Subsidies and schemes

Creative Europe Programme

Are you active in the audio-visual or creative sector? You can apply for a subsidy via the Creative Europe Programme. The Creative Europe Programme contains 2 sub-programmes: the Culture strand and...

Culture Capital Loan

Are you an entrepreneur in the cultural sector and did your organisation suffer losses as a result of the corona pandemic or another crisis? You can apply for a Culture Capital Loan (Cultuur Vermogen...

Dutch journalism subsidies

Are you a media organisation, do you produce printed, or digital media publications with journalistic content? Or are you a media startup or investigative journalist? You may be eligible for a subsidy...

Loan for cultural enterprises (Cultuurlening)

Are you a professional artist or do you own a cultural enterprise or organisation in the creative sector? And do you want to invest in your professional future? You can apply for the Cultuurlening...

Performing arts subsidy schemes

Do you work in the field of music, theatre, musical theatre, or dance in the Netherlands? You can apply for subsidies from the Performing Arts Fund (Fonds Podiumkunsten). The fund offers subsidies for...

Plus loan for cultural enterprises (Cultuurlening Plus)

Are you a professional artist or do you own a cultural enterprise or organisation in the creative sector? And do you want to finance a professional cultural production? You can apply for the...

Start-up loan for cultural enterprises

Do you have an enterprise in the cultural sector? And do you need funding for new projects, programmes, productions, or products? You may be eligible for the Start-up loan for cultural enterprises...

Subsidies for designers and cultural institutions

Are you a designer, do you work in the field of digital culture, or do you run a cultural institution? You may be eligible for a subsidy from the Creative Industries Fund NL (Stimuleringsfonds...

Subsidies for literary publishers

As a publisher of literary works, you may be eligible for a subsidy from the Dutch Foundation for Literature (Nederlands Letterenfonds). They offer subsidies for: production costs for special...

Subsidies for visual arts and cultural heritage

Do you work in the field of visual arts or in the cultural heritage sector? If so, you can apply for a grant from the Mondriaan Fund (Mondriaan Fonds). The fund has several grant schemes for cultural...

Subsidies for writers and translators

Are you a writer or translator of literary works? You can apply for a subsidy from the Dutch Foundation for Literature (Nederlands Letterenfonds). Among others there are subsidies for: project...

Subsidy for a nationally or locally listed building

Do you own a monument or a building of cultural or historical significance? You may qualify for a loan or subsidy for conservation (maintenance), a new designation for or restoration of your monument....

Subsidy for film productions

Film producers, directors, screenwriters, and distributors in the Netherlands may be eligible for a subsidy from the Netherlands Film Fund (Nederlands Filmfonds). Funding options are available for the...

Business loan guarantee scheme (GO)

The Business loan guarantee scheme (Garantie Ondernemingsfinanciering, GO) makes it easier for large and medium-sized companies in the Netherlands to borrow substantial amounts of money. Capital...

Business succession scheme (BOR)

Will you get a business through an inheritance or as a gift? You may be able to take advantage of the business succession scheme (bedrijfsopvolgingsregeling, BOR). This scheme allows you to pay less...

Childcare benefit for entrepreneurs

Childcare benefit contributes to the cost of childcare. As an entrepreneur you are also entitled to this benefit. What are the conditions for childcare benefit? You can apply for childcare benefit as...

Circular Plastics NL Subsidy (CPNL)

Does your company make, process, or use plastics? And do you want to cooperate with other entrepreneurs or research institutions to improve the plastic recycling process? Then you can apply for the...

Co-working partner tax relief

Do you run a business in the Netherlands, and does your fiscal partner perform work for your business? You may be eligible for co-working partner tax relief (meewerkaftrek, in Dutch). If you use this...

Coaching by Entrepreneurs Sounding Board

Do you have an SME and can you use support or advice? You can apply for professional coaching with the Entrepreneurs Sounding Board Foundation (Stichting Ondernemersklankbord, OKB). During a 6-months...

