Entrepreneurs willing to compensate employees tax-free for high energy bill | To undertake

“We must be given the opportunity to temporarily provide tax-free compensation to employees who are confronted with high energy bills.” This could be part of ‘a possible purchasing power agreement’, which employers, unions and the cabinet will discuss in August, according to the SME foreman.

For several months there has been informal talk in The Hague about a social agreement in which a solution is sought for the problems surrounding inflation and purchasing power. Vonhof thinks formal talks will take place ‘after the summer holidays’. This week, the European Commission forecast that inflation will be 9.4 percent this year. According to Nibud, families spend an average of 1100 to 1500 euros more per year on energy.

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