30% Ruling Expiry Tracker
Track exactly when your 30% ruling ends, based on its 5-year maximum duration, and get a heads-up before your take-home pay drops.
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Active - your 30% ruling is currently in effect and will end on 26 October 2031.
Open a step for the sum with your figures, what the step does, and what the Dutch terms mean.
How long your ruling runs2031-10-26
What this step does: The 30% ruling lasts at most 60 months from your start date. Earlier stays or work in the Netherlands can shorten it.
At most 60 months, minus every month you lived or worked in the Netherlands in the 25 years before it started.
- The 5-year windowThe ruling lasts a maximum of 60 months from its effective start date. Any time you previously lived or worked in the Netherlands within the 25 years before that start date is deducted from this window - including time spent there as a child.
- The 2024 salary capSince 1 January 2024, the 30% tax-free exclusion only applies up to a capped annual salary (linked to the "Balkenende norm" and indexed each year - see the current figure in the full 30% ruling guide). Earnings above that cap are fully taxed. This cap affects how much benefit you get, not how long the ruling lasts. Rulings that started before 1 January 2023 were exempt from the cap until the end of 2025; from 2026 it applies to every ruling.
- What happens when it endsYour full salary becomes taxable immediately - there is no phase-out period. If you elected partial non-resident status during the ruling (keeping foreign savings/investments outside Box 3), that status also ends: your worldwide assets become fully subject to Dutch Box 3 tax from the following 1 January.
- Plan ahead of the end dateTalk to your employer about timing any bonus or one-off payment before your end date rather than after, since it will be taxed at a higher effective rate afterward. If you hold significant savings or investments abroad, review your Box 3 position well before expiry rather than in the final month. Changing employers requires a brand-new ruling application, and it cannot extend beyond your original 5-year window.
- How it worksThe 30% ruling runs for at most 60 months from its start date. That is your first working day if the application was filed within four months, otherwise a later date. Months you lived or worked in the Netherlands in the 25 years before are taken off. The tracker counts the months used and left, and shows the end date, so you can plan your budget for the month your net pay drops.
- A worked exampleA ruling that started on 1 March 2024, with no earlier Dutch residence, ends on 28 February 2029. In October 2026 about 31 months are used and 29 left. Because it started in 2024 or later, the tax-free part drops from 30% to 27% from 2027 under the government's plan; rulings that started before 2024 keep 30% until they end.
Frequently asked questions
Can my employer extend the ruling past 5 years?
No. Since the 2019 reform, 5 years (60 months) is a hard maximum regardless of employer changes or renewed applications.
What if my employer applied more than 4 months after I started working?
Backdating is only possible within 4 months of your first working day. Applying later means the ruling only takes effect from the actual application date, not your start date - enter that later date here as your "ruling start date".
Does switching employers reset my 5-year window?
No. A new employer means a new application, but the new ruling can only run until the same end date as the original one - it never restarts the clock.
Sources: belastingdienst.nl (30%-regeling) | /guide/30-percent-ruling
The 30% ruling runs for a maximum of 60 months from its effective start date, reduced by any prior period living or working in the Netherlands within the 25 years before that date. This tool only tracks the expiry date - it does not check eligibility or apply the salary cap introduced in 2024, which affects how much of your salary the 30% actually applies to, not the ruling duration itself.