Tax rules 2026
Every rate and threshold the calculator uses, with its official source. Status final means published or enacted; proposal can still change; unknown and missing are never used to calculate.
Open points
- Starter deduction may change
Starter deduction (startersaftrek): the Belastingdienst gives EUR 2,123 for 2026, but the Belastingplan 2027 bill may cut it to EUR 10 with effect from 1 January 2026. Not final.
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Box 1 tax brackets (below AOW age) (tarieven box 1, 66 jaar of jonger) Income tax plus national insurance contributions (premie volksverzekeringen) on your taxable profit. The rate rises in steps: 35.75% up to €38,883, 37.56% up to €78,426, and 49.50% above that. Research notesRule id Stored value Bracket 1 rate = 8.10% income tax + 27.65% national insurance (per bd_box1). |
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Box 1 brackets, AOW age all year, born on/after 1946-01-01 (tarieven box 1, AOW-leeftijd, geboren op of na 1 januari 1946) Rates for people who have AOW age all year and were born on or after 1 January 1946. Not used by the calculator yet. Research notesRule id Stored value Out of v1 calculator scope; recorded for completeness. Born before 1946 and transition-year tables exist on the same page, not recorded. |
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General tax credit (below AOW age) (algemene heffingskorting) A discount on your tax that almost everyone gets: up to €3,115. It gets smaller once your income is above €29,736 and is €0 from €78,427. Research notesRule id Stored value Continuity check passes (3115 - 6.398% x 48690 = ~0 at 78426). Page says rounding can differ by a few euros from the assessment. AOW-age variant: max 1556, rate 0.03195 (not in v1 scope). |
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Labor tax credit (below AOW age) (arbeidskorting) A discount on your tax because you earn your income by working. It is based on your profit, grows to at most €5,685, and shrinks again at higher profits (€0 from €132,921). Research notesRule id Stored value Page prints band 3 rate as "1.950%" (likely typo for 1,950%). 1.95% confirmed by continuity: 5300 + 0.0195 x 19747 = 5685. Logged in conflicts.md. Second-source cross-check (loonheffingen PDF) blocked by robots.txt. |
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Self-employed deduction (zelfstandigenaftrek) A fixed amount (€1,200) you may subtract from your profit because you are an entrepreneur. Only if you meet the hours criterion. Research notesRule id Stored value Capped at profit before ondernemersaftrek unless startersaftrek applies. Unused amount carries forward up to 9 years (bd_zelfst_2026). Tax benefit limited to 37.56% rate (bd_zelfst_2026). |
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Starter deduction (startersaftrek) An extra deduction of €2,123 in your first years as an entrepreneur, on top of the self-employed deduction. This may change. Read why. Research notesRule id Stored value AT RISK - Belastingplan 2027 bill art. LXIII(1)(a) makes the cut to EUR 10 retroactive to 2026-01-01 (verified wording). KVK and factsheet say 2027. See conflicts.md C1. |
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Hours criterion (urencriterium) To get the self-employed deduction you must spend at least 1,225 hours a year on your business, and more time on it than on other work. Research notesRule id Stored value Not pro-rated for part-year. 800-hour variant only for startersaftrek bij arbeidsongeschiktheid (out of scope). |
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SME profit exemption (mkb-winstvrijstelling) Small businesses pay no tax on 12.7% of their profit (counted after the self-employed deduction). Research notesRule id Stored value Also reduces a loss. |
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Income-related health insurance contribution (inkomensafhankelijke bijdrage Zvw) A contribution to Dutch healthcare that self-employed people pay themselves: 4.85% of taxable profit, counted up to €79,409. It is separate from the monthly premium you pay your health insurer. Research notesRule id Stored value |
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VAT rates (reference only) (btw-tarieven) VAT (btw) rates: 21% standard and 9% reduced. VAT is not part of this calculation. Research notesRule id Stored value Only KVK read so far; Belastingdienst cross-check pending. |
