The government is considering cutting the 19 cents a kilometre tax break motorists can claim for using their private cars for work.

The tax break also covers the distance commuters drive between work and home, so reducing the level would discourage car use and cut traffic jams, the Nederlands Dagblad reports on Tuesday.
The paper says junior finance minister Frans Weekers and transport minister Melanie Schultz van Haegen have asked officials to look at the likely impact of a reduction to 12 cents or 13 cents a kilometre would have on traffic congestion.
Costs
Motoring organisation ANWB estimates such a cut would cost the average worker €400 a year. This is based on someone living 29 km from their work and working 45 weeks a year.
However, the measure is not included in finance ministry proposals to reduce traffic congestion which were published on Monday, news agency ANP points out. Those plans include a ‘personal mobility budget’ for workers without a company car.
Workers can also claim a 19 cents a kilometre tax break for cycling to work.