Compensation for eHerkenning costs

Do you need eHerkenning to file your tax returns via the Netherlands Tax Administration (Belastingdienst) through Mijn Belastingdienst Zakelijk? And did you buy the Belastingdienst EH3-login tool? You...

Discontinuation relief

Are you discontinuing your business? You may be eligible for discontinuation relief (stakingsaftrek) or a tax-free annuity (stakingslijfrenteaftrek). Discontinuation profit Are you making a profit...

Dutch Good Growth Fund (DGGF)

Are you an SME in the Netherlands and interested in investing in an upcoming market or a developing country? And do you need financing for this? You can apply for the Dutch Good Growth Fund (DGGF)....

Dutch Trade and Investment Fund (DTIF)

Is your company interested in doing business abroad? But do you have trouble arranging the necessary financing? You could be eligible for funding by the Dutch Trade and Investment Fund. DTIF offers...

Dutch Venture Initiative (DVI)

If you run a small or medium enterprise (SME) and need access to investment capital, you may apply for the Dutch Venture Initiative (DVI). This is a collaboration of the European Investment Fund and...

Early retirement scheme (RVU)

If you employ staff, you can arrange for your employees to retire before state pension age. Such arrangements can also be made in some sectors for specific groups of workers. For instance because they...

Energy Investment Allowance (EIA)

Do you have a company in the Netherlands and do you invest measures to reduce CO2 emissions such as heat infrastructure, in energy-efficient technologies or assets? You may be eligible for the Energy...

Entrepreneur allowance

Business owners in the Netherlands may be eligible for the entrepreneur allowance (ondernemersaftrek, in Dutch). The entrepreneur allowance is an amount you deduct from your profit, so you pay less...

Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs

As a young entrepreneur, either experienced or just starting, you may be eligible for the Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs programme. The Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs programme helps starting...

European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF)

Does you company or sector have to make large numbers of people redundant? You may be eligible for aid from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF). You help the dismissed employees find a...

Financial support for self-employed professionals (Bbz)

Are you a freelancer or self-employed professional in the Netherlands and in need of financial support? For instance because you want to start a business while you are on benefits? Your municipality...

GlobalStars subsidy scheme

Do you own an innovative company or do you develop new technologies for products, processes or services? And do you work together with one or more partners outside of Europe? Then you may be eligible...

Green Projects Scheme financing

Do you want to invest in environmentally friendly projects in the Netherlands? Maybe your project is eligible for a Green Declaration. With a Green Declaration you can request ‘green financing’ for...

Innovation box

Do you make profit from innovative activities? If so, you may be able to use the innovation box (in Dutch). This is a special tariff box on your corporate tax return. This allows you to pay less...

Innovation Fund Noord-Holland

Do you run a small or medium enterprise or a startup in the province Noord-Holland? And are you planning a proof-of-concept project, in which you will prove the efficacy of an innovation? You may be...

Innovation Impact Challenge (SBIR)

Do you want to work on innovative solutions to societal issues? The Innovation Impact Challenge (formerly SBIR, in Dutch) aims to stimulate entrepreneurs within the European Union propose innovative...

Just Transition Fund (JTF)

Do you want to comply with the energy transition, but is your SME located in a region where it is difficult to make use of renewable energy alternatives? For instance, because the area is dependent on...

Labour costs compensation (LKV) for employing older or disabled persons

Do you have a company in the Netherlands and do you take 1 or more people into employment who have difficulty finding work? For instance people over the age of 56 and on unemployment benefits, people...

Lifelong learning credit

Would you (or your employee) like to take a study programme, but are you no longer eligible for student finance? You may qualify for a lifelong learning credit (Levenlanglerenkrediet). You can use the...

Maternity allowance for self-employed professionals (ZEZ)

Are you a freelancer/self-employed professional based in the Netherlands and pregnant? You are entitled to an allowance during pregnancy or after childbirth under the Maternity Benefit Scheme for the...

Microcredit

Are you a starting or existing business owner in the Netherlands and do you need credit to start or grow your company? You may be eligible for a micro credit (Microkrediet, in Dutch) from Qredits....

