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Filing Your Taxes
Do I Need to File a Tax Return?
Coronavirus Unemployment Benefits and Economic Impact Payments (EIP)
Filing Tax Returns in the U.S. if You Are Not a Citizen
Find Out If You Have to File a U.S. Tax Return
How To File Your Tax Return if You’re Not a U.S. Citizen
Additional Tax Help for People Who Are Not U.S. Citizens
Filing your income tax return directly?
Am I a non-resident taxpayer?
When do I have to file a tax return in the Netherlands?
When is the deadline to file a tax return?
How do I sign in to file an online tax return?
Can I file a tax return using a tax return form?
When do I file a tax return using the tax return form C?
When do I file a tax return M?
When do I file a tax return using the tax return form P?

Find out if you need to file a tax return.

Do I Need to File a Tax Return?

You may not have to file a federal income tax return if your income is below a certain amount. But, you must file a tax return to claim a refundable tax credit or a refund for withheld income tax. Find out if you have to file a tax return.

If you find out you need to file a tax return, learn how the process works, when your return is due, and more.

Coronavirus Unemployment Benefits and Economic Impact Payments (EIP)

You may have received unemployment benefits or an EIP (stimulus check) in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Unemployment compensation is considered taxable income. You must report unemployment benefits on your tax return if you are required to file.

If you received the EIP, you do not need to report it as income whether you’re required to file a tax return or not. If you did not receive some or all of your stimulus payments, you may claim missing stimulus money that you are owed by filing for a Recovery Rebate Credit on your 2021 return.

Filing Tax Returns in the U.S. if You Are Not a Citizen

If you are not a U.S. citizen but are living and earning money in the U.S., you may be required to file a tax return.

Find Out If You Have to File a U.S. Tax Return

If you are living in the U.S. and earning money but are not a citizen, you may need to file a U.S. tax return depending on your:

Source of U.S. income
Tax filing status

Review this list of five situations to learn more about who must file.

How To File Your Tax Return if You’re Not a U.S. Citizen

You will need an individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN) or Social Security number (SSN). The IRS will issue an ITIN if a foreign national is not eligible for an SSN for tax reporting purposes. Learn more about getting an ITIN for federal tax reporting.
You can use Form 1040NR to file a tax return.
Review the specific filing requirements if you are a foreign exchange student or visiting scholar.
If you are on a J-1 visa working as an au pair, you may need to file estimated taxes using Form 1040ES-NR.
If you can’t file your return by the due date, use Form 4868.

Additional Tax Help for People Who Are Not U.S. Citizens

Review the tax treaty information between the U.S. and your country. In some cases, your taxable amount may be lower.
If you are a foreign student, use this reference guide to learn more about the special rules that apply to your U.S. income. This includes your liability for Social Security and Medicare taxes.
Learn more from the IRS's tax guide for individuals who aren't citizens.

Last Updated: May 31, 2022

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That depends on the situation. Read the conditions, or file a tax return directly.

Filing your income tax return directly?

Choose the tax return for non-resident taxpayers

Below you can read whether you have to file a tax return as a non-resident taxpayer.

Am I a non-resident taxpayer?

You are a non-resident taxpayer if you are not resident in the Netherlands but you do have an income or assets in the Netherlands.

When do I have to file a tax return in the Netherlands?

Only if one of the situations set out below applies to you:

You received a tax return letter or a tax return form C.
You did not receive a tax return letter or a tax return form C, and you had income from the Netherlands on which you must pay more tax than:
- €49 in 2021
- €48 in 2020
- €47 in 2019 or 2018
- €46 in 2017
You are non-resident in the Netherlands but you are liable to tax in the Netherlands.
You lived in the Netherlands part of the year and you lived in another country part of the year.

Do also file a tax return if you have not received a tax return letter or a tax return form C, and you think you will get back more than:

€16 in 2021, 2020 or 2019
€15 in 2018 or 2017

When is the deadline to file a tax return?

Tax return 2021: up to and including 31 December 2026.
Tax return 2020: up to and including 31 December 2025.
Tax return 2019: up to and including 31 December 2024.
Tax return 2018: up to and including 31 December 2023.
Tax return 2017: up to and including 31 December 2022.

You can sign in using your DigiD, or by using a username and password or, in some situations, with an EU-approved login key. Read more at I live abroad all year round - how do I log in to file a tax return?

Can I file a tax return using a tax return form?

Yes, that is possible if you cannot or do not want to file a tax return online.

In the following situations you can only file a tax return using a paper tax return form:

In the tax return year, you lived in more than 2 countries.
You are filing a tax return on behalf of a deceased person.
You made a profit from a business in the tax return year.
You have a partner who lived in the Netherlands and in the tax return year, you did not make a choice for being considered a resident taxpayer.

Read below which tax return form you use.

When do I file a tax return using the tax return form C?

If you did not live in the Netherlands during the whole year and were liable to tax and/or contributions in the Netherlands during the whole year

Read how to file a tax return with the tax return form C

When do I file a tax return M?

If you have only lived in the Netherlands part of the year, because you emigrated from the Netherlands or immigrated to the Netherlands.

Read how to file a tax return M

When do I file a tax return using the tax return form P?

If 1 of the following situations applies to you:

During the whole course of the tax return year, you had a resident taxpayer status and/or you were liable to pay social insurance contributions in the Netherlands.
You do not live in the Netherlands on the date you file the tax return.
You are a Netherlands government official posted abroad.

Call the Tax information line for non-resident tax issues and request the tax return form P. Keep your citizen service number (Dutch: bsn) at hand.