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Tax year 2028 (proposed)

Box 3 From 2028 Simulator

Compare your Box 3 tax today with the proposed 2028 system that taxes your actual return, including unrealised gains on shares and crypto, and see how much it swings with the market.

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Status: passed by the Tweede Kamer on 12 February 2026, awaiting the Eerste Kamer. Planned start: 1 January 2028.

Savings
Shares, ETFs, crypto
Real estate
Debts, costs and losses

2028 proposal

Interest on savings€ 800
Return on shares, ETFs and crypto€ 11.500
Total result for the year€ 12.300
Tax-free result− € 1.800
Taxable result€ 10.500
Box 3 tax under the 2028 proposal€ 3.780

Compared with today

Box 3 tax today (2026 notional system)€ 1.350
Difference (2028 minus today)+€ 2.430

You would pay more under the proposal.

What if the market moves?

Same situation, with your 1 January share portfolio earning a fixed return and nothing bought or sold.

Portfolio returnTax in 2028Tax todayLoss carried forward
-20%€ 0€ 1.350€ 18.700
-10%€ 0€ 1.350€ 8.700
0%€ 0€ 1.350–
+5%€ 1.440€ 1.350–
+10%€ 3.240€ 1.350–
+20%€ 6.840€ 1.350–
Your result for the year (2028 system)€ 12.300

Savings and shares are taxed on what they earned this year, including price changes you did not sell. Real estate counts its income and realised gains; a second home you use yourself counts a fixed percentage of its WOZ value.

Savings
Interest received
€ 800
Shares, ETFs, crypto
+
Value change and dividends
€ 110.000 − € 100.000 − € 0 net bought + € 1.500
€ 11.500
Deductible costs
=
Total result
€ 12.300
Tax under the 2028 system€ 3.780
Total result
€ 12.300
-
Tax-free result
€ 1.800
=
Taxable result
€ 10.500
Today’s system, for comparison
€ 1.350
=
Box 3 tax in 2028
36% × € 10.500
€ 3.780

Based on the Wet werkelijk rendement box 3 as passed by the Tweede Kamer on 12 February 2026 (36% rate, €1,800 tax-free result per person, €500 loss threshold, 3.35% forfait for a second home you use yourself). It still needs Eerste Kamer approval and may change before 2028. Today's tax uses 2026 rates.

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