Municipal Budget Levies in the Netherlands from 2005, in Euros and Per Capita

Budgeted income from municipal levies in thousands of euros and euros per inhabitant, comparable from 2005 onward. Data adheres to official municipal accounting standards (Directive for Budgeting and Accounting) and is published by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. Provisional figures are published in January/February, becoming definitive one year later.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in municipal tax income based on the time-series data from 2005 onward.
• Comparing per capita municipal levy burdens across municipalities based on the euros per inhabitant figures.
• Forecasting local government revenue based on historical budgeted levy data.
• Studying the impact of accounting standard changes (BBV Directive) on reported municipal finances.

Strengths

• Time-series data is comparable from the reporting year 2005 onward.
• Data adheres to standardized municipal accounting definitions (BBV Directive).
• Provides figures both in absolute terms (thousands of euros) and per capita (euros per inhabitant).
• Has a clear publication and revision schedule with provisional and definitive figures.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the Dutch municipal system.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations)

Collection Method

Data reported by municipalities using standardized definitions from the Directive for Budgeting and Accounting (BBV).

Time Range

2005 onward

Freshness

Provisional figures for a given year are added in January/February, with definitive figures published one year later.

Geography

Municipalities in the Netherlands