From the limited information that appears to be available I would assume that the reasons to move operations from the US to NL were largely personal. Reading through the other comments in this thread and some of the content on the founder's own website gives some clues.
My theory is that they are eyeing to get rid of their US citizenship and naturalize in the Netherlands, which is possible after 5 years when certain criteria is met. Having economic ties to the country you're trying to get citizenship in helps immensely. The logical next step for them would be to open a physical location and employ Dutch citizens to further solidify their case.
You have to remember: As long as the founder is still citizen of the United States, they will inevitably support the country and its policy with the taxes on their world income. After all, the US is one of only three countries in the world that taxes based on citizenship rather than residency.
Having that said, there have been various attempts across Europe to change from residency-based taxation to citizenship-based taxation in the past decades. All of which have been unsuccessful so far.
> After all, the US is one of only three countries in the world that taxes based on citizenship rather than residency.
This is true, but only on taxable income over $130,000. Drew is probably not making over that from Sourcehut, so he’s not going to be paying any taxes to the US anyway.
The benefits and practicality of living in a country are different than those of running a company in it, right? And he kept the company in the us for some time after the move from the sounds of it.
