Loonheffing is Dutch payroll withholding, covering wage tax and social security-related withholding through payroll.
What it means in Dutch business
Payroll withholding connects employment contracts, salary records, deadlines and tax authority visibility. For The Polder reader, the term is useful when it explains what must be checked in the Dutch file, who carries responsibility and how a public rule or signal reaches daily business decisions.
Why it matters
Payroll withholding connects employment contracts, salary records, deadlines and tax authority visibility.
Where readers see it
- salary administration
- payroll returns
- employment records
- wage corrections
In practice
- salary administration
- payroll returns
- employment records
- wage corrections
What to check
- Which contract, payroll record, roster or employee file uses Loonheffing.
- Whether the written file matches how the work actually happened.
- Which deadline, wage rule, sickness step or authority contact is involved.
- Whether the employer can explain the decision without rebuilding the file later.
Common mistake
Loonheffing is not just payroll software output. It depends on whether the employment and salary file can support the declaration.
The Polder reading
The Polder reads Loonheffing through Human Resources: not as loose terminology, but as a way to connect salary administration, payroll returns, employment records to the decision a company, adviser or public authority has to defend.
Related terms
- loonadministratie
- UWV
- Belastingdienst
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Last updated by The Polder Dictionary on 2026-06-07T16:12:35+00:00.