Tjebbe van Oostenbruggen

Tjebbe van Oostenbruggen (; born 22 September 1979) is a Dutch politician of New Social Contract (NSC). He served as State Secretary for Tax Affairs, the Tax Administration and Customs in the Schoof cabinet between 15 November 2024 and 22 August 2025. He was a member of the House of Representatives between December 2023 and November 2024.

Early life and career Van Oostenbruggen was born on 22 September 1979 in Zeist, Utrecht, and he graduated from in the city of Utrecht in 1998 with a vwo diploma. He subsequently studied international business at Maastricht University, where he was a member of a Christian student association. He started his career in 2004 at a finance and risk consultancy firm.

In 2009, Van Oostenbruggen started working for managed service provider Brainnet, supporting companies in the banking, insurance, and IT industries, where he served as a commercial manager. He stayed on as director for Europe for 1.5 years. In 2023, he founded a new firm called Genua Capitals with two partners with the intention to invest. His focus was on social affairs and defense personnel and materiel before changing to finances, employment, and labor migration. Van Oostenbruggen said he wanted to improve the Dutch business climate, and he argued that entrepreneurs were underrepresented in parliament. His portfolio includes taxation, customs, financial relations with lower governments, state ownership of Holland Casino and , and Domains Movable Property. He complied with requests from the House of Representatives to enforce a ban on false self-employment leniently, by refraining from imposing fines in 2025. The government would require retroactive payments after issuing a warning. Van Oostenbruggen's predecessor had announced the government would start enforcement of the legislation, which had been in force since 2016.

He was tasked with reforming the wealth tax after the Supreme Court had invalidated its reliance on assumed yields in 2021 and had subsequently rejected a proposed transition arrangement. A bill by one of Van Oostenbruggen's predecessors to tax actual yields was deemed overly complex and difficult to implement by the Council of State in November 2024. Van Oostenbruggen postponed the implementation of the new system by a year to 2028. In the meantime, the wealth tax would be levied using assumed yields, with taxpayers having the possibility to challenge unfair filings. The tax burden would be increased to compensate for reduced tax yields.

Personal life Van Oostenbruggen has a South Korean wife and two daughters, and he lived in De Meern as of 2024. He is a member of the Dutch Reformed Churches, and he has been chairperson of a local church. Van Oostenbruggen plays volleyball.

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