This is evident from leaked Budget Memorandums, in the hands of De Telegraaf. There are not large differences between different (income) groups, almost everyone is getting ahead to the same extent.
Despite the positive figures, outgoing Minister Heinen (Finance) warns in his preface that we ‘stand on a turning point’ because of international unrest and a declining business climate. “Choices are needed to ensure that we remain a prosperous and safe country,” Heinen writes. “We seem to realize insufficiently what is at stake. Just as we do not sufficiently realize that we can turn this. I am optimistic about that.”
Policy -poor budget
Previously, the necessary measures were leaking through the Telegraaf that the government will take for the coming year. Incidentally, there are not very many. Because of the ‘double -emissionary’ status of the cabinet, after the departure of PVV and NSC, Heinen comes with a low -policy budget.
A painful procedure is done for BBB: there is definitely a line through the import of red diesel, the tax -attractive fuel for farmers who wanted BBB. The approximately 140 million euros that this yields must be landed in the agricultural sector in a different way.
Investment in prisons
Furthermore, a number of interventions are being done to pay for the biggest measure from the Budget Memorandum: extending the discount on the fuel batches by one year. Without the cabinet intervention, a liter of gasoline threatened to become about a quarter more expensive. At the request of the House of Representatives, Heinen also runs a cut on a scheme for vulnerable students and in regional public transport. In his preface, he also announces an investment in the prison system.
To pay the corresponding account, a number of measures are being implemented: for example, ministries are not fully compensated for their higher costs due to inflation. Money for elderly care that has remained on the shelf flows back to the treasury.
In the short term, the knife will also go into a windfall for the energy bill. For the next three years, 200 million euros had been set aside. This is reduced to 100 million a year. On the other hand, it becomes a structural windfall instead of for a period of just three years.
In addition, a small austerity is being implemented in the tax regulations for expats. The government is also cutting in a tax benefit for employees in private equity. And extra money comes in due to a European tax on CO2 emissions (CBAM) that will raise customs from January.