# Coalition still lacks majority for 2027 tax plan

> With the Tweede Kamer due to vote on Thursday, D66, VVD and CDA are still negotiating with opposition parties on the left and right to pass the 2027 Belastingplan, the government's annual set of tax measures.

Politics · published 2026-11-11 15:02 · https://nlnow.nl/a/coalition-still-short-of-majority-for-2027-tax-plan/

The coalition of D66, VVD and CDA has no majority yet for the 2027 tax plan (Belastingplan), two days before the vote. The Tweede Kamer continued its debate on Tuesday 10 November with Finance minister Eelco Heinen (VVD) and state secretary Eelco Eerenberg (D66). Talks with the opposition continue on Wednesday.

Eerenberg told coalition and opposition to "carry on with your horse-trading, then" (poldert u lekker vooruit), a nod to Dutch consensus-building. The cabinet will then look in good faith at any amendments submitted on Wednesday, he said.

**What happens next**

- Wednesday 14:00: deadline for amendments
- Thursday: votes on the tax plan, at the start of the afternoon session

## Right and left both hold their demands

On the right, JA21, BBB and SGP say they are acting together and have non-financial demands on nitrogen, asylum and medical ethics. JA21's Michiel Hoogeveen said the three still stand by "we stand or fall together" (together out, together home). He said the cabinet is moving towards them on "a number of points", but does too little on nitrogen.

On the left, Pro and Volt demand a "millionaire tax" amendment: a €1.5bn tax cut for working people, paid for by an equally large tax rise for the wealthy. Pro's Luc Stultiens called the cabinet's "one-sided placing of the bill on working people" still unacceptable. VVD MP Wendy van Eijk said a higher wealth tax is out of the question for her party, but did not rule out D66 and CDA backing a left-wing amendment without the VVD.

The debate also covered box 3, where a new capital gains tax starts in 2029. Heinen denied that a billion-euro gap looms, saying the forecasts reach too far ahead, to 2031–2040. Pro leader Jesse Klaver said: "We are still in a permanent formation, with a cabinet that does not choose between left and right." He added that it will have to this week.

## Background

- **Tweede Kamer**: The House of Representatives, the lower and more powerful house of the Dutch parliament. Its 150 members are elected directly; it can amend bills and holds the cabinet to account.
- **Box 3**: The part of Dutch income tax that taxes savings and investments. Tax is charged on an assumed return rather than the actual return; after the Supreme Court ruled from 2021 that this can breach property rights, the system has to be reformed.
- **Belastingplan**: The tax plan is the annual bill in which the Dutch government sets out its tax changes for the coming year, such as tax rates, tax brackets, allowances and tax credits. It is submitted to parliament together with the budget on Prinsjesdag (Budget Day, the third Tuesday of September). The Tweede Kamer (House of Representatives) debates and votes on it in the autumn, and the Eerste Kamer (Senate) must then approve it before it becomes law.

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