If you use the MijnOverheid digital message box, this has legal effect, according to the court. So don’t forget to read the messages in your box in good time, otherwise you could find yourself in trouble unexpectedly.
The government wants to make significant savings on postage costs. One way to do this is by using digital messaging. For example, you can use MijnOverheid.nl. A portal used by various government bodies instead of standard post.
Sign up
If you send post via MijnOverheid.nl If you wish to receive this, you must first log in using your DigiD. You then tick the boxes to select the organisations from which you wish to receive your post electronically.
Contents of MijnOverheid
On MijnOverheid, you will find a message box containing your digital post. You will also find a section on ‘ongoing matters’, where you can, for example, track the progress of a permit application. In addition, there is a section covering all your personal information, such as your name and address details, pension entitlements, benefit entitlements and so on.
Tax Office
The Tax and Customs Administration also uses MijnOverheid.nl. If you indicate that you wish to receive correspondence from the Tax and Customs Administration digitally, you will receive it both on paper in your letterbox and digitally via MijnOverheid for a period of two years. After this transition period, you will receive it digitally only.
‘My Government’ has legal force
Please note! Post via MijnOverheid.nl is legally binding. A taxpayer who had not read his digital mail recently discovered this. He subsequently received a reminder regarding the water board tax, plus a €7 charge. The judge stipulated that these would have to be paid if it transpired that he had given permission for these invoices to be sent electronically.
For the matters that you not If you do not wish to receive this information digitally, you must indicate in Mijn Overheid that you do not wish to receive it in this digital message box.