- SEO and Dialogic evaluated VAT exemptions for certain services
- Exemptions for undertakers, writers, and journalists are effective and efficient
- Undertakers and journalists often mix taxed and exempt services, complicating administration
- Writers and journalists benefit financially from exemptions only for consumer services
- Exemptions for cartoonists, composers, and lectures are less effective
- Composers face increased administrative burdens due to mixed services
- Cartoonists rarely use exemptions due to administrative complexity
- Lecture exemptions are underutilized due to unclear application
- No immediate reason to abolish exemptions for undertakers, writers, and journalists
- Consideration to abolish exemptions for composers, cartoonists, and lectures
- No changes recommended for fundraising activity exemption thresholds
- Government response to evaluation expected before summer recess
Source: futd.nl
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