I have not lived or worked in the Netherlands the whole year. Can I claim a refund?

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The fact that you arrived in the Netherlands (or left of course) during the year will almost always lead to a refund.

The following reasons can be given:

The calculation of the wage tax is based on a (estimated) yearly salary. This is your monthly salary times 12 plus vacation allowance. The payroll administration will use the tax rate which is applicable for the yearly salary. This tax rate may be lower if you worked in the Netherlands less then 12 months. tax credits are also calculated monthly.
Every month you will receive 1/12 of the personal tax credit and the tax credit you receive because you earn your own income. sometimes the 30% ruling has not yet been calculated in the salary since the statement was not received at the end of the year.
The premium income can be reduced pro rata in the income tax return.

The above doesn't mean that you automatically receive back all the paid wage tax. Expatax can of course help you with the tax return.

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Comments (2)

Comment by arjan enneman on Wed, Mar 14th, 2012 at 11:08 AM

since you did not work in the netherlands the entire year you should be able to claim back (part of) the premiums social security which were withheld. this can be done by filing a tax return.

Comment by anitha on Tue, Mar 13th, 2012 at 3:48 PM

In my salary 33% of premium industrial tax is cutting, and I came from India for 89 days working in the Netherlands, so that tax return is eligible for us or not.