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The 30% ruling application is yours to file, as the employer. It is a paper form with one hard deadline. You have four months from the first workday. We prepare it, file it and track it to the beschikking, the written decision from the Belastingdienst.
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Application service
You and your employee sign one joint request on paper and file it with the Belastingdienst. We prepare that request, collect the right documents and file it. The ruling applies when you recruit the employee from outside the Netherlands. Does your employee come from another Dutch employer? Then you file the joint request again, which works only when less than three months separate the two jobs. With the ruling in place you pay part of an international employee's salary tax-free.
The salary norm is what gates it. In 2026 the taxable salary has to stay above €48,013 once the tax-free part comes off. For hires under 30 with a Dutch academic master's the norm is €36,497 in 2026. If the salary slips under the norm during a year, the ruling ends at your company. The correction then runs back to 1 January. These 2026 norms cover employees whose ruling first reached a payslip from 2025. Our 30% ruling salary threshold guide tracks each year's amount.
After the beschikking we send your salary administrator a written instruction. It states the tax-free amount and the start date. If the decision arrives after the first payslip, your administrator corrects it.
The tax-free part has a ceiling. In 2026 it stops at €78,600 a year, reached at a salary of €262,000.
The ruling lasts five years at most. An earlier stay in the Netherlands shortens it.
Want the rules behind the ruling? Our guide to the 30% ruling covers eligibility in depth.
Where to start
Three moments employers bring us in.
You have never applied before. We walk you through the conditions once and run the application for you.
How we helpGrowing teamEvery new hire gets the same route. We check, we file and your salary administrator gets it on paper.
How we helpThe same route for every hire, so your HR team always knows where the application stands.
We go through the role, the salary and the conditions in one short call.
We draft the application, collect the documents and give you the salary clause the ruling needs.
Both signatures go on one paper form. We post it early, since the deadline counts from the receipt date.
Looking ahead
From 2027 the tax-free part drops to 27%, but not for everyone. What decides it is the first payslip that carried the ruling, not the date you filed and not the employee's start date.
These employees keep 30% for the rest of their term. Their salary norm stays at the 2024 level, so the 2026 amount does not apply.
Learn moreFrom 2027 these employees move to 27%. They keep the salary norm from the 2024 rules, not the 2026 amount.
Learn morePricing
Your price depends on the number of hires. You hear it in the first call and get it in writing.
Of course you can apply yourself. We take over the form, the deadline and the handover. Nothing slips between HR and your administrator. The pay run itself stays with your own salary administrator.
Your next hire?
Tell us about your hire in a free 20-minute call. In that call you hear whether the ruling fits and what we need. Then you decide. You are not committing to anything.
What's included
Your real term worked out before the offer
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Once the beschikking arrives your salary administrator gets a written instruction from us. The Belastingdienst decides in about 8 weeks once we file a complete application.
From 2027 they go to 27% and to a higher salary norm. The 2027 amount follows from the indexation and is not published yet.
Learn moreWe map your current team against these three groups before you budget for 2027. You get that map in the free intro call, and we tell you the 2027 amount as soon as it is published. The [30% ruling salary threshold](/en/dutch-tax-system/30-ruling-netherlands-salary-threshold) guide publishes the new norm each year.
Several hires a year? We agree one fixed route and price for all of them.
Does your new employee also need a Dutch tax return? See our tax return service
We agree a fixed price in writing before any work starts. We do extra work only after you approve a new quote.
Frequently asked
What HR teams ask us most about the 30% ruling employer application. Not seeing yours? Ask your advisor
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Reviews
Excellent service. Professional, knowledgeable, and provided clear, practical tax advice tailored to my situation.
Jesse is super helpful and kind. The communication has been always smooth and easy. Recommended
Very expertly helped; besides the simple digital procedure for submitting documents, there's also personal contact with the advisor.
“Employers rarely lose the ruling on eligibility. They lose it on timing and paperwork. My job is to make sure your application is complete, signed and in on time.”
Menno van der Made
Head of Tax - Tax Lawyer
Your advisor
You speak directly with a dedicated advisor who knows the ruling and answers your questions about it. The same person handles every application your company sends us.
Pick a time this week. Free and without obligation.
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Call +31 20 2170120 and ask about the 30% ruling for employers.
