Glimmer of hope that the increase in VAT rates for hotels and holiday parks can be averted

The lobby to prevent the VAT rate increase (from 9% to 21%) for residential recreation is gaining increasing support. The motion in the House of Representatives to abolish this tax measure has been "postponed." Stef Driessen of ABN AMRO...
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Booking.com helps accommodations (a little) with the pain of the VAT increase

Booking.com will exempt Dutch hoteliers and accommodation providers from the upcoming VAT increase from 9% to 21%. Booking.com normally charges a commission on the price including VAT. Booking.com has announced that it will temporarily exempt partners by reducing its commission for 18 months...
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ING: VAT increase on accommodation will hit budget tourism and Dutch border regions hard

The planned VAT increase on accommodation from 9 to 21 percent is putting pressure on bookings at hotels and holiday parks, according to Sjuk Akkerman of ING. Bookings could drop by XNUMX percent. Budget accommodations, in particular, are expected to...
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The camping farmers of the SVR also warn about the consequences of the VAT increase

The proposed VAT increase for recreational accommodation will not affect camping with your own camping equipment. You would think that farm campsites would benefit from this. However, the SVR (camping farmers) is also critical of this measure. Many camping farmers also farm rental accommodation...
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Impact analysis: Major economic damage expected from VAT increase on accommodation

The impact analysis of the VAT increase (from 9 to 21%) accommodation has been published. The study was a commitment by State Secretary Van Oostenbruggen of Finance (fiscal affairs). The conclusions are not mild; holiday parks and hotels will suffer, especially in the border regions. The...
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Recreational companies sound the alarm: 'Holidays in your own country are becoming unaffordable'

The Dutch recreation sector is sounding the alarm about the rapidly rising costs of recreation, which threatens to make a holiday in your own country unaffordable for more and more people. This is what the CEOs of various recreation companies write in an opinion piece in the Financieel Dagblad.
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VAT increase on sports and culture finally off the table

The sports and exercise sector, but also the cultural sector are relieved that the proposed VAT increase on sports and culture, among other things, has been definitively taken off the table. In doing so, the government is keeping to its earlier promise to increase the VAT rate for sports, culture and books...
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Profit loss of up to 80% for hotels in border region due to VAT increase

Koninklijke Horeca Nederland (KHN) is very concerned about the impact of the VAT increase on accommodation from 9% to 21%, especially for hotels in the border regions. New research by CELTH and Decisio shows that approximately 900 of these...
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