The Autumn 2004 Issue contains a.o. the following articles:

LEGAL AFFAIRS

Household Content Insurance
Household content insurance is one of the insurance products you really shouldn’t do without.
Household contents insurance in the Netherlands gives, in general, a very extensive coverage against all kinds of unforeseen events that can damage your belongings. Basically all your private belongings within your home can be covered against risks such as theft, fire and water damage. In this article, you can read more and what types of exclusions there are, what extra packages are available and how you can avoid ‘under-insurance’.
Elisabeth Juillard, e-mail: ejuillard@goudse.com

TAX

Housing in the Netherlands - Tax Aspects
For expatriates this may be a difficult decision: would buying a house in the Netherlands be a wise decision or not? The fact that the mortgage interest is fully deductible from your taxable income at least makes this option seem very attractive! Or would renting a house be better if you are going to stay here for only a couple of years? And what happens if your employer pays the rent? Can that be done free of tax? Rina Driece takes a look at the various tax consequences and alternatives of buying or renting a house in the Netherlands.
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Rina Driece, e-mail: rina.driece@loyensloeff.nl

BUSINESS

Can Business Life Be Really Stress Free ?
Over the last month, I have presented the same seminar “Time Re-Discovered” to several businesses in the UK and in Holland. While the issues may differ from business to business, we always come up sooner or later against the same question: is it really possible to have a stress-free existence in today’s challenging business world?
For all the books written on the subject, the newspaper articles, the legislation, the seminars; is there any evidence that there is less stress around that there was ten years ago? Are we chasing a collective illusion?
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John Niland, e-mail: coach@success121.com