NEWS FROM WESSELS ACCOUNTING GROUP
NEWS FROM THE TAX AUTHORITIES
INDIVIDUALS
- Applying for a user name and password from the Tax and Customs Administration no longer possibleYou can no longer apply for a user name and password from the Tax and Customs Administration to file an income tax return as a non-resident taxpayer.
- Refugees from Ukraine may apply for benefits (update)If you are a refugee from Ukraine, you are entitled to the following benefits in the Netherlands: rent benefit, supplementary child benefit, childcare benefit and in some cases healthcare benefit.
- UK pension commutation in the online tax returnWe are sorry to report that the online tax return does not correctly take into account the commutation of a pension from the United Kingdom.
BUSINESS
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OTHER NEWS
DUTCHNEWS.NL
- Sex workers march on city hall in protest at red light district measuresTo the beat of drums, 150 sex workers and supporters marched on Amsterdam’s city hall on Thursday in protest at...
- Minister makes free sanitary products more widely availableThe government is setting aside money to finance an extra 1000 distribution points for free sanitary products, minister for poverty...
- 20% more girls opt for a career in a technical professionThe number of girls opting for a career in a technical profession at Vmbo vocational schools has jumped by 21%...
- The Dutch housing market: what exactly is the government doing?Housing minister Hugo de Jonge and MPs is debating his plans to boost the national housing stock by 900,000 homes...
- Women made to work in convent laundries denied compensationA total of 19 Dutch women who took the religious order Sisters of the Good Shepherd to court for exploiting...
- Maastricht to Liege by private jet? Greenpeace calls for a banEnvironmental campaign group Greenpeace has called for a ban on private jets, arguing that 1% of the global population is...
- Scrapping tax on fruit and veg will be ‘complicated, costly and confusing’Scrapping value added tax (btw) on fruit and vegetables would be complicated, legally difficult and have little effect, according to...
- Jaap van Dissel to step down as infectious diseases chiefPublic health institute chief Jaap van Dissel, who became one of the most public faces of the coronavirus pandemic, is...
- Jumbo to pull out of cycling, skating sponsorship: NOSDutch supermarket group Jumbo is to stop sponsoring cycling and speed skating at the end of 2024, broadcaster NOS has...
- ITV apologises for The Voice abuse after report criticises failingsTelevision production company ITV has apologised for its failure to deal with sexual harassment surrounding television talent show The Voice...
FT.COM
- Trump indicted on criminal charges in Manhattan, according to US mediaCase is the first ever to be brought against a former US president
- Finland cleared to join Nato as Turkish parliament backs accessionSweden still waiting for Turkey and Hungary to approve own bid to enter alliance
- Probe finds bullying and discrimination across English fire services‘Deeply troubling’ harassment and misogyny in all emergency rescue units, according to watchdog
- Weekly net inflows to money market funds stay elevated at $66bn
- Biden calls for tougher rules for large regional banksPush to unwind Trump-era rule changes comes as policymakers consider long-term response to recent crisis
- China envoy warns EU of ‘peril’ from following US on trade curbsAmbassador to bloc urges resistance to ‘unwarranted’ pressure and says Beijing will not be ‘trampled’
- UK admits revised net zero strategy will fail to hit emission targetsCritics point to lack of joined-up thinking in raft of climate and energy policy announcements
- Britain is falling short on its climate ambitionUK’s lacklustre strategy risks losing out on green investments
- Abu Dhabi ruler projects stability by naming eldest son as crown princeSheikh Mohammed ends succession speculation after choosing Sheikh Khaled amid string of changes to the leadership
- Fed’s Susan Collins signals she expects one more quarter-point rate increaseUS central bank’s fight against inflation set to continue despite lingering concerns about banking system
