Larger SMEs and industrial consumers will pay more tax on tap water
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Netherlands Enterprise Agency, RVO
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Effective date of this change in law: 1 January 2027
For whom?
- entrepreneurs using more than 50,000 m3 tap water of drinking water quality per connection per year
What changes?
Do you use a more than 50,000 m3 tap water of drinking water quality in your business? From 1 January 2027 you will tax on all tap water you use.
In 2026 a tax ceiling of 50,000 m3 per connection per year is still in place. This means you do not pay tax on your consumption above the ceiling of 50,000 m3.
From 2027 the tax ceiling will disappear completely. Then you will pay taxes on all tap water of drinking water quality you use.
When?
The tax ceiling for the tax on tap water (BoL) will be abolished completely on 1 January 2027.