Older and Partially Disabled Self-Employed Income Support (IOAZ)

Are you an older self-employed professional working in the Netherlands? And do you want to terminate your business because you have too little income from your business? You may be eligible for a...

Orange Trade Mission Fund (OHMF)

Are you an SME business owner and do you want to expand to the international market? Or are you already active in the international market but do you need support? You can participate in the Orange...

Partners for International Business (PIB)

Do you want to enter a foreign market together with a group of companies and knowledge institutions? The Partners for International Business (PIB) programme helps you access opportunities in foreign...

Private business ownership allowance

As an entrepreneur in the Netherlands, you may be eligible for the private business ownership allowance (zelfstandigenaftrek). If so, you pay less tax because you can deduct a fixed amount from your...

Proof-of-concept funding (VFF)

Do you own or operate an established SME, innovative startup or an academic, hbo or TO2 startup in the Netherlands? You can apply for Proof-of-concept funding. This loan will enable you to develop...

R&D tax credit (WBSO)

Do you run a company in the Netherlands that carries out research and development (R&D) work (Speur- en Ontwikkelingswerk, S&O)? You may be able to lower the costs for your development and research...

Remission of municipal and water authority taxes

Are you as an entrepreneur not able to pay your municipal or Regional Water Authority taxes? You may be eligible for a full or partial remission. The municipality is not obliged to grant remission....

Repaying Corona bridging credit

Credit provider Qredits helps entrepreneurs that have been hit by the corona crisis. Qredits offers a bridging credit for existing entrepreneurs as well as entrepreneurs who started their business in...

Repaying Corona relaunch credit for SMEs (TOA krediet)

Credit provider Qredits helped entrepreneurs hit by the corona crisis with a restructuring credit. Entrepreneurs could use this TOA credit (Time Out Arrangement, TOA krediet) to relaunch their...

Repaying the Business loan guarantee corona (GO-C)

Did you take out a loan via the Business loan guarantee scheme for corona (GO-C)? Then you must repay the amount you borrowed. The GO-C was available for companies that had difficulties getting a bank...

Repaying the Reimbursement Fixed Costs (TVL)

Did you receive Reimbursement Fixed Costs (TVL)? And did your turnover exceed your expectations? You may have received more than you were entitled to. If you did receive too much TVL, you will need to...

Repaying the Small credits guarantee for SMEs (KKC)

Did you take out a loan via the small credits guarantee for SMEs (Kleine Kredieten Corona garantieregeling, KKC)? You will have to repay this loan. Do you have to repay? The small credits guarantee is...

Repaying the SME credit guarantee corona (BMKB-C)

Do you use the extended SME credit guarantee scheme for corona (BMKB-C)? Then you must repay the amount you borrowed. Under the BMKB-C, entrepreneurs could borrow money faster and easier during the...

Repaying the temporary emergency bridging measure NOW

Did you make use of the Temporary emergency bridging measure for sustained employment (Tijdelijke Noodmaatregel Overbrugging voor Werkbehoud, NOW)? And did your turnover exceed expectations? Or has...

Repaying the Temporary support for essential costs (TONK)

Do you make use of the tax free Temporary support for essential costs (TONK)? If this benefit was offered to you as a loan, you must repay it. The TONK measure helps you pay for housing costs during...

Repaying the TOGS (Reimbursement for entrepreneurs in affected sectors)

Did you receive support through the TOGS measure? You will only have to repay this if you were not eligible for this tax free reimbursement and the support was wrongfully granted. The TOGS...

Repaying the Tozo (Temporary bridging measure for self-employed professionals)

Did you apply for (and receive) the Tozo loan for business capital? You have to repay this. Did you receive the Tozo income support? You will only have to repay if you received more than you were...

SLIM subsidy for staff development

Do you run an SME? And do you want to invest in your personnel’s expertise, growth, and development? Or do you want to train your personnel in a socially key sector, such as care, childcare, or...

