Today's news is again about powers of attorney (issued powers) - machtihingen.
We have already written about them earlier. here и here.
Now we will talk about the type of authority given to us, Nalog.Nl, as intermediary (intermediary) by our customers who are required to access the already reviewed tax returns.
What is the reason?
Most of the declarations of individuals for 2020 have already been submitted (we remind you that this year the deadline for their submission has been extended until 8 May), and many of them have already been reviewed by the Dutch tax office. At the moment, our clients receive decisions on them - as a rule, the final (final attack)... But sometimes taxpayers have questions about the discrepancy between the amounts accrued in the declarations and those that were actually accepted by the tax authorities.
For this reason, our clients contact us with a request to clarify the reasons for the discrepancy in the figures. In most cases, this can be quickly analyzed by comparing the declaration we submitted and the final decision received by the clients. However, what happens when we don't have such a calculation? Unfortunately, the efficiency and reliability of the process is hampered and slowed down, because one of the most common options is to ask the client to take a photo of the letter from the tax office and send it to our e-mail. And this, at times, is a waste of time, and, if necessary, an objection (objection) We may not be able to submit within the allotted time frame. What to do? There is a simpler solution that allows you to protect clients from unnecessary actions and always be able to compare the calculated and final figures of the declaration, namely, request a power of attorney to access data that has already been approved by the tax service.
What it is?
This is a service message that the tax consultant who filed the return is asking the same client for access to the results of its consideration. In Dutch it sounds like Servicebericht attack - SBA. You can read more about this by going through here to register:, but we will try to tell you about all this in a more "simple" language. So, about everything in order.
How does it work?
We ask the tax office for access to final decisions (final attacks) on the annual returns of our clients. Clients, in turn, receive letters from the tax office with all the data about us and why they received these "unexpected" letters. To provide us with a power of attorney, it is enough ignore such a letter.
The same letter contains instructions on how to deny us access to the decision of the tax service if the client, for some reason, does not want us to know about such a decision. But in this case, all subsequent actions with this declaration and the decision on it already fall on the shoulders of the client.
Why do we consider this mechanism to be successful and want to use it? When we request a power of attorney for a client, we are obliged to do so separately both for each type of tax and for each reporting period. In other words, the client immediately sees from the letter to the tax office that a request was made for him to access the results of the declaration campaign for 2020, and only for it. As we have already specified above, we do not have the right to access all the results of declarations for all periods at once. In addition, the advantage for the client is that he can revoke this power of attorney from us at any time.
What if a letter arrived but was accidentally thrown away?
In this case, too, nothing terrible will happen. After all, we need these powers of attorney only if clients have contacted us for clarifications.
In conclusion
We can summarize that the power of attorney SBA for us as for intermediary, this is a quick way to react and help our clients if any questions arise regarding the submitted reports, because the deadline for any objection (objection)sent to the Dutch tax office is limited to 6 weeks. For the client, this is our service support.
We draw your attention to the fact that at the moment the tax office is already processing our requests, and in the very near future our clients will receive letters of requests for the provision of such powers of attorney.
If you still have questions about Authorization-SBAthen call us or write to info@nalog.nl or to our other messengers - and we will be happy to answer you!
