self-employed. Naturally, not only doctors and nurses have such reasons.
The third reason for additional self-employment is the desire to test yourself. Many workers would like to start a business and work only for themselves, but not everyone feels confident that everything will work out and their income level will not drop. For such self-employed people, it is important to maintain a stable source of income. Depending on the actual results of the additional work, they will later either leave the hired job or not give it up.
Small and irregular earnings do not require EMZ registration; the money received can be entered into the declaration as “Other income”. However, certain successes in the field of self-employment require legalization as an entrepreneur. The easiest way to register a business is to contact Nalog.nl. Our specialists will prepare high-quality documents and help you register your business quickly. Order the EMZ registration service from our company and start working for yourself! At the first stage, let you combine this activity with hired work.
Publication Date: 31.10.2023
