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Responses to export figures for old-timers and sector development, especially questionable

Yesterday it was announced that the number of vintage cars exported doubled in the past year to more than 12.000 cars. This development has everything to do with the 40-year compromise that was agreed between the Ministry…

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Senate parliamentary groups PvdA and VVD support the 40 year compromise

The plenary deliberations on the 2014 Tax Plan started this evening in the Senate. The skirmishes in the Senate are of great importance to the classic car owner and industry. But after tonight's deliberations, it appears that the…

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Exciting struggle for retention of old-timer MRB exemption still holds good prospects

The intensive lobbying of Team Vrijstellingoldtimer in the Senate has led to a surprising development. The Pvda faction in the Senate has provided renewed perspective for classic car owners in their efforts to maintain the exemption. The ruling party…

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"The majority of the House of Representatives poses a double problem to classic car owners."

A majority in the House of Representatives today approved the proposed new MRB scheme for vintage cars. The VVD, PvdA, D66, SGP and ChristenUnie reached an agreement on the budget for 2014 in October. Last week, support for…

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BOVAG: "Withheld information in a classic car file is irrelevant"

The BOVAG stated yesterday in a publication in its online BOVAG newspaper that it fully supports Frans Weekers. Among other things, BOVAG spokesman Tom Huyskens reports that the current import figures are irrelevant, but that these are absolute numbers that are now used tax-free for daily use. He also calls the 40 year compromise a reasonable agreement in which the polluting old-timers are tackled

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Council of State leaves nothing to the proposed old-timer scheme

The Council of State has left no stone unturned in the classic car scheme as agreed this spring by State Secretary Frans Weekers and the classic car alliance. Political reporter Hans Verbeek reports this on Business News Radio. At many points…

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Wandering The Hague can no longer ignore MRB exemption

On 26 June a new problem arose for State Secretary Weekers of Finance. Business News Radio revealed that there is large-scale fraud in the import of second-hand cars from abroad. Appraisers and traders deliberately estimate the value too low, so that less BPM is paid when importing second-hand cars from abroad. And that means: less tax revenue.

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So weekers ...

The man who proudly and happily informed us in his letter, see this column from yesterday, how he had saved Classic Driving from Destruction and in the process had delivered the final blow to a lot of smaller garage owners, can be just as proud of his policy towards Bulgarian co-workers. Europeans who came to rob the treasury here. Just Google 'Weekers and Bulgarians'

Dolf Peeters
26th April 2013