Tax and Customs Administration: Difference between revisions

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The '''Tax and Customs Administration''' ({{lang-nl|Belastingdienst|translation=Tax Service}}) is the [[tax collection]] and [[Customs|customs agency]] of the [[Kingdom of the Netherlands]]. It is part of the [[Ministry of Finance (Netherlands)|Ministry of Finance]] and is responsible for levying and collecting taxes, enforcing [[Tax in the netherlands|tax legislation]] and investigating [[tax fraud]] in the [[Netherlands]].

In addition to managing tax revenue, the Tax and Customs Administration also administerscontains the [[customsFiscal dutiesInformation and Investigation Service]] (FIOD) which specializes in investigating financial and superviseseconomic thecrimes, importincluding tax evasion, exportmoney laundering, and transitother forms of goodsfiscal throughfraud. Until 2020, the Netherlands.Tax Itand Customs Administration also managesadministered [[customs duties]] and managed ''Toeslagen'', which involves payingpayed out income-related [[Social benefits|benefits]] for [[childcare]], rent and health care. ItThese alsoresponsibilities containshave thesince [[Fiscalbeen Informationtransferred andto Investigationseparate Service]]agencies (FIOD)named which specializes in investigating financial''Douane'' and economic''Dienst crimesToeslagen'', includingrespectively.<ref>{{Cite taxweb evasion,|last=Belastingdienst money|date=2022-06-09 laundering,|title=Organization and othertasks forms|url=https://over-ons.belastingdienst.nl/organisatie/organisatie-en-taken/ of|access-date=2024-08-29 fiscal|website=Belastingdienst fraud.|ref=website-org-tasks}}</ref>

In addition to the state government tax service, there are many other tax authorities, such as municipal tax authorities, responsible for levying and collecting local taxes, including waste, property, municipal, and water taxes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontenten/belastingdienst/individuals/individuals|title=Individuals|last=Belastingdienst|website=www.belastingdienst.nl|access-date=28 April 2018}}</ref>

The Tax and Customs Administration is responsible for raising the income of the government through taxation and customs duties. It levies direct taxes, such as income tax and property tax, and indirect taxes, such as value added tax, excise duties, vehicle tax and environmental taxes. From this income, general provisions are paid, such as roads, schools and certain benefits (assistance, allowances, child allowance). Furthermore, many subsidies from, notably, theatre companies and sports clubs are paid from the general funds.