Wijziging van de Algemene nabestaandenwet en de Participatiewet in verband met het in 2024 niet afbouwen van de dubbele algemene heffingskorting in het referentieminimumloon

This Dutch bill amends the General Surviving Dependants Act (ANW) and the Participation Act (Participatiewet). It concerns the reference minimum wage, the benchmark used to calculate many social benefits. The bill would stop the double general tax credit (algemene heffingskorting) from being phased out in 2024, so that the benchmark keeps the higher tax credit for that year. Based on the title alone, the bill appears to be a temporary measure rather than a permanent change. The bill would mainly affect people who receive benefits linked to the reference minimum wage, such as recipients of social assistance and surviving dependants' benefits, along with their municipalities and the government agencies that administer these schemes. Because it is based on metadata only, the precise effects on individual benefit amounts are not confirmed here.