Hi all,

 A lot of buzz was created that if someone is enjoying the 30% ruling, he/she would be re-evaluated at the time he/she hits the 5 years after-the-first-day-he/she-started-receiving-the-30%-ruling.

I phone Belastingdienst today, and a colleague of mine who has passed the 5-years, we both phoned Belastingdienst, and heard that THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS 5 YEARS.

So i'm happy to inform you that this 5 years was cancelled, or is created by the tax specialist to make you worry and come to them paying consultant fee.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It shocks me to learn that Dutch culture doesn't like being frank about money. Money is constantly in Dutch people's mind. But they refuse admit it, and try to avoid it in daily conversation. Very funny.

Hi all,

 

I and my partner constantly receive questions from colleagues asking why both of us work 100%.

I heard that many Dutch women work 50-80%, and some of my male colleagues work 32-36 hours.

 

Other than the question of balancing work/life, i'm curious if there are some financial reasons that I don't know. Is that true that because of the high tax, then working more doesn't bring more money home ?

 

Background info:

 

• *** Total income of my family is 97K, taxble income is between the range of 67K to 79K (depending on our 30% ruling application this year). I don't know how much net we would receive.
• *** If we send the 1-year-old kid all five days to the daycare, the cost would be 1100-1400 Euro/month.
• *** This table https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/blg-117877.pdf says that we can only deduct 20-50% from the Kinderopvang kost.

This post was edited by pietede at March 28, 2013 5:34:58 PM CET

Hi all, Thanks for your answers. Apologies for not replying sooner. Your information is precious. Now, when you have an offer, do you trust the agency that he/she would do the best to raise your expected salary, or do you trust only yourself. On one side, I guess that when the agency earns 25% the bruto, it's part of their incentive to raise your expected salary. However, if agency can sell a job seeker quickly, it's quick money to be earned. Therefore the agency can shake hand with the job provider to lower the salary, and lure the job seeker into believing that that salary is the best he could get. If you don't trust your agency, how do you negotiate salary with the company ?

A gap of >= 3 months + 1 day will break your 30%. <= 3 months is still OK.