Income tax return if you live outside the Netherlands and have no income from the Netherlands
If you live outside the Netherlands and have no income from or assets in the Netherlands, in most cases you will not need to file an income tax return in the Netherlands, but you may have to in your country of residence.
Contact your local tax authority to learn how to file a tax return in your country of residence.
If you are not sure whether you have income from the Netherlands or whether you have to pay tax on it in the Netherlands, learn what income is taxed in the Netherlands.
You can file a tax return up to five years after the tax year in question. If you receive income from the Netherlands in one of those five years, you may have to pay tax on it in the Netherlands.
Has your situation changed?
If your situation changes, you may have to file a tax return in the Netherlands.
If you are about to start working in the Netherlands, you must declare the income in an income tax return in the Netherlands. You may have to pay income tax on it in the Netherlands.
If you are about to receive a pension from the Netherlands, you must file a tax return in the Netherlands. You may have to pay income tax on your Dutch pension in the Netherlands.
If you live abroad and have a home in your country of residence and a second home in the Netherlands, e.g. a holiday home, you will pay income tax in the Netherlands on your second home.
Learn more about paying income tax on a second home in the Netherlands (information in Dutch)
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