News - Sustainability of public finances
42 news items on Sustainability of public finances
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Ministry of Defence’s ten-year cost savings lower than projected
Important lessons for achievable spending cuts The Netherlands Court of Audit has found that the Ministry of Defence has failed ...
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Timely introduction of EU VAT rules on e-commerce serious challenge to Tax and Customs Administration
In a letter to the House of Representatives, the Netherlands Court of Audit writes of its concerns that new EU VAT rules on the ...
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Part of government expenditure on Covid-19 support deferred until 2021
The government is expected to spend a total of €31.4 billion in 2020 on mitigating the consequences of the coronavirus crisis. ...
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Government inconsistently applying rules on sureties and loans during corona crisis
Parliament sometimes does not receive full information until after it votes The State of the Netherlands has provided sureties ...
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Individual support for companies during the corona crisis: lessons learned from the past often applied
Government earmarks €3.5 billion for targeted support for businesses Ministers applied lessons learned from previous support ...
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Netherlands Court of Audit to investigate the corona crisis
The Netherlands Court of Audit is to investigate various aspects of the measures taken to overcome the corona crisis. It is ...
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Bigger discounts needed on expensive medicines to avoid crowding-out effects
Bigger discounts needed on expensive medicines to avoid crowding-out effects
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Tax and Customs Administration books good results using risk models to check returns
Data-driven selection of high risk tax returns benefits the public purse The Tax and Customs Administration has successfully ...
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Billions placed in revolving funds but little accountability
The Dutch government is increasingly using revolving funds to achieve social goals, for example to encourage domestic energy ...
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Clarify the Minister of Finance’s decision-making on DNB’s mitigation of risks
Conflicting interests as shareholder of DNB and guardian of the public purse An audit by the Netherlands Court of Audit has found ...