The Netherlands plans to move most investments to a 36% realized-gains tax in 2028, while direct crypto would follow in 2030 under Prime Minister Rob Jetten’s Box 3 overhaul.

Key Points:

• The cabinet wants realized-gains taxation for shares, bonds and other financial instruments from 2028.
• Direct crypto holdings and other remaining Box 3 assets would move to the same system in 2030.
• The proposal still needs support in parliament, where Jetten’s coalition lacks a majority.

Jetten Tax Plan

The cabinet outlined the change in a Sept. 29 letter to parliament after months of criticism over plans to tax annual increases in asset values, including gains investors had not yet realized through a sale. The government says the revised…