Tap water tax (belasting op leidingwater)
You pay 2 types of taxes on your tap water: VAT and tap water tax. Tap water tax is an environmental tax. The aim of this tax is to encourage people to use tap water sparingly.
If your home has a water meter
How much tap water tax you pay depends on how many cubic metres of water you consume. Most households do not use more than 50,000 m³ per year. From 2027, this limit will be phased out. You will then be charged this tax on all the drinking water you use.
| Water consumption for which you pay tap water tax per WOZ property | |
| until 2025 | Only on the first 300 m3 |
| in 2026 | Only on the first 50.000 m3 |
| from 2027 | On all your water consumption (the limit will no longer exist) |
If your home does not have a water meter
The amount of water tax you pay depends on the number of units in your home.
See all rates for homes without a water meter
Business customer or more than one connection
Are you a business customer, or do you have more than one water connection? The amount of tap water tax you pay depends on how much drinking water or industrial water you use per WOZ property. Please let us know the number of WOZ properties (in Dutch). Otherwise, you may be paying too much tax.
See also
Berry, the digital assistent