Money and everyday admin
Where official post arrives, what your rights are as a consumer, and how people here ask each other for money back.
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MijnOverheid
Official · Logius, part of the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations · Free · Account needed
Where Dutch government bodies send you official post. Letters about tax, benefits and permits arrive in the Berichtenbox and often nowhere else, so post here is easy to miss.
You sign in with DigiD, and you have to switch the Berichtenbox on per organisation before it is used.
mijn.overheid.nlACM ConsuWijzer
Official · Autoriteit Consument & Markt · Free
The regulator's own consumer desk. What your rights are on contracts, subscriptions, deliveries and cancellation, with template letters for complaining.
Explains rights in general and takes reports about companies. It does not take up an individual dispute on your behalf.
consument.acm.nlTikkie
Commercial service · ABN AMRO · Free · Has an app
How people here ask each other for money back. You will be sent payment links long before anyone explains what they are.
Paying a Tikkie runs through iDEAL or Wero and your own bank, so a bank account that supports one of those is what makes it work.
www.tikkie.me
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Claim zorgtoeslag, the Dutch healthcare allowance, from Dienst Toeslagen with DigiD: the 2026 income and asset limits, the insurance and residence conditions, and why the payment is an advance you can be asked to repay.
How to file your tax return in NL
File the Dutch income tax return (aangifte inkomstenbelasting) with the Belastingdienst, and work out which return applies to you: the standard return, the M return for your migration year, or the C return for non-residents.
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Apply for and activate DigiD, the login for Dutch government, tax and healthcare services. The route differs depending on whether you are registered with a municipality (BRP) or in the RNI.
How to get a VOG (Certificate of Conduct) in NL
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