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Failed Dutch tax policy must lead to reconsideration
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The dividend tax fiasco and the – the Dutch Government has fallen short on these two important issues in the last four years.
Both are tax issues. The former got the current government off to a very unfortunate start of and the latter caused its fall. But the two affairs show the sharp contrast in treatment between large companies and individual citizens, who were victims of a ruthlessly harsh system. In this Dutch language opinion article, Arnold Merkies (coordinator of the Tax Justice Network and SOMO staff member) states why it is crucial in the coming period for the Dutch tax administration to focus on the human dimension and at the same time to stop inappropriate constructions for multinationals.
This opinion article was published in Dutch newspaper Trouw on 5 February 2021.
> Read the full article in Dutch
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Arnold Merkies
Coordinator Tax Justice NL network
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