Finance ministry admits it will break its rules on freelancers
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Finance ministry admits it will break its rules on freelancers

Dutch News  

The finance ministry has confirmed that it will still be breaking its own rules on sham self-employment next year and that it will pay any fines imposed on the staffing agencies it uses by its own tax inspectors. Some 580 freelancers are working on solving the childcare benefit scandal as part of a “temporary team” even though they should be considered staff according to the rules on self-employment, the Volkskrant reported on Tuesday. A finance ministry spokesman told the Volkskrant that the situation could not be avoided, because the team depends on its freelancers. Freelancer lobby group Zipconomy reported on Monday that the ministry had written to staffing agencies that it would pay any fines and back payments levied by the tax office.

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