The Dutch government announced, on March 3, 2008, a new bill aiming at unifying the wage concept. There are six different definitions of this notion in the current legislation. However, the main objective of this reform is to make employers' task easier by removing from pay slips the details of the social contributions to pay; taxing authorities will be in charge of the division between social organizations. (Ref. 080182)
If the bill is adopted, pay slips will only mention one “deductions and taxes” section, in addition to gross and net earnings. This is an important change for employers: they will only have to pay a single amount for every employee, to the Treasury. The latter will be in charge of sending the contributions to the appropriate social fund. These different funds won’t disappear, since employers and unions are keen on keeping their right to control the unemployment insurance (WW) notably.
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