Do you have a construction company based in the Netherlands that owns construction equipment or rents out construction equipment? If so, you can make use of the 'Subsidy scheme for clean and emission-free construction equipment' (SSEB). Four categories can be distinguished within this subsidy scheme. The SSEB Purchase (1) is intended for the purchase or lease of a new emission-free construction vehicle or construction machine. The SSEB Retrofit (2) is a subsidy for making existing construction equipment more sustainable. There is also the Innovation Subsidy (3) for the (further) development of new emission-free technologies. Finally, you can make use of the Feasibility Subsidy for a feasibility study leading to a project experimental development towards innovations of emission-free construction machinery and the charging infrastructure needed for this. The application period for the Purchase Subsidy, the Retrofits Subsidy and the Feasibility Study runs until 31 October 2025.

Please note that the Innovation Grant application window closes as early as 28 August 2025!

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Are you planning to make one or more of the aforementioned investments in your construction equipment? Then check if you meet the conditions for these grant opportunities.  

Did you discover an error in your 2024 VAT returns before 1 January 2025? You must then file a supplementary declaration. From 1 January 2025, you must file this supplementary declaration as soon as possible, but at the latest within 8 weeks after you discovered the error. After this deadline, the Tax Administration may impose a penalty on you. Did you discover an error at the end of last year? Then this 8-week period started to run on 1 January 2025 and you must therefore have filed the supplementary declaration by 26 February 2025 to avoid a penalty.
In addition to the 8-week deadline, it is still important for filing a supplementary declaration that you must file it before you know or should reasonably suspect that the inspector knows or will know about the error in question.

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You may offset amounts up to € 1,000 in the next VAT return. You therefore do not need to file a supplementary declaration for this.

On 1 March next, the IB 2024 tax return round will start. The tax authorities have announced that this time they will pay extra attention to the arm's length nature of expenses. Extra attention will be paid to private expenses booked as business expenses. Corporate income tax, VAT and payroll tax returns will also be actively checked for this. In addition, the Tax and Customs Administration will conduct more frequent audits, especially of self-employed entrepreneurs and directors with a one-person limited company. Research shows that costs are often incorrectly recognised in the case of these groups.

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Are you self-employed or a director and principal shareholder? If so, make sure you account for the costs correctly in your records and that you can provide supporting documents to prove the arm's length nature of the costs.

Application window open new grant for reuse and repair products

Retrieved from 30 January 2025 the counter at the RVO of the new Circular Implement and Scale Up (CIO) grant scheme has opened. This grant is aimed at entrepreneurs who want to reuse, repair or recycle high-quality products or materials. Think of electronic and electrical appliances, textiles, meal packaging and furniture. Even if you are already doing this and want to expand in order to reduce CO₂  out, you can take advantage of this new subsidy. Do you have an SME business? Then you will get 50% subsidy on the costs incurred. A large company will get 15%. The subsidy is a minimum of €50,000 per application and a minimum of €25,000 per company. You can apply for this grant alone or together with partners. The maximum amount of the grant is €500,000. The application window is open until 8 April 2025, noon.

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Do you want to start a project that contributes to a circular economy - or are you already doing so and want to expand? Then check the RFO site to see if you can take advantage of this subsidy opportunity.

There are costs that you incur for your business, but which also include a private element. These are the mixed costs. These include the cost of food, drinks and snacks, entertainment expenses and the cost of conferences, seminars, symposiums, excursions and study trips. Mixed expenses are only deductible for income tax if a threshold amount is exceeded. This threshold amount has been increased from €5,600 to €5,700 since 1 January 2025.

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You can also use an alternative. In fact, you may also choose to deduct 80% from mixed costs.

