The Dutch government is offering tax reduction for company’s that develop buildings that comply to the BREEAM standard (or LEED or GPR)

The Dutch government is offering tax reduction for company’s that develop buildings that comply to the BREEAM standard (or LEED or GPR).

The (dutch) governmental environmental criteria for Tax Reduction is for download available here: https://www.rvo.nl/sites/default/files/2017/12/Milieulijst%202018.pdf.

Search for the criteria D 6115 and E 6116 which are about BREEAM-NL criteria for newly constructed or large renovation building projects.

·         Code D: is category II “milieu-investeringsaftrek”. 27% of the investment in construction of a building is eligible to use for tax reduction;

·         Code E: is category III “milieu-investeringsaftrek”. 13,5% of the investment in construction of a building is eligible to use for tax reduction;

This program is VERY succesful in the Netherlands. Over the past 5 years, about 75% of Newly Constructed office GFA in the Netherlands is BREEAM certifified. This “milieu-inevseringsaftrek” is of great help for developers.

A good website, with some information in English, is from RvO. The Dutch governmental agency for enterprising. https://english.rvo.nl/