Small businesses scheme (KOR)

Do you run a small business in the Netherlands with a turnover of no more than €20,000 per year? You can choose to take part in the small businesses scheme (kleineondernemersregeling, KOR). If you...

Small projects investment credit (KIA)

Business owners in the Netherlands who invest in business assets, are eligible to claim the small projects investment credit (kleinschaligheidsinvesteringsaftrek, KIA, in Dutch). That means they are...

SME credit guarantee scheme (BMKB)

If you have a business in the Netherlands and employ no more than 250 workers (you have an SME), you may be eligible for a guarantee for part of a loan through the SME credit guarantee scheme (BMKB)....

SME loan

Are you a starting or existing SME business owner (including the self-employed)? Or do you want to take over a company? If you need a business loan, you can apply for an SME loan of up to €250,000....

SME profit exemption

What is the SME profit exemption? The SME profit exemption (mkb-winstvrijstelling) is a tax deduction to your profit. It reduces the amount of your taxable profit. Because of this you will have to pay...

SME-credit scheme Green (BMKB-Groen)

Do you want to reduce your energy costs by making your business more sustainable? With the SME-credit scheme BMKB-Green you can get a loan with a guarantee by the government. This allows you to borrow...

Social Credit

Are you an entrepreneur in the social enterprise sector? Does your business have societal goals and is profit not your number one priority? You may be eligible for a social credit of up to €250,000....

Start a business with incapacity benefit

Do you live in the Netherlands and do you have a long-term occupational disability? In some cases you may be eligible for support to start your own business. What type of support can you get? You can...

Start a business with unemployment benefit

Do you live in the Netherlands and are you out of work? It is possible to start your own company while retaining (part of) your unemployment benefit (WW). There are 3 options: Use the start-up scheme:...

Starterslift Loan (Mid-West Brabant)

Do you have a promising, knowledge intensive start-up in the region Mid-West Brabant? You can apply for pre-seed funding through Starterslift Investments. This funding is provided in the form of a...

Subsidy for modifying a workstation

Do you run a company in the Netherlands and do you want to keep or hire an employee who is ill or disabled? In order to do so, you may have to modify the workplace. For example by installing a...

Subsidy for stimulation and feasibility study for energy innovation (Overijssel)

Are you located in the province of Overijssel and do you have an innovative idea to save energy? Then you can apply for the subsidy for stimulation for energy innovation to further support and develop...

Subsidy for trials with circular biopolyesters

Does your business make products from (biobased) plastics and would you like to use circular biopolyesters or more of these in your production? Then you can apply for a subsidy to run trials with...

Subsidy Programme for Responsible Business (SPVO)

Do you want to improve the social sustainability of your company by countering risks in your international value chain? If so, you can apply for a subsidy from the Subsidy Programme for Responsible...

Subsidy programme LIFE

LIFE is the European subsidy programme for the development and implementation of European nature conservation and environmental policy. The programme includes the following: Nature and biodiversity...

Subsidy scheme for demonstration projects, feasibility studies, and investment preparation projects (DHI)

Are you an SME company in the Netherlands interested in investing in an upcoming market or a developing country? Then you can apply for the subsidy scheme for demonstration projects, feasibility...

Subsidy Scheme Sectoral Partnerships

Are you a company in the Netherlands interested in focussing more on international Responsible Business Conduct (RBC)? If so, the Sectoral Partnerships subsidy scheme helps you identify and address...

Subsidy scheme sustainability of inland vessels (SRVB)

Do you own an inland vessel and do you want to invest in a cleaner engine or a catalytic converter for your ship? You can apply for the subsidy scheme for sustainability of inland vessels...

Subsidy Single Market Programme (SMP)

The Single Market Programme is aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). One of the goals of the programme is to stimulate SMEs’ competitiveness. The Single Market Programme (SMP) is an EU...

Substance-related Occupational Diseases compensation (TSB)

Have you become ill due to working with hazardous substances? If so, you can apply for a one-off allowance from the Dutch Institute for Victims of Occupational Diseases due to Hazardous Substances...

