By Ken on April 23, 2011
How many decisions do we have to make each day? 10, 50 or even a hundred? If you add up the subconscious decisions we are forced to make, it might be beyond the thousands. Basically, it is good to be in a position in which you are allowed to make decisions. You have options and [...]
Posted in Minimalism
By Ken on November 18, 2010
Last post I wrote about how much I get annoyed when other people talk on the phone in trains. But how can you turn this into fun? … Actually, I’m a bit stuck. I thought about many ways to make this fun when I wrote the post last time. But, it seems that I have [...]
Posted in Random Thoughts
By Ken on November 12, 2010
Am I the only one who really hates when someone is constantly talking on the phone at 7 am in the train? These people are not even trying to lower their voice. Not only that, it’s also too much info. They talk about stuff as they would when they are in private. I would be [...]
Posted in Random Thoughts | Tagged People talking on the phone
By Ken on November 9, 2010
I’m a big fan of the broken windows theory. The theory states that our environment has an impact on our social (or anti-social) behavior. First introduced by Wilson and Kelling, the broken windows theory received a lot of attention nearly three decades ago. The theoretical explanation is that, if you have a building with broken [...]
Posted in Random Thoughts | Tagged broken windows
By Ken on May 27, 2010
First I thought: “Yeah, I’ll write next weekend. There I have plenty of time to…”, then I thought: “Yes, I should…but.” A couple of days later it became “Oh, yes. I knew there was something I wanted to do.” and now it’s like: “Ken, didn’t you have a blog or something?”. My blog went comatose. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Blog
By Ken on March 11, 2010
Recently, I wrote why the prospective gain of “saving money” should not influence your decision making process. In essence, I am the opinion that you should not buy a house to save on taxes or that you should not eat a low-fat burger to lower your calorie intake. But why does the “and save money” [...]
Posted in Personal Finance, Random Thoughts | Tagged Framing, Loss aversion, Prospect Theory, Save Money
By Ken on March 5, 2010
Flat tax systems are often discusses these days. The aim of flat tax systems is to simplify and substitute current tax systems, which nobody fully understands. Even tax professionals, who should understand taxation, do not know everything about taxes. (If you ever meet a guy who claims to know everything about taxes, you should slowly [...]
Posted in International Taxation, Taxation | Tagged flat tax, tax competition, Taxation
By Ken on February 28, 2010
* This is an article which has been posted on gunther goes tax’ish on June 22, 2009 by the author * “Writing my thesis”, yes. That is currently my answer to the small-talk question “So, what do you do?”. Some people have the courage to ask further, whereby I can see their fear in their eyes [...]
Posted in International Taxation, Transfer Pricing | Tagged Transfer Pricing
By Ken on February 27, 2010
Yesterday, I was listening to the radio while driving and there was a commercial that caught my attention: “Book a vacation with XYZ now and save money!”. The more I think about this, the more I don’t get it. I can understand that some people like vacations and that other people like saving money. But [...]
Posted in Personal Finance, Random Thoughts | Tagged Advertising, home ownership, Marketing, Save Money, sunk cost
By Ken on February 24, 2010
Generally speaking, there are three different ways to get money out of your company. You can either be employed, receive dividends or sell the shares you own. However, there are a couple of things you want to consider before taking action. Let’s have a look at each option. Become an employee of your company This [...]
Posted in Tax Planning, Taxation | Tagged Business owners, Dog, Entrepreneurship, Holding Company, Tax Avoidance, Tax Planning
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