Jan de Belastingman finds out how you can save money.

The new year has been around for a while, so it's high time to take a look back at all the events of the previous year. Do you secretly like the online colleges? Or did you become a fitgirl during the lockdown? Corona turned out differently for everyone. But what you may be less likely to think about now, as you look back, are your money matters. After all, the lockdown may have saved you quite a bit of money. You skipped all those superfluous rounds or those overpriced Turkish pizzas at 4 a.m. last year! Jan the Taxman will find ways for you to save even more money in 2021, so that you can hopefully give those rounds and then enjoy a delicious Turkish pizza without feeling guilty again.

Start the year off right and pay extensive attention to your tax return.

A first good intention is to do your tax return and maybe even that of the year before. Now I can already hear you thinking, "that's way too complicated and I really don't feel like doing that" recognizable! But fortunately Jan the Taxman can help you with your tax return. This is because Jan de Belastingman is the tax expert on income tax and is always ready to help you through the steps of the tax return. When you land on Jan the Taxman's website, you can immediately start a conversation with the chatbot. Do you already neatly file your tax return every year, but aren't you afraid of unnecessarily missing out on money? Jan de Belastingman can also help you with specific questions about deductions, such as study expenses and health care costs. He will always make sure that you get your answer in clear and simple language. Moreover, this is completely free, so you can go through your tax return worry-free.

Saving by saving.

What else Jan the Tax Man wants to give you as a tip is that saving helps you buy what you've always wanted in 2021. Couldn't go on vacation because of corona, but are planning to make up for it three times over in 2021? Then it's helpful if you start saving for that in advance, of course. But how can you save if you barely have anything left over every month? Jan the Tax Man has the answer: save by saving. Take a look at your spending pattern, are there items that you don't need and could perhaps save by another investment? Start by making an overview of your income and expenses. This will allow you to make better decisions, because is a subscription to videoland really necessary? By saving you will always have money in your account and you can afford to order that one extra beer. Jan the Taxman figured out which items you can save the most on and came to the following conclusion:

1. Save money by turning down your heating and putting on a thick sweater

2. Buy your groceries at the market more often instead of the supermarket

3. Always carefully compare your health insurance with other health insurances at the end of the year.

4. Visit a thrift store more often and buy that nice shirt second hand!

5. Take a good look at all your subscriptions and cancel them if you no longer use them-

Jan de Belastingman helps you with your benefits!

While you're at it anyway, it's also smart to look into benefits. Because you may be leaving money lying around when you're just entitled to it, unnecessarily! Of course, the allowances will also change in 2021, so if you already receive an allowance, you can still check. But which allowances should you think of? Jan the Taxman lists them for you. In the Netherlands we have four allowances: childcare allowance, care allowance, rent allowance and child budget. Are you getting cramped reading all this? Relax! Jan de Belastingman is happy to help you apply for benefits. Currently Jan the Taxman only has knowledge about the health care allowance, by talking to Jan the Taxman you will find out if you are entitled to this allowance. Within 1 minute you will know if you are entitled to the allowance and you can go back to dreaming about your well-deserved vacation. (link to rent subsidy, healthcare subsidy)

Save money by not buying unnecessary things.

Finally, Jan de Belastingman would like to emphasize the following resolution: don't spend money on unnecessary things! Are you often tempted by ads while scrolling on social media? Then think twice before buying this! After all, are you really going to wear those happy socks with hearts? According to Jan de Belasting, it's smarter to think about it for a few days. Because there is a very good chance that you will have forgotten about those socks after one day of further scrolling.

Jan de Belastingman helps you along!