This infamous ‘OGS’ stamp (intentional / gross negligence) made it impossible for victims to make a payment arrangement and ensured that they were also excluded from all compensation arrangements. As a result, victims got into serious financial trouble. In some cases, families were even forced to sell their homes and were left with a sky-high residual debt.
Stamp incorrectly
It is now clear that the stamp was incorrect in 96 percent of the cases.
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‘Not specifically motivated’
“We are no longer going to find out why there is a reclaim. The intent / gross negligence will therefore no longer be specifically motivated”, the memo says literally. In this way, the Tax and Customs Administration wanted to ‘clear up the backlog at a rapid pace’.
State Secretary Alexandra van Huffelen announced the find of the memo today. She added that it is not certain whether the memo was executed.
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