Support by job coach

Do you run a company in the Netherlands and do you employ a sick or disabled person who needs coaching? Or do you offer a potential employee a trial placement? You can apply for a subsidy to use a job...

Support International Business (SIB)

Do you want to export your products or services? With the Support International Business (SIB) programme, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs helps companies that are aiming to move into foreign markets....

Sustainability and innovation subsidies in northern Netherlands

Is your company located in one of the northern provinces Drenthe, Friesland or Groningen? And does your enterprise contribute to innovation and sustainability in the region? You may be eligible for a...

Sustainable energy investment subsidy scheme (ISDE)

Do you want to make your business premises more sustainable, for instance by installing a solar boiler or heat pump? You can apply for the sustainable energy investment subsidy scheme...

Tax relief for new companies

As a starting entrepreneur in the Netherlands, you may be eligible for the tax relief for new companies (startersaftrek). This is part of the entrepreneur allowance (ondernemersaftrek). You can get...

Tax schemes for environmentally-friendly investments (MIA and Vamil)

Do you own a company in the Netherlands and do you invest in environment-friendly business assets or technology? You may be able to benefit from 2 tax schemes: the Environmental investment allowance...

Trial placement unemployed or people partially fit for work

Are you an employer in the Netherlands and do you want to hire someone who is unemployed or partially fit for work? If you are not sure this person is suitable for the job, you can offer them an...

Unemployment benefit (WW) for inclement weather

Do you run a business in the Netherlands and does inclement weather prevent your employees from working? You can apply for a temporary unemployment benefit for them. This is possible during severe...

Unemployment benefit during short-time working

If you run a business in the Netherlands and you have not enough work for your staff due to exceptional circumstances you can apply for a short-time working (werktijdverkorting, WTV) permit. This...

Wadden fund subsidy scheme STUW (Friesland, Groningen, Noord-Holland)

Do you run a sustainability project in the Wadden area (Waddengebied)? You can apply for a subsidy under the Subsidy scheme Thematic Implementation Wadden fund (STUW) (Subsidieregeling Thematische...

Wage dispensation for employment of disabled workers

Do you want to hire an employee in the Netherlands who receives a Wajong benefit or an IVA-benefit? In some cases you are allowed to pay less than the minimum wage. You can apply for temporary wage...

Accelerated climate investments industry (VEKI) subsidy

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Do you want to take CO2-saving measures within your company by investing in equipment, systems, or techniques? Are the investment costs too high for you and is the payback period longer than 5 years?...

Circular Awards

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Do you have a circular business model or is your company developing an innovative circular project or product? Then you can enter the Circular Awards, organised by accelerator Versnellingshuis...

Circular Batteries Subsidy (SCB)

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Do you want to improve and develop sustainable batteries or battery chain systems? Or do you want to improve the recycling process of batteries? Then you can apply for the Circular Batteries Subsidy...

Clean Energy Transition Partnership subsidy (CETPartnership)

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Do you work together with foreign partners on an energy-innovation project? You can apply for the Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETPartnership) subsidy. With this subsidy you can showcase your...

Compensation for eHerkenning costs without KVK number

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Did you buy the Belastingdienst EH3 login without chain authorisation to file your tax return with the Netherlands Tax Administration (Belastingdienst) and do you not have a KVK number? You can apply...

Cybersecurity Innovation Fund (CIF-NL)

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Do you have a business or research organisation and do you want to develop a plan for innovation on a cybersecurity project? You may be eligible for the Cybersecurity Innovation Fund (CIF-NL). When...

European Partnership for Responsible Minerals (EPRM)

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Do you have an idea for a project to improve conditions for miners of tin, tantalum, tungsten, lithium, natural graphite, cobalt, copper, or nickel in conflict area’s? The European Partnership for...

Eurostars subsidy scheme

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Are you a small and medium-sized (SME) entrepreneur in the high tech research and development sector? And do you work with partners in other countries? You may be eligible for a Eurostars subsidy....

