{"id":1280,"date":"2022-11-04T09:25:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T08:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vwg.nl\/uncategorized\/opzoeken-aanslagnummer\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T10:34:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T09:34:23","slug":"look-up-tax-reference-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vwg.nl\/en\/opzoeken-aanslagnummer\/","title":{"rendered":"Look up tax reference number"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Tax and Customs Administration has taken the option to look up the assessment number using the payment reference off its website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Privacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reason for this is that, in some cases, the tax assessment number contains the citizen service number (BSN). Allowing users to look up the assessment number would therefore contravene privacy regulations. This means that a simple way of using a payment to trace which assessment or tax return had been paid is no longer available. However, alternatives have already emerged online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Look up payment reference<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is still possible to do this via the Tax and Customs Administration\u2019s website, using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.belastingdienst.nl\/wps\/wcm\/connect\/nl\/betalenenontvangen\/content\/hulpmiddel-zoekhulp-betalingskenmerk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Search Help: Payment Reference<\/a>, to look up the payment reference using the tax assessment or tax return number. In our article <a href=\"https:\/\/vwg.nl\/en\/nieuws\/pay-the-tax-authorities-with-the-correct-payment-reference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pay the tax authorities with the correct payment reference<\/a> We have explained that it is extremely important to use the correct payment reference when making tax payments. The search function cannot be used to find the payment reference that must be used when making repayments on coronavirus-related debts. The Tax and Customs Administration has published this payment reference in the letter informing the taxpayer of the amount of the monthly repayment instalments.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>De Belastingdienst heeft op haar website de mogelijkheid om aan de hand van het betalingskenmerk het aanslagnummer op te zoeken offline gezet. Privacy De reden daarvan is dat in het aanslagnummer in sommige gevallen het burgerservicenummer (BSN) is verwerkt. Het bieden van de mogelijkheid om het aanslagnummer op te zoeken, zou daarmee in strijd komen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vwg.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vwg.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vwg.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vwg.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vwg.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vwg.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1280\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vwg.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vwg.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vwg.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}