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Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof enters the Koninklijke Schouwburg in Den Haag for King Willem-Alexander's Prinsjesdag speech from the throne about the 2026 national budget. 16 September 2025
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Spending cuts take center stage as Dutch Cabinet sees debt rise above €548 billion
16 September 2025 - 20:49
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Finance Minister Eelco Heinen (VVD) stands before MPs in the Tweede Kamer for his presentation of the annual budget proposal from Prime Minister Dick Schoof's caretaker Cabinet for the 2026 calendar year. 16 September 2025
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More than two-dozen tax changes will affect Dutch household wallets next year
16 September 2025 - 19:03
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Preschool children
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The government will invest €9 billion in childcare annually, making it near-free by 2029
16 September 2025 - 17:00
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The Belastingdienst logo on a window
Politics
Victims of Belastingdienst profiling scandal often unable to get legal assistance
4 July 2023 - 07:00
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Child playing with chalk
Politics
Quarterly childcare subsidy set to decrease due do falling energy prices
18 June 2023 - 07:45
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The Belastingdienst logo on a window
Politics
Children hurt in tax office benefits scandal will get compensation
29 October 2021 - 19:10
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Belastingdienst tax blue envelope
Politics
Dutch tax authorities seriously violated GDPR privacy law with blacklist: Data protection authority
29 October 2021 - 10:26
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Belastingdienst Amsterdam
CrimeBusiness
Management of childcare benefits scandal shows system needs radical change: Ombudsman
11 October 2021 - 08:35
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Empty wallet
PoliticsBusiness
Error by tax authorities would have put thousands of entrepreneurs in debt
20 February 2021 - 15:00
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Ridderhof, Parliament, The Hague
Politics
GroenLinks wants cabinet to resign following childcare subsidy scandal
10 January 2021 - 16:45
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Euros in a wallet
Business
Take-home pay set to rise 2% in Netherlands; Big bump in purchasing power likely
18 December 2019 - 14:40
Politics
Rutte upbeat after budget address
17 September 2014 - 10:04

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