Apply for tax return postponement 2020 – how to do it?

This can be arranged online via Mijn Belastingdienst.

Do apply before 1 May 2021

You will then be granted a postponement until 1 September 2021. You will receive a letter and confirmation from us within 3 weeks.

Are you a foreign taxpayer? In that case, you have to apply for a postponement before 1 July 2021. You will then be granted a postponement until 1 November 2021.

Cannot reach Mijn Belastingdienst? You can call us for a postponement

Please keep your citizen service number ready because that will speed up the process.

Call: 0800 0543.

If you are a foreign taxpayer, please call (055) 5 385 385 from the Netherlands, or +31 555 385 385 from abroad.

You can also ask for a postponement in writing by means of the postponement form

Use the form below. This is how to notify us of all your relevant details.

The procedure to apply for a postponement is as follows:

Download the ‘Application tax return postponement’ form (only available in Dutch).
Fill in the form on your computer and print it out.
Send it by mail to the address printed on the form.

Form ‘Application tax return postponement’

In the case of a payable assessment, you pay interest on tax

If we impose an assessment on you after 1 July 2021, you will pay 4% tax interest on it as of 1 July.