# D66 and CDA strike €1bn tax deal with two opposition parties

> Two coalition parties have agreed with Pro and Volt to raise taxes on the wealthy and ease them for others in the 2027 tax plan, which the lower house (Tweede Kamer) votes on Thursday.

Politics · published 2026-11-11 14:57 · https://nlnow.nl/a/d66-and-cda-strike-1bn-tax-deal-with-two-opposition-parties/

D66 and CDA announced on Wednesday an agreement with Pro and Volt on a proposal for the 2027 Belastingplan (tax plan). It shifts a total of €1bn "from the wealthy to ordinary people".

The Tweede Kamer votes on the Belastingplan on Thursday. That includes the amendment from Klaver and Dassen, which CDA and D66 now back.

**Why it matters**

- A new top rate of 38.5% on capital gains in box 3, up 2.5 percentage points.
- The box 3 base rate, for smaller assets, falls by half a percentage point to 35.5%.
- "Gifting on paper" (schenken op papier) is limited, as the ChristenUnie proposed earlier.
- Tax on profits that company directors and major shareholders take out of their businesses rises gradually in the coming years.

The top rate applies to savers with a 2% return on assets of €6m, not counting the value of their own home. It also applies in practice to investors with a 6% return from €1m in assets. Taken together, the box 3 changes raise €221m net.

All the measures add up to a €600m tax increase for the wealthy. The remaining €400m of the €1bn is still to be filled in with measures yet to be decided.

The deal follows stalled talks between the minority cabinet of Prime Minister Jetten and the opposition on the plan. Last week the cabinet sent a Belastingplan to parliament anyway. CDA leader Bontenbal then said he considered that too big a gamble and that he would look, with D66 parliamentary leader Jan Paternotte, for an agreement with the opposition. The VVD, the third coalition party, still has to respond to the announcement.

## Background

- **Belastingplan**: The Belastingplan is the annual tax bill: the package of tax changes the Dutch cabinet proposes for the coming year, covering tax rates, allowances, deductions and other tax measures. Parliament debates it, and both the Tweede Kamer (House of Representatives) and the Eerste Kamer (Senate) must approve it before it takes effect on 1 January. Because it is voted on every year, it is the main place where parties negotiate changes to who pays what in taxes.

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