A letter from a municipality where you do not live. And what kind of letter: a writ of execution to pay a fine of 6,500 euros. Actor and comedian Peter Lusse was surprised. He received a writ of execution from the municipality of Tilburg, even though he says he has not been to Tilburg for years. “That could mean two things. Either a traffic fine or I, as a wedding registrar, can officiate a wedding there. Both of these things were not an issue,” he says in a video on TikTok.
Peter Lusse is an actor and comedian. Most will know him from the series Friends for Life, where he played the silly Eddie. He hasn’t been to Tilburg for years and yet a letter from the municipality suddenly arrived on his doorstep. “I opened the letter full of expectation and what it turned out to be: a writ of execution in the name of the king,” Lusse laughs in his video on TikTok.
“Then I thought: something is not right here.”
Lusse quickly sees what the problem is. The letter is addressed to his BV. “Technically, I still have that BV, but I haven’t earned enough money to have a BV for years. So the company still exists, but I don’t do anything with it. Nevertheless, I am being fined 6,500 euros because I have not paid my 2021 precario tax.”
“My girlfriend is more intelligent than me and started Googling.”
Fortunately, this rings some bells for Lusse. “You pay precario tax if things belonging to you are on the doorstep of the municipality. Think of outdoor furniture such as billboards or containers. Then I already thought: something is not right here.”
Dismayed and a bit panicky about this mistaken identity, Lusse calls his girlfriend. “Luckily he is more intelligent than me and started googling.”
“I don’t know what kind of charade I can expect from the municipality.”
Lusse’s girlfriend finds a restaurant in Tilburg that has the same name as Lusse’s BV. “That seems like an obvious candidate to receive this notice.” The comedian reacts quite calmly to the mistake. “It is not a problem in itself. It can happen. People make mistakes, including civil servants,” says Lusse.
Still, he is concerned. “I just don’t know what the situation is at the municipality now. At the tax authorities, you have to pay first and then they will see if you get anything back. So I don’t know what kind of charade I can expect from the municipality. .”
Lusse therefore hopes that they can resolve the issue at the municipality of Tilburg ‘in a somewhat humane manner’.