Report amounts paid to third parties by 31 January

Are you an entrepreneur and do not have any staff (i.e. you do not have a payroll tax number) and have received an invitation from the Tax and Customs Administration to provide data of amounts paid to third parties for 2024? Then you are obliged to submit these data (without BSN!) to the Tax and Customs Administration no later than 31 January 2025. If you have not received an invitation to do so, you are allowed to submit this data. The data concern the date on which and the name, address and date of birth of the person to whom you paid the amount. This mainly concerns payments that generally fall under the taxable result from other activities. Excluded in particular are payments to employees, artists, professional athletes, volunteers and persons who have issued a VAT invoice. Data on persons issuing invoices without VAT, not issuing invoices or invoices with VAT transferred must therefore be submitted.

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You can submit the 2024 data digitally via the data portal or via Digipoort. If you want to submit data via Digipoort, you will need a PKIoverheid services certificate. If you do not (yet) have one, you can apply for this certificate from Logius.

Consider VAT deadlines in real estate

When buying or selling a property, did you choose to deliver VAT-taxed? In that case, the buyer must issue a written statement to the seller and the tax authorities within four weeks of the end of the financial year following the financial year in which the property was delivered to him/her. This must show that the buyer also actually used the property for taxed supplies for 90% (sometimes 70%) or more in both years. Thus, for a taxable supply in 2023, this must be done by 29 January 2025 at the latest.
Do you rent out a property with VAT? If so, the tenant who no longer meets the 90% (sometimes 70%) criterion must report this to you and to the Inland Revenue within four weeks of the end of the year.

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You would be wise to check whether the tenant of your property still meets the 90% (70%) criterion and if not, whether he/she has come forward

Subsidy relocation application window open

The application window at the RFO opened on 6 January 2025 for the third subsidy scheme under the peak load approach. This scheme concerns the Rural relocation scheme livestock farms with peak load: farm relocation. This scheme subsidises the voluntary relocation of livestock farms to a location with less nitrogen precipitation than the overburdened Natura 2000 areas. It does not matter which animal species you keep. Among other things, you will receive 100% subsidies for moving buildings, facilities and animals and for taking over or replacing buildings at the new location. Want to know what else you can get a subsidy for and what conditions you need to meet? Then click on Lvvp for more information.

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If you are considering moving your business to another location, see if and how you can take advantage of this grant opportunity.

Bottom of subsidy pot for zero-emission company car in sight

Are you buying or financial leasing a new, fully emission-free company car? Then you can still benefit from 31 December 2024, noon make use of the Low Emission Company Car Subsidy Scheme (SEBA). You apply for this subsidy before entering into a final agreement. For operational leasing, your leasing company can apply for SEBA. The subsidy amount is up to €5,000 per company car. The subsidy rate is 7% for large entrepreneurs, 10% for medium-sized entrepreneurs and 12% for small entrepreneurs (and non-profit institutions). You can use the SME test determine which category your business belongs to. You apply the percentage to the net list price (vehicle category N1) or the sales price without VAT (vehicle category N2 up to and including a weight of 4,250 kg). The net list price (N1) or sales price (N2) must be at least €20,000.

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You may also be able to get Environmental Investment Allowance (MIA) for the purchase of a new zero-emission company car. Once the deal is finalised, apply for the MIA within 3 months. The MIA is not deducted from the subsidy amount. But note that the subsidy does reduce the basis for the MIA. You can also apply for MIA for a charging point.

Invest now or in 2025 for more KIA

To make the most of the small business investment allowance (KIA), it makes sense to assess whether you still need to make certain investments in 2024 or whether it would be better to carry them forward to 2025. Staggering investments can give you more KIA. Will you invest between €2,801 and €69,765 in 2024? Then you will get 28% KIA on this. You can claim a lump sum of €19,535 for a total investment between €69,765 and €129,194. For investments totalling between € 129,194 and € 387,580, this fixed amount gradually decreases. Above an investment amount of €387,580, you will no longer receive KIA. Spreading the investments over two years is therefore often more advantageous.

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Check whether you still need to invest this year or next year to make the most of the small-scale investment deduction.