Doing the Books Once
Inside the Netherlands Tax Administration's real-time taxation pilot
Claire Arens
Strategy Lead, Netherlands Tax Administration
Challenge
The Netherlands Tax Administration faced fundamental inefficiencies in how businesses report and pay taxes.
Solution
Plugs into existing accounting software, automatically recording and processing every invoice in real time.
Impact
- Days to secondsInvoice processing in the pilot
- 95%Less manual work in pilot scope
- 100%Automated VAT settlement in the pilot
Modernising a Nation's Tax System
The Netherlands Tax Administration faced fundamental inefficiencies in how businesses report and pay taxes.
- High administrative burdens for businesses filing VAT returns
- Inefficient and time-consuming auditing processes
- Delayed tax adjustments causing financial uncertainty
- No real-time visibility into economic activity
The Vision
“Create a future where tax assessment and collection would be performed automatically and in real time, unburdening citizens and entrepreneurs while increasing overall compliance and trust in government.”
The mintBlue Solution
Tax Plugin
Plugs into existing accounting software, automatically recording and processing every invoice in real time.
Distributed Ledger
Provides an unalterable record of all transactions, ensuring transparency and trust between businesses and tax authorities.
Digital Identities
Enables secure, verifiable transactions without compromising privacy or requiring a centralised authority.
Tokenisation System
Automates VAT calculation and settlement, cutting manual steps out of tax collection.
Transforming Promises into Provable Facts
“With mintBlue's distributed ledger, we've created a secure, private solution for peer-to-peer invoice exchange. This automation not only makes taxation easier, but also significantly reduces administrative burden for business owners.”
Claire Arens
Strategy Lead, Netherlands Tax Administration
Future Innovation
The success of the Dutch pilot opens the door to broader adoption. Potential next steps include adoption by other EU member states under ViDA, integration with digital identity initiatives like eIDAS 2.0 and European Digital Identity wallets, and expansion to other areas of taxation beyond VAT.
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