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The Dutch Supreme Court ruled that the country’s wealth tax went against the European Convention on Human Rights because it forced savers and investors to pay tax on income they had not earned.
The decision has opened the door to legal redress for hundreds of thousands of people who were overcharged by the tax authority.
Labour considering options for extra wealth taxes if it wins the general election on 4 July .
Hundreds of thousands of people could claim refunds because of the ruling.
Taxpayers will have to prove they paid too much tax and the already-burdened Dutch tax authority will need to retrospectively check their claims going back as far as 2017 .
Ironically, the desire for simplicity led to the creation of this unlawful tax in the first place.
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