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1. Netherlands Court of Audit: reconsider vehicle tax exemptions, refunds and reductions

   Most vehicle tax exemptions, refund regulations and tariff reductions are contrary to the taxes’ two main objectives: to provide ...

   News item | 27-11-2019 | 11:00

2. House of Representatives follows Court of Audit’s recommendation for extraordinary Board member

   The House of Representatives adopted a list of three candidates for extraordinary membership of the Netherlands Court of Audit’s ...

   News item | 26-11-2019 | 00:00

3. Tens of thousands of elderly people on less than minimum income not receiving state pension supplement

   SVB administers state pensions efficiently The Social Insurance Bank (SVB) administers the state pension scheme on behalf of the ...

   News item | 13-11-2019 | 11:00

4. Netherlands Court of Audit invites peers to review its quality and methods

   International review results to be published in 2020 The Netherlands Court of Audit is about to undergo an international peer ...

   News item | 01-10-2019 | 16:30

5. Increase in women on government advisory boards stagnating

   People with migration background ‘not in the picture’ The proportion of women on government advisory boards in the Netherlands ...

   News item | 26-09-2019 | 17:00

6. Parliament’s approval of the budget: enrich the central government budget

   Building blocks to modernise central government budget for better insight into public funds Parliament’s right to approve the ...

   News item | 12-09-2019 | 07:00

7. Tax allowances and credits not periodically evaluated as agreed. Tax break can differ significantly from actual amount

   The State Secretary for Finance does not periodically evaluate and, if necessary, revise the 48 tax allowances and credits ...

   News item | 26-06-2019 | 12:15

8. Supreme audit institutions start parallel audit in the field of health care

   The supreme audit institutions of various Arab countries and the Netherlands Court of Audit have discussed in The Hague their ...

   News item | 21-06-2019 | 15:21

9. Rules to prevent manure pollution are the cause of the problem rather than the solution

   Changes in laws and regulations have not helped reduce manure pollution. On the contrary, the accumulation of rules seems to be ...

   News item | 20-06-2019 | 16:30

10. Citizens and businesses not yet at centre of basic registers

    Citizens and businesses find it too complicated to correct errors in the government’s basic registers. They still cannot report ...

    News item | 18-06-2019 | 16:00