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Government Offers Deal to Opposition: Small Savers and Crypto Investors Lose Out, Workers Benefit More
The Dutch government proposed budget adjustments to gain opposition support, removing planned cuts to social security benefits like AOW, WIA, and WW. To offset revenue losses from delaying wealth taxes on assets until 2028, approximately 850,000 additional small savers and investors will pay more tax starting that year. Meanwhile, workers with higher incomes benefit from a higher threshold for the top tax rate, though crypto gains remain taxable annually from 2031.
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