Junior finance minister Menno Snel plans to simplify the current Dutch tax system and will present his proposals to parliament early next year.

Changes to the ‘box 2’ system of dealing with income other than earnings from work is on the cards, as is taxing income earned from rental platforms such as Airbnb, the junior minister told MPs in a briefing.

The current complex system of benefits will also be included in the evaluation, Snel said.

The cabinet has already made made progress, Snel said in his briefing. For example, from next year the number of tax bands will be formalised at two.

Government auditors said last year they have no idea if most of the 213 tax breaks available to companies and private individuals in the Netherlands have any effect or what they actually cost the treasury.