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03-05-2012Web magazine Last year, 206 thousand new passenger cars were sold which were exempt from BPM (tax on new passenger cars and motorcycles), i.e. more than 3.5 times as many as in 2009. Government revenues from BPM were reduced by 1.3 billion euro relative to 2008.

30-03-2012Press release According to figures released today, Dutch government deficit amounted to 4.7 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2011.

07-02-2012Web magazine Based on data over the first three quarters of 2011, the Dutch public deficit was 4.4 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), i.e. the market value of all goods and services produced in the Netherlands.

24-01-2012Press release Proceeds from local government taxes are estimated at 12.2 billion euro in 2012, an increase by 3.2 percent relative to 2011.

03-01-2012Web magazine On 1 January 2012, the number of municipalities in the Netherlands will be reduced from 418 to 415.