Public services and institutions
Understand tax returns and apply for eligible allowances.
All knowledge points: Keeping Payslips and Annual Statements · Filing a Tax Return · Allowances (Toeslagen) and Child Benefit (Kinderbijslag)
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Keeping Payslips and Annual Statements
If you are employed, you will usually receive a payslip (loonstrook) with each payment. This shows how much you have earned and which amounts have been deducted. The gross wage (brutoloon) is your pay before deductions. The net wage…
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Tax is money used by the government to pay for public services such as education, healthcare, roads, the police and the courts. An employee often sees on their payslip that the employer has already withheld wage tax (loonheffing). This…
Read this knowledge pointAllowances (Toeslagen) and Child Benefit (Kinderbijslag)
An allowance, or toeslag, is a contribution from the government to help with specific costs. The Dienst Toeslagen (Allowance Service) handles, among other things, health care allowance (zorgtoeslag), rent allowance (huurtoeslag), and…
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