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Entrepreneurs lost everything due to the benefits affair but get nothing in return: 'Purposely destroyed'
On a blacklist, according to Paula Bouwer of the Advocacy Group, Duped Entrepreneurs Dutch Tax Department many entrepreneurs are victims of the same method. Various government agencies also blacklisted entrepreneurs and wrongly called them fraudsters. As a result, entrepreneurs lost their business and income and received large debts. Relationships were under pressure or fizzled. The stress caused them to have health problems. The consequences did not only affect entrepreneurs and their families, Bouwer emphasizes. Family members, employees and suppliers also suffered damage. “The damage is significant financially and psychologically. I really hear heartbreaking stories from victims. Like that of a Moroccan husband and wife who owned a beauty salon and a courier company. The couple lost their business and each other because of all the stress. Many families are still unable to build a new life after all these years.” “The recovery operations do not take into account the damage suffered by entrepreneurs,” says Bouwer. “They are unable to request their business files and receive no legal assistance. It is a horror. The government acts like we don't exist.”
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Paula Bouwer, entrepreneur and victim of the benefits affair
For years, entrepreneur Paula Bouwer did not understand why she had many problems with the tax authorities. Among other things, she received no childcare allowance and was labeled a fraud. She appeared to be a victim of the benefits affair. That is why she is looking for other Amersfoorters who, like her, were unfairly described as fraudsters by the tax authorities. Bouwer's story starts with her dream of starting her own business in Amersfoort. In 2007, the time was right and she started Queens Bed & Breakfast on the Groenmarkt, together with her 21-year-old daughter. In order to remain financially stable, she kept her job at SNS Bank. Builder:,, I started with wealth, and had my act together. It seemed like the right time: my pension had already been arranged. Then I got into an impossible situation with the municipality of Amersfoort. “I won the business but lost everything”
Paula Bouwer, entrepreneur and victim of the benefits affair, is looking for Amersfoort peers: “There is a lot of shame”
Stichting Herstel Onbekend Inrecht organizes a demonstration at the Court of Appeal in The Hague concerning the culpable and punishable actions of the tax authorities
Stichting Herstel Onbekend Inrecht is organizing a small-scale demonstration at the Court of Appeal in The Hague on April 20, 2022, specifically to draw attention to the culpable and punishable actions of the tax authorities and to focus on their consequences for parents and children. The Foundation demands that there be appropriate compensation and calls for the current cases to be dealt with quickly and empathically. 152 parents participated in the gag complaint. A criminal offence.