Rutte: “reconsidering the abolishing of the dividendtax” KABOOM!

A HUGE political upset from The Hague; the government will reconsider the abolition of the dividend tax. Prime Minister Rutte has just announced this in a press conference.

The news follows the announcement by Unilever this morning that the relocation of the head office from London to Rotterdam will be canceled. Rutte called the decision of Unilever disappointing. Immediately after that announcement by Unilever, the opposition once again protested strongly against the abolition of the dividend tax.

According to the opposition parties, the government now no longer has any arguments to delete the dividend tax. The prime minister always defended the abolition by saying that the measure would play a role for companies that want to establish an HQ or stay in the Netherlands – Unilever’s relocation to Rotterdam was seen as an example of the benefit of the scrapping of the dividend tax.

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The scrapping of the dividend tax was the most controversial measure in the coalition agreement from the outset. It would cost a whopping 2 billion euro’s per year, there was no scientific report to back up the scrapping of the tax.

Feat image: wikipedia/flickr, cc, minister-president Rutte

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Abuzer founded DutchReview a decade ago because he thought expats needed it and wanted to make amends for the Dutch cuisine. He has a Masters in Political Science and IT but somewhere always wanted to study history or good old football. He also a mortgage in the Netherlands and will happily tell you too how to get one. Born and raised in Rotterdam, Abuzer now lives in Leiden but is always longing back to his own international year in Italy.

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