Your 2026 tax return
The main guide to filing your Dutch return for 2026. It walks through the boxes, the deadlines and the parts most people miss.
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Our free Dutch tax ebooks explain the 2026 return one situation at a time. Pick the guide that fits you and download it. You give us no email and no details.
All our guides
Each guide is a short PDF on one part of the Dutch tax return. It uses the 2026 rules and figures. You read it, keep it and share it with whoever helps you file.
A tax advisor writes each guide and a second advisor checks the figures, so the explanation holds up. You download it straight away, with no sign-up, no form and no email.
They are written for people filing a Dutch return without a tax background. We explain each Dutch term the first time it comes up.
You can see how we handle a full return on our page about help with your tax return.
Which guide fits
Start from your situation, not from the form, and the right guide is easy to find. Each ebook below answers one question the Dutch return raises, so you can read only the ones that apply to you.
Moving to or from the Netherlands this year? Read the migration guide. Own or buying a home? Read the guide on your house. Wondering how the whole system fits together? Read the guide on the Dutch tax system. Facing an inheritance? Read the inheritance tax guide. Earning on the side? Read the guide on income from other activities.
Two facts help you place yourself. The Dutch return splits your income into three parts, called boxes. Box 1 is work and your home, Box 2 is a substantial shareholding and Box 3 is savings and investments. And for the year you arrive in or leave the Netherlands you file a separate migration return. That goes online or on the paper M form.
We set out the full rules on our pages about the Dutch tax system, buying a home and inheritance tax.
The guides give you the rules and the context. When your own case needs a decision, the last section shows you how to talk it through with an advisor.
Every guide is free and yours to keep. You click the guide and the PDF opens.
We do not add you to a list, because there is no list. A guide can still leave a question about your own case. The next section is for you.
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The main guide to filing your Dutch return for 2026. It walks through the boxes, the deadlines and the parts most people miss.
What changes in your return the year you buy or sell a home in the Netherlands. It works through three common situations with examples.
The return for your first or last year in the Netherlands, filed on the M form. It answers the questions a part-year in two countries brings.
How the Dutch income tax system fits together, from the three boxes to credits and allowances. A good place to start if the system is new to you.
Talk it through
Book a free call and we go through your situation together. A guide takes you a long way, but some questions are easier to ask out loud. 20 minutes, no obligation. One conversation can cover your tax, and your mortgage, insurance and pension too.
What's included
A dedicated advisor
What a death in the family means for tax and who owes what. It sets out how your relationship to the person who died decides your position.
How to declare income that is not a salary and not a business, such as freelance or one-off work. It shows where this income lands in your return.
A draft before we file
Help in English or Dutch
How is this page fact-checked?
We check every page for accuracy, timeliness and relevance. Each one is written and reviewed by our qualified advisors, so the information stays clear, complete and correct.
Updated 30 September 2026
