- ABN AMRO Bank expects healthcare, childcare, and education sectors to struggle with enforcing rules against false self-employment by the Tax Authority
- Companies and institutions in these sectors may use temporary workers to comply with regulations, which is 39 percent more expensive
- The Tax Authority will enforce rules against false self-employment starting next year, with this year as a transitional period without fines
- Employers may face reassessments for using freelancers for jobs that should be salaried positions
- According to CBS (Statistics) data, there are 255,000 freelancers in healthcare, childcare, and education
- These sectors do not charge VAT, unlike industries that can offset VAT, leading to full 21 percent VAT on the cost of temporary workers
- ABN AMRO advocates for a zero VAT rate for all labor forms in healthcare, childcare, and education to remove hiring barriers for employers using staffing agencies
Source: taxence.nl
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