Also this year, many cabinet plans have already leaked before budget day (Prinsjesdag). Nu.nl Lists The Most Important Known Measures for 2026.
Budget Day is different this year because the cabinet is caretaker. King Willem-Alexander Will Simply Read the Speech from the Throne, But There is Not Much Room for New Plans. The Cabinet Must, As It Were, Mainly Mind The Store in the Coming Months.
This is what will happen. The Excise Duty Reduction of Around 25 euros cents at the pump will be extended again. The Benefit for Motorists That was introduced in 2022 was supposed to be temporary, but no party wags to reverse this. Certainly not just before the elections.
All households will in any case Improve Somewhat, Accordination to the Purchasing Power Figures. There are no major differentials between income this year.
Cabinet ‘Scraps’ CO2 Tax to Help Industry
The Caretaker Cabinet Will also Help the Industry by Scrapping the National CO2 Levy. A majority in Parliament had Been Calling for this for some time.
The Tax Will Continue to Exist on Paper Through a Trick, So That The Cabinet Cannot Be reprimanded by Brussels. If the cabinet were to scrap the CO2 Tax Complety, it could cost the treasury 1.2 Billion Euros.
Furthermore, The Industry Will Be Helped for Another Year with a Lower Electricity Bill. Money was Already available up to and including 2027. The Scheme Will Now Be Extended by Another Year.
In Addition, A Little Extra Money Will Go to the Prisons and the Cabinet Will Arrange, at the Request of the House, That the Cut in a Scheme For Vulnerable Students Will Be Reversed.
This is how ‘the sweet’ is paid for
To pay for all these Positive Plans, also Known as ‘The Sweet’, The Import of Red Diesel Will Be Removed, Among Other Things. That is a cheaper fuel for agricultural tractors. There had Been Concerns about feasibility and fraud sensitivity for some time.
The Tax Benefit for expats will be slightly reduced. And the Symbolic Cheese Slicer Goes over the budgets of Various Mines. Their budget would be inceased due inflation, but that will not happen.
The Proededs From a New European Tax Will alsoo Be Used. From January, customs will levy excise densions on CO2 emissions from Goods coming from outside the European Union.
Next Tuesday, On Budget Day, The Caretaker Cabinet Will also Present The Additional Nitrogen Package. An additional 2.6 Billion Euros Will Be Allocated to Overcome the Crisis. This is in Addition to the 3 Billion Euros That Minister of Agriculture Femke Wiersma Announced in the Spring.
The Money Will Go to Already Known Plans, Such As A Voluntary Cessation Scheme and Innovation.