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Amendments for your sector
Yet to come into effect (3)
No more sales of consumer fireworks due to fireworks ban
Effective date: 1 July 2026Do you sell consumer fireworks, or do you work in the fireworks industry? If so, you will be faced with a national ban on consumer fireworks. The Upper House has approved the Change of the Year Safety...
Betting and lottery tax to increase
Effective date: Step-by-step, on 1 January 2025, and on 1 January 2026Do you organise games of chance in the Netherlands, such as casino games, online games of chance, or sports betting? Or do you operate gaming machines? The betting and lottery tax went up from 2025 in...
Parents must have an exemption for vlogs showing their children
Effective date: not yet knownDo you make vlogs or video’s in which your child regularly appears ánd do you make money from this? If so, you will have to keep to stricter rules. The government wants to offer children better...
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