Small breweries will pay more excise duty
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Netherlands Enterprise Agency, RVO
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Effective date of this change in law: 1 January 2028
Prinsjesdag 2026 See all changesThere is a plan but the government has yet to decide
The government has proposed a change in rules. The proposal will also be debated in the Lower and Upper Houses of Parliament. The proposal may therefore still change, but it can be helpful to be aware of this in advance.
For whom?
- small independent breweries that produce no more than 200,000 hectolitres per year
What changes?
Do you run a small brewery with a production of less than 200,000 hectolitres of beer per year? Then you will be paying more excise duty. The small brewers' scheme will end. The rate of the excise duty for small brewers will be the same as for other brewers.
When?
It is expected the small brewery scheme will end on 1 January 2028.