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John Jonker
a political commentator
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Roel Bolsius
reporter of The Hague
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John Jonker
a political commentator
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Roel Bolsius
reporter of The Hague
A new cabinet can dramatically change the tax system. After years of being forced to say ‘no’ to politicians, the message from the Tax Authorities to the establishment parties is now more positive: the computer systems can handle many changes from 2027 The insider told NOS.
This means that the negotiating parties already have more freedom of action to design new plans and prepare laws. For example, in previous forms, political parties were told that something as small as a VAT rate it could not even be changed when politicians wanted it to be. The old computer systems could not handle it.
If a new cabinet serves its full term, the year 2027 will enter the new government period. The tax authorities are confident that the computers will be ready by then. Until then, people are very involved in ICT modernization.
Supreme Court decisions on box 3
One danger is still in the air: the Supreme Court has not yet made a decision on box 3, the capital gains tax. This is expected in August and September. If these statements show that taxes were incorrectly charged in that area, a large amount of money may have to be refunded. Within the ministry, a cost item of no less than 4 billion euros is being taken into account.
In that case, the computer systems must also be changed according to how a tax on capital can be raised. This must be done by the programmers who have to work on updating the much needed computer systems.
Slack year
Will there be a delay in that case? Not, perhaps not, the message to creation, according to those involved. Even in the worst case, politicians can introduce new plans in 2027, they expect the Tax Authorities. Tax returns for the 2027 tax year must be filed in 2028; Only then do the computers have to be ready for it. So there is some chance of being able to fulfill the promise to the politicians even if there is a setback.
The Tax Authorities ask something about the creation: take it easy with new tax plans until 2027. In some areas, such as inheritance and gift tax, the systems are already reasonably up to date and changes can be implemented more easy But apart from that, the tax authorities mostly need time and space to prepare the new computer systems on time, officials told the forming parties.
Two systems
And that modernization is a good job: the old systems, which are sometimes still based on software programs from decades ago, must continue to run while a completely new system is being built. In the meantime, all political plans must be implemented in both systems and the Tax Authorities also have a big job to implement privacy legislation such as the GDPR in these outdated systems.
The Director General of the Tax Authorities joined the establishment at the end of March to explain that more and more is possible, but not everything at the same time. Through communication with officials, more information about the implementation was discussed with the creation table, those who were involved know.
2024-05-02 04:10:51
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