# MPs debate 2027 tax package as cabinet's survival is questioned

> The Tweede Kamer opened a third round on the 2027 tax package on Thursday, with a vote planned for the evening, while DENK asked in the chamber whether there is still a cabinet.

Politics · published 2026-11-12 13:22 · https://nlnow.nl/a/mps-debate-2027-tax-package-as-cabinet-s-survival-is-questioned/

**The **Tweede Kamer began a third round of debate on the Belastingplan 2027 tax package on Thursday 12 November. MPs asked for the extra round, so they can submit motions in it. The government's own third round follows after MPs have spoken.

The package has four bills: the Belastingplan 2027 itself (37022), other fiscal measures for 2027 (37023), a start-up bill (37024) and a bill on safe-harbour rules in the minimum tax law (37025). The start-up bill covers employee stock options in start-ups and scale-ups and abolishes the stakingsaftrek and meewerkaftrek.

Markuszower, of Groep Markuszower, noted that a vote is due this evening. He proposed holding the debate Wilders requested on Wednesday on the current situation after that vote, because "there will be a new situation again" by then.

The chair, Van Campen, said anything is possible and the Kamer can decide again later in the day. He proposed holding the third round first and then seeing whether MPs want to talk further.

Van Baarle (DENK) referred to a statement Dilan Yeşilgöz gave outside the Ministry of Defence on Wednesday evening. He said there is "a serious problem in this cabinet" and wants her, and possibly the other deputy prime minister, invited to explain at the debate. "The question is: is there still a cabinet?" he said.

## 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.
- **Belastingplan**: The Belastingplan is the annual tax bill, the package of laws in which the Dutch government sets out changes to taxes and levies for the coming year. It is debated and voted on by the Tweede Kamer (House of Representatives) and the Eerste Kamer (Senate) before it takes effect on 1 January. Because it changes income tax rates, tax credits and deductions, it affects almost everyone living and working in the Netherlands.
- **stakingsaftrek en meewerkaftrek**: Stakingsaftrek and meewerkaftrek are two tax deductions in Dutch income tax for entrepreneurs (ondernemers), which reduce the taxable profit of their business. They are part of the business-owner reliefs that the Belastingdienst (Dutch Tax and Customs Administration) applies when calculating income tax. They matter for self-employed people and business owners, since changes to these deductions are set out in the yearly tax package.

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