The government makes agreements on public finances and budgetary policy when it takes office. The government aims to put public finances in order in the years ahead to make sure that public services such as education and care will remain affordable for future generations. Public finances are the government’s revenues and expenditures.

Budgetary policy describes how the government will handle them. Public finances are debated, adopted, received and spent, and accounted for in the budget process.

Spotlight

  1. Budget process

    In The Netherlands there are a number of fixed elements in the budget calendar. The entire process takes about 2,5 years.

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  2. Prince's Day

    Prince’s Day is when the government announces its plans for the coming year. The King travels in the Glass Coach to the Hall of Knights in The Hague.

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  3. Budget Day

    On Budget Day the King reads the Speech from the Throne, officially opening the parliamentary year.

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News

  1. 2025 Tax Plan: more balanced income distribution and healthy public finances

    Today Folkert Idsinga, State Secretary for Tax Affairs and the Tax Administration, presented the 2025 Tax Plan to the House of ...

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  2. Budget Day 2024: more purchasing power and a return to fiscal discipline

    Next year most people will be financially better off. It will pay more to work due to cuts in income tax, and measures on ...

    17-09-202414:03
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  3. Additional €2 billion to fight poverty

    The government will make an additional €2 billion a year available on a structural basis to support vulnerable households. This ...

    19-09-202315:44
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