EZK Energy Award

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Does your company work on ways to save energy, create sustainable energy, or renewable heat? You can enter the EZK Energy Award (EZK Energy Award, in Dutch). If you win the EZK Energy Award, you will...

Innowwide programme

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Is your SME working on an innovative product or service that you want to market outside the European Union? You can apply for the Innowwide programme. Innowwide helps you to conduct market research...

SME-voucher for intellectual property rights

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Are you an SME business owner and do you want to protect your intellectual property? Then you can make use of SME vouchers from the (EUIPO) European Intellectual Property Office’s SME Fund 2024. These...

Subsidy Circular chain projects

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Do you aim to reuse and recycle as much as possible? And do you want to work together with other small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)? You may be eligible for a subsidy to stimulate circular...

Subsidy for cyber resilient businesses (MCZ)

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Do you want to increase your company's digital security (cyber resilience)? Do you have a small business or are you self-employed? You can apply for the My Cyber Resilient Business (Mijn Cyberweerbare...

Subsidy ITEA4 research programme

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ITEA (Information Technology for European Advancement) is a European strategic research programme for the development of software-intensive systems and services. ITEA is focused on market/applied...

Subsidy Scheme for practice based learning

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Would you like to offer work-based learning or practical learning opportunities? The Subsidy Scheme for practice based learning (Subsidieregeling praktijkleren) may offer you compensation for the...

Subsidy scheme for practice-based learning third learning pathway

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Do you want to offer work-based learning or practical learning opportunities to intermediate vocational education (mbo) students in the third learning pathway (derde leerweg)? You can apply for a...

Subsidy scheme for the employment of status holders (SOWIS)

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Do you want to employ one or more asylum seekers with a residence permit (status holders)? Or did you recently hire them? And do you want to organise activities to reduce the differences in language...

Subsidy strengthening cyber resilience

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Does your company work in a non-vital sector (you do not offer products or services that are of vital importance to the Dutch society)? Do you want to increase your company’s cyber resilience? If you...

Sustainability and innovation subsidies in southern Netherlands (OPZUID)

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Is your business located in the provinces of Limburg, Noord-Brabant or Zeeland? Do you contribute to innovation and sustainability in the region? You may apply for a subsidy from the OPZUID 2021-2027...

Young Expert Programmes Energy Subsidy (YEP)

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Does your company work on renewable energy in developing countries? And would you like to hire a young professional to support this work? You may be eligible for a Young Expert Programmes (YEP) Energy...

Climate-Neutral Economy Manufacturing Investment Subsidy (IMKE)

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Do you want to invest in a new production line to produce electrolysers, batteries, or solar panels or essential components for them? Or do you want to convert an existing production line or to expand...

Growth Facility Scheme

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Do you have an SME in the Netherlands? And do you need financing, for instance to expand your business, for a takeover, to reorganise or restructure? You may be eligible for the Growth Facility Scheme...

MKB Lounge subsidy programme

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Sector organisations for small and medium-sized entreprises (SME or MKB in Dutch) may be eligible for the MKB Lounge subsidy programme. This subsidy enables sector organisations to set up Holland...

Partners for Water subsidy: Innovations for Water Safety and Water Security (PVW-IVWW)

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Are you an international entrepreneur active in the water industry? And do you want to carry out a feasibility study or a pilot project that has to do with water safety and water security abroad? Then...

Reimbursement for damages due to disasters

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Does your company suffer damages as a result of a disaster? You may be eligible for support under the Reimbursement for damages due to disasters Act (Wet tegemoetkoming schade bij rampen, Wts, in...

Retirement reserve

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You can no longer build up a fiscal retirement reserve (fiscale oudedagsreserve, FOR). The government has terminated the retirement reserve to prevent entrepreneurs from using the retirement reserve...

Subsidy scheme for zero emission commercial vehicles (SEBA)

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If you buy a new zero-emission (electric) commercial vehicle, you may be eligible for a subsidy of at most €5,000 (per vehicle). You can apply for the Subsidy scheme for zero emission commercial...