Direct debit, authorization

Please note! Direct debits for January and February 2026

The amounts that we will debit from your account via direct debit in January and February 2026 will still relate to the 2025 tax assessment. The municipal tax assessment runs from March 2025 to February 2026. This also applies if you no longer live in Zoetermeer.

The direct debit for the 2026 tax assessment will start in March of this year.

With a direct debit authorization, you authorize the municipality to debit the amount of your tax assessment from your account. We divide the total amount of the assessment into 12 equal monthly amounts.

Do you want to issue, cancel or change your bank account number? You can arrange this via:

MijnBelastingen

You can then log in with your DigiD or E-recognition (for companies). You can check under 'My details' whether you already have a direct debit.  

What you need to know

A direct debit authorization is only possible:

  • If the assessment is in your name.
  • If the total amount of the municipal tax assessment does not exceed €20,000.
  • For property tax (OZB), waste disposal tax and sewage tax.
  • If the period for paying the assessment has not yet passed.

Keep in mind:

  • We divide the total amount of the assessment into 12 equal monthly amounts.
  • We make the 1st debit 1 month after the date of the assessment notice. Example: The assessment is from February 21, the 1st debit will be around March 27 of that year. 
    Issue an authorization:
    • During a month and we can process it before the 20th, we can automatically debit the amount from your account in the same month. 
    • On or after the 20th, we can automatically debit the amount from your account the following month.
    • Please note! The later in the year you issue an authorization, the higher the amount we will debit each month. This, because there are fewer monthly installments left to withdraw the amount from your account through February the following year.
  • Will your assessment be reduced? For example, because you made an objection? Then we will adjust the amount deducted per month.
  • If you disagree with a debit, instruct your bank to refund the amount to your account (this is called a 'reversal').
  • If we are unable to debit your account 3 times within 12 months, the authorization stops. For the amount that is still outstanding you have to make sure that you pay on time. Has the date on which you should have paid already passed? Then you must pay the whole amount in once.
  • Do we stop the authorization? Then you can no longer take out an authorization for the year of the tax assessment.
  • Do you stop the authorization during the period we are still debiting? Then you must ensure that you pay the amount that is still outstanding. You must do this within 3 months after the date of the assessment. Has this time already passed? Then you must pay at once.
  • You issue a continuous authorization. You do not have to re-arrange this every year.

Direct debit dates

We debit the amount each month around the 27th. 

Direct debits in January and February

The amounts we debited from your account by direct debit in January and February are still about tax assessments for the year or years before. This also applies even if you no longer live in Zoetermeer. 

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