Even after almost a year away, we can't escape. We're in the middle of doing our 2007 tax returns for the delightful Belastingdienst -- or rather, paying someone to do our 2007 tax returns -- and we've just received a bill from the Amsterdam City Council for our 2008 poll-tax-equivalent. On the house we no longer own. Which they know, because they assessed the 2008 poll-tax-equivalent amount according to the sales values of three houses in the neighbourhood -- including ours.
I'm guessing that the new owner of the property has not registered at the Gemeente -- given that she's non-resident in the Netherlands. Therefore, the Gemeente has us down as the owners still, and that's why they've billed us for 500 euros. The only number to call is a 5-digit freefone number from within the Netherlands, and I'm sure we could fix this by filling in one of the 10 pages of forms sent along with the bill, only none of them are in English (or available in English on the Web site -- because clearly NO expats live in Amsterdam) and I rapidly forgot all of the limited amount of Dutch that I once knew.
Blood. Pressure. Rising.
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