What can you deduct as a content creator? The full list by category
From your camera to your internet subscription: which costs come off your profit, which count only in part, and which the Belastingdienst simply strikes out.
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Practical articles on tax, VAT and platform payouts for creators, streamers and makers.
VAT on your OnlyFans income: why your invoice usually says 0%
Your customer is not your fan, it is the platform. And that platform is abroad. That single fact decides almost everything about your VAT return.
Hobby or business? When the Belastingdienst treats your creator income as profit
There is no amount above which you suddenly become an entrepreneur. There is a set of facts, and it tips sooner than creators think.
Bookkeeping your OnlyFans payouts: from payout statement to records
The amount in your bank account is not your turnover. What sits in between is commission, an exchange difference and sometimes a month of delay.
KVK registration and your privacy: keeping your home address out of reach
Your home address can be shielded. Your business address cannot. Work from home and those are the same address, which makes shielding not enough.
Deducting clothing, lingerie and cosmetics: where the line sits
The law excludes clothing almost entirely, even when you only wear it for content. There is one category that does count, and it is structurally forgotten.
The income tax return as a content creator, step by step
Which amounts belong where, in what order your profit is peeled back, and why the pre-filled return never knows about your platform income.
The ICP return: the filing creators forget
It exists only for EU customers, and creators get it wrong in both directions: skipping it when it is required, and filing it for turnover that does not belong in it.
Camera, laptop and ringlight: deduct or depreciate?
Below a certain threshold a purchase comes off your profit in full this year. Above it, it is spread across years. That distinction decides your tax.
Which SBI code fits a content creator?
The code changes nothing about your tax, but it does change what can publicly be read about your work and whether a bank accepts your account.
The KOR as a creator: when the small businesses scheme works against you
The KOR saves you four returns a year and costs you all the VAT on your equipment. For creators charging 0%, that is almost always the wrong side of the trade.
Deducting a workspace at home as a creator
The space you record in only counts as a workspace fiscally if it meets strict requirements. A corner of your bedroom does not, and even then something is possible.
Bookkeeping Twitch income: subs, bits and donations
Subs and bits run through the platform. A donation through your own link comes from the viewer. That difference decides the VAT treatment of every euro.
YouTube and AdSense: the American withholding and your tax form
Fill in no tax details with Google and a high percentage of your worldwide income is withheld by default. Under the treaty that can go to nil.
Brand deals and free products: why a PR package is turnover too
You receive goods in return for content. No money changes hands, and fiscally it is still a transaction with two sides.
The self-employed allowance and the hours criterion: do your hours count?
1,225 hours a year, and far more work counts than creators think. But without a record kept during the year there is no way to substantiate it afterwards.
Travel costs and content days: what you can deduct on the road
A shoot in another city is business. A weekend away where filming also happened is not. The line sits at the programme, not at the camera.
Several platforms, one set of records: OnlyFans, Fansly and F2F side by side
Four platforms does not mean four sets of books. It does mean four commission rates, possibly three currencies and sometimes two VAT regimes in one return.
A backlog of returns: putting it right without panic
Two or three years of doing nothing is the most common question in our first conversation. It is almost always fixable, and the outcome is usually better than feared.
From sole trader to BV as a creator: when does that become worthwhile?
A BV only becomes favourable above a profit higher than most people think. And the non-fiscal reasons sometimes weigh more for creators than the sum does.