When you become fiscal partners
Married couples and registered partners are fiscal partners from the wedding date. Unmarried couples living at the same address are fiscal partners if, for example, they have a notarial cohabitation agreement, a child together, own their home together or are registered as each other's pension partner.
What you can gain
- Divide deductions such as mortgage interest and gifts to charity in the most favourable way.
- Divide your joint Box 3 wealth, and use a double tax-free allowance.
- Transfer the general tax credit to a partner without income only in limited cases (for partners born before 1963).
What can cost you
Benefits (toeslagen) are based on your combined income once you are partners. Healthcare and rent allowance often drop or stop. Update Mijn toeslagen from the date you started living together.
Sources
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