What is deducted from your orphan’s benefit?
We deduct tax and/or national insurance contributions and Zvw health insurance contributions (under the Dutch Zvw health insurance scheme) from your orphan’s benefit.
More information on tax and/or national insurance contributions (loonheffing) and the Zvw health insurance contributions
Select 1 of the items below.
‘Loonheffing’ is a combination of tax and/or national insurance contributions. You pay tax and/or national insurance contributions on your orphan’s benefit.
Tax credit
You do not have to pay tax and/or national insurance contributions on all of your income. You can also get a tax credit. This means you will pay less in tax and contributions. You can only get a tax credit on 1 of your incomes.
Do you have income or a full or part-time job?
If you have other income besides your orphan’s benefit, you need to decide which income you want to apply the tax credit to. You can only apply the tax credit to 1 source of income.
You want to change the way your tax credit is applied
If you want to change the tax credit on your orphan’s benefit, log in to My SVB.
You can change the tax credit on your other income as from the same month.
We deduct the Zvw health insurance contributions from your orphan’s benefit. You will have to pay your health insurance contribution directly to your health insurer. The amount you have to pay will depend on the type of health insurance.
You live outside the Netherlands
If you live outside the Netherlands, the specific amounts deducted from your orphan’s benefit will depend on the country where you live.