Netherlands – Capital Growth Tax and Capital Gains Tax for Box 3

Re:Netherlands – Capital Growth Tax and Capital Gains Tax fo... by kingstnap on Monday December 01, 2025 @09:55PM (#46116863)

> The capital growth tax will apply to most assets, taxing both realised and unrealised returns, including appreciation in value and income from assets like shares, cryptocurrencies, and savings. Exchange results on bank balances in currencies other than EUR will also be taxed.

Ouch. I suppose this is supposed to combat the trend of share buybacks over dividends. Gonna seriously suck to be anyone Norwegian and having to sell stocks to pay for taxes on your unrealized gains.

Also if the euro dives as well during inflation its gonna be painful.

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Re:Netherlands – Capital Growth Tax and Capital Gains Tax fo... by tom_ on Monday December 01, 2025 @10:03PM (#46116937)

This won’t obviously apply to Norwegians, as it’s for the Netherlands.

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Re:Netherlands – Capital Growth Tax and Capital Gains Tax fo... by stunami on Monday December 01, 2025 @10:14PM (#46117032)

Ah ha, but it would for expat Norwegians living in the Netherlands ! If we're not worried about the minority Norwegian expat groups, what has the world come to.

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Re:Netherlands – Capital Growth Tax and Capital Gains Tax fo... by tobyjsullivan on Monday December 01, 2025 @10:05PM (#46116947)

Seems like it would also result in capital investors covering more year-to-year tax revenue, which could reduce some pressure on other tax payers.

In theory, capital gains should average out over time. But in practice, I think an increasing amount of wealth is being held and not realized over many decades.

It doesn’t help anyone that a few billion $ of gains will be taxed eventually if that is so far into the future that most citizens alive today will have passed away by then.

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Re:Netherlands – Capital Growth Tax and Capital Gains Tax fo... by abtinf on Monday December 01, 2025 @10:25PM (#46117130)

Such a policy will collapse the markets almost immediately. Everyone who would have held onto their assets will suddenly have to sell to cover taxes. This will cause a spiral of fire sales.

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Re:Netherlands – Capital Growth Tax and Capital Gains Tax fo... by anon291 on Monday December 01, 2025 @09:58PM (#46116892)

The demonym of those from the Netherlands is 'Dutch'

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Re:Netherlands – Capital Growth Tax and Capital Gains Tax fo... by kingstnap on Monday December 01, 2025 @10:03PM (#46116932)

I totally misread the title as Norway, guess I was thinking about the sovereign wealth fund.

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Re:Netherlands – Capital Growth Tax and Capital Gains Tax fo... by energy123 on Monday December 01, 2025 @10:24PM (#46117121)

Housing?

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