Netherlands awaits new European retrospective of potentially 200 million – nrc.nl

Economy

Again Netherlands will have to pay an additional tax on the contribution to the European Union, up to 200 million euros. Writes Dijsselbloem Minister (Finance, Labour) this morning in a letter to parliament.

With a renewed calculation of the size of the Dutch economy since 2011, by the Central Bureau of Statistics, Netherlands will not only structurally to pay a higher fee to Europe, but also retroactive reassessment. The exact size of it is not yet clear, because depends on also adjust macroeconomic data from other Member States. Minister Dijsselbloem expected in any case ,, gross arrears “of 200 million euros and a structural increase in the contribution by 30 million per year. The net effect is to be determined until the autumn posing as other EU countries have revised their figures.

Last year there was uproar when the Netherlands had to pay a net additional payment of 642 million euros in Brussels. That happened after a previous reweighting of the gross national product and gross national income of all member states. Now CBS has looked with De Nederlandsche Bank to the extent of the flow of funds to and from abroad, which again have an upward effect on the size of the economy. On closer inspection the economy in 2012 is now 0.7 per cent higher than previously thought. For the years 2013 and 2014, CBS makes the adjustment in late June announced

Dijsselbloem:. Higher national income in itself good news

Across the ANP Dijsselbloem said in a comment:

“On one hand, a higher gross national income in itself

good news for the Netherlands, ie the income that we earn together is greater than previously thought. But this year we also have to take into account a higher EU contribution. “

Opposition party SP reacts outraged at the new setback for Finance. MP Merkies told the ANP:

“It is ridiculous that we have to pay back 200 million euros, after we already had a retrospective of 642 million . It can not be that we need to pay more because we with our statistical office being the best boy in class? I will ask for clarification on the minister here. “

Remittance sharply Netherlands last year, up

In 2013, the payment of Netherlands to Brussels amounted to over 6.5 billion euro . There we were, in the form of grants, nearly 2.3 billion in return. The Dutch net contribution was thus 4.2 billion euros. Last year’s contribution went up considerably: more than 9.1 billion, including the additional tax of 642 million paid last year. The net contribution over last year to be calculated yet

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