For self-employed expats in the Netherlands

Dutch taxes, minus the dread.

Kwartaal guides you through the Dutch tax year — what's due, what every number means, and how much to set aside. It never files for you; it makes sure you understand what you file.

No card. Full access until you close your first quarter.
Your 2026, mid-October
Figures: tax year 2026
Q1
30 Apr
Settled
Q2
31 Jul
Settled
12
Q3
31 Oct
Due in 12 days
Q4
31 Jan '27
Opens 1 Oct
Annual return
1 May '27
Opens 1 Mar
The year is the interface: four drawers and one annual return. A closed drawer is the whole reward.

A client just paid you. Now what?

Type the amount — Kwartaal shows what's yours, what's btw, and what to reserve for income tax.

When an invoice is paid, how much should never feel like yours?
Yours
€ 1.446,28
Btw
€ 433,88
Reserve
€ 619,84
Deadlines

Never meet a deadline by surprise

Four btw quarters and one annual return — that's the whole year. Kwartaal watches the calendar so you don't have to, and writes to you like a person when something needs doing.

Kwartaalpost@kwartaal.nl
Q3 btw — due by 31 October (12 days)

Hi Maya — Q3 closed on 30 September. Your checklist is ready: invoices and receipts are already in the Vault, so this takes about 25 minutes.

Open the Q3 checklist
Understanding

Understand every number you file

Kwartaal mirrors the official form and explains each figure in plain language — before you type it into Mijn Belastingdienst. Estimates, clearly marked; the Belastingdienst has the final word.

Btw you received€4.140,00
Btw you paid on costs (voorbelasting)−€610,00
You'll owe€3.530,00
Why this number
You collected €4.140 of btw on Q3 invoices and paid €610 on business costs. The difference passes through you — it was never your money.
Vocabulary

Learn the Dutch words as you go

The official forms are in Dutch — so Kwartaal keeps the Dutch terms, explains each one the first time, and dots it ever after. By your second quarter, the form reads like yours.

Your reclaimable for Q3 is €610 — it comes off what you owe.

What Kwartaal is not

Kwartaal doesn't file your return, doesn't do your bookkeeping, and doesn't replace your bookkeeper. It guides, estimates, and reminds — you stay the one who files, and the one who understands why.

Filing happens in Mijn Belastingdienst — by youInvoicing stays in the tool you already useComplex situations still deserve a professional
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Your next deadline can feel like this.

Set up in ten minutes. Kwartaal takes it from there.

Start free — your first quarter is on us
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