Income tax in the Netherlands 30% tax rule to end by Jan 2019 for ALL beneficiaries if over 5 years, irrespective of an earlier approval for a later end date ( many cases up to 2022). This caused severe unrest and protest among the expat community as they do not benefit from the significant high taxes in any way (children education or pension, etc). Income tax in the Netherlands Income tax in the Netherlands (personal, rather than corporate) is regulated by the "Wet inkomstenbelasting 2001" (Income Tax Law, 2001). The fiscal year is the same as the calendar year. Before April 1 citizens have to
Tobin tax against the tax. Even though the tax on fixed-income securities was much lower than that on equities, the impact on market trading was much more dramatic. During the first week of the tax, the volume of bond trading fell by 85%, even though the tax rate on five-year bonds was only 0.003%. The volume of futures trading fell by 98% and the options trading market disappeared. On 15 April 1990, the tax on fixed-income securities was abolished. In January 1991 the rates on the remaining taxes were cut in half and by the end of the year they were abolished