{"id":172710,"date":"2024-10-24T12:41:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T10:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=172710"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:32","slug":"repaying-billions-to-the-rich-is-that-such-a-good-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2024\/10\/24\/repaying-billions-to-the-rich-is-that-such-a-good-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"Repaying billions to the rich, is that such a good idea?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The system of wealth tax must be overhauled and the richest people in the Netherlands are entitled to billions in compensation. Economist Aart Gerritsen doubts whether that is fair.<\/p>\n

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Since 2001, the Netherlands has taxed a notional return on assets. The Supreme Court ruled in 2021 that this violates the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Last June, the Supreme Court also rejected the bridging act introduced by the government as a temporary solution to the Box 3 problem.<\/p>\n\t

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Aart Gerritsen is an associate professor at the Erasmus School of Economics. He researches public policies dealing with the fair distribution of resources, such as the tax system and the minimum wage.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n

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