Re:How Booking.com manipulates users
by koyote on Thursday September 21, 2017 @05:13AM
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What is the 30% rule?
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foreign (IT) workers pay a max of 30% income tax the first 10 years they work/live in The Netherlands
Re:How Booking.com manipulates users
by atomicstack on Thursday September 21, 2017 @05:34AM
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Not quite... the first 30% of your salary is tax-free:
https://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontenten/...
Re:How Booking.com manipulates users
by claviola on Thursday September 21, 2017 @07:06AM
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Not actually foreign, you just have to have lived more than 150 kilometers away (straight line) from Dutch borders for at least 2 years before your employment begins.
Re:How Booking.com manipulates users
by sAbakumoff on Thursday September 21, 2017 @05:37AM
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I heard of 8 years. In 5 years you can optionally apply for Dutch citizenship and if it's approved 30% rule is gone.
It used to be 10 years but was reduced to 8 a few years ago.
You keep the 30% rule after you apply for citizenship though. It even applies to native residents who haven't lived in NL for more than 10 or 20 years.