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Small business VAT scheme threshold (reference only) (kleineondernemersregeling) Small business scheme for VAT (KOR): with turnover up to €20,000 a year you can use it to stop charging VAT. Not part of this calculation. Research notesRule id Stored value Limit applies to year of registration and the year before. |
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Labor income for an entrepreneur (basis for arbeidskorting) (arbeidsinkomen) For the labor tax credit, your income from work is your profit before the self-employed deduction and the SME profit exemption. Research notesRule id Stored value | A definition, described on the left | final | source |
Tax credits used (capped at tax due) (heffingskortingen) Tax discounts can bring your income tax down to €0, but the part you cannot use is not paid out to you. Research notesRule id Stored value v1 caps total credits at box 1 tax + premiums due. Split 8.10 / 27.65 (21.9.1) not modeled. | A definition, described on the left | final | source |
Rate cap on deductions for high incomes (tariefsaanpassing) Above €78,426 of income, your deductions save you at most 37.56% instead of the top rate. The difference, 11.94% of the deductions above that amount, is added back as tax. Research notesRule id Stored value Applies when "inkomen uit werk en woning zonder uw aftrekposten" > 78426. Base: see tariefsaanpassing_basis. |
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Zvw contribution basis for entrepreneurs (bijdrage-inkomen Zvw (winst uit onderneming)) The Zvw contribution is charged on your taxable profit: your profit after the self-employed deduction and the SME profit exemption. Research notesRule id Stored value Resolves A1. KVK example: winst 30.000, zelfstandigenaftrek 1.200, mkb-winstvrijstelling 3.658, belastbaar inkomen 25.142, bijdrage Zvw 4,85% = 1.219. KVK starters page: "Je betaalt deze bijdrage over je winst na aftrekposten." Belastingdienst (fisin 28.2.3, bd_zvw_ondernemer) says only "winst (uit onderneming)", consistent but not explicit. Law confirms (read 2026-10-18 from official BWB XML): Zvw art. 43 lid 2 onder b, bijdrage-inkomen includes "belastbare winst uit onderneming, bepaald volgens de regels van afdeling 3.2 van de Wet inkomstenbelasting 2001"; lid 3 "ten minste op nihil" and capped. Wet IB art. 3.2: belastbare winst = winst "verminderd met de ondernemersaftrek ... en de MKB-winstvrijstelling". | A definition, described on the left | final | source |
Base of the high-income rate cap (grondslag tariefsaanpassing) The part of your self-employed deduction and SME profit exemption that falls in the top tax bracket. Research notesRule id Stored value bd_tariefsaanpassing (2026): "over al uw aftrekposten in de hoogste belastingschijf maximaal 37,56% belasting terug"; zelfstandigenaftrek and mkb-winstvrijstelling listed. bd_fisin_ch29 29.2.1: test is box 1 income "zonder uw aftrekposten" > 78.426. kst_33756_3 (MvT Belastingplan 2014, eigen woning only) voorbeelden 2 and 3: the correction covers only the part of the deductions taken against the top bracket. Extension of the same mechanism to ondernemersfaciliteiten taken from bd_tariefsaanpassing. Law confirms (Wet IB art. 2.10 lid 2, version 2026-01-01): table amount "vermeerderd met 11,94% van het bedrag waarmee de som van het belastbare inkomen uit werk en woning en de in aftrek gebrachte bedragen ... [EUR 78.426] te boven gaat, doch ten hoogste met 11,94% van de in aftrek gebrachte bedragen"; lid 3 lists ondernemersaftrek and MKB-winstvrijstelling. | A definition, described on the left | final | source |
Purchases you can deduct at once (kleine bedrijfsmiddelen (minder dan EUR 450)) Business assets that cost less than €450 can be deducted as a cost in the year you buy them. More expensive assets that last several years are depreciated (afschrijven): the cost is spread over the years you use them. Research notesRule id Stored value bd_afschrijven: "Koopt u een bedrijfsmiddel voor minder dan EUR 450? Dan trekt u het bedrag wel in 1 keer af als kosten." bd_kosten_1_jaar: "Als regel kunt u aanhouden dat dit zaken zijn met een kostprijs van minder dan EUR 450", excl. VAT if VAT is reclaimable, else incl. VAT. Pages are not year-specific; read for 2026. |
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