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Working parents to see highest purchasing power increase this year

Jan 23 '20 08:36
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This year, working people with children will see their purchasing power increase the most, by around 1.5 to 2.5 percent, the Netherlands' institute for budget information Nibud reported on Thursday based on the latest calculations. Some families my even see their purchasing power rise by up to 4.5 percent, NU.nl reports.

Prices are expected to rise by 1.6 percent in 2020, while wages will increase by 2.8 percent on average. People who work will also benefit from the higher labor discount, and parents will benefit from better child-related benefits. 

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Tax service lost €800 million in wrongly paid allowances in 12 years: report

Jun 13 '19 09:08
Business

Over the past 12 years the Dutch Tax Authority incorrectly paid out 24 billion euros in allowances. The majority of this amount was recovered, but 1.5 billion euros is still outstanding and the Tax Authority wrote 806 million euros off as "irrecoverable", according to figures requested by Nieuws en Co and Nieuwsuur.

Since 2005, the Tax Authority paid out 150 billion euros in childcare allowance, rent allowance, healthcare allowance, and child-related budget. 16 percent of these payments, involving an amount of 24 billion euros, were wrongly paid.

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Cheap social housing must be built: Minister

Feb 8 '15 18:27
Business

Housing corporations are required to continue offering rental housing to families entitled to the social housing benefit. Minister of Housing Stef Blok announced on Friday that it is a legal standard that must be maintained. Blok wants to reverse the trend of more and more families with rent allowance signing expensive rental agreements, he said in a statement.

Amsterdammers net millions from tax blooper

Dec 13 '13 17:16

Thousands of people in Amsterdam found extra money on their bank accounts this week, but the Tax Department has warned that this was caused by a technical mishap.

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Possibly Bulgarian fraud The Hague

Nov 16 '13 04:46
Crime

In The Hague possibly dozens of applications for allowances were filed for people who were not entitled to them

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