# Cabinet drops a plan to abolish dividend tax after Unilever stays in Britain

Date: 2018

In 2018 [Rutte](/people/mark-rutte)’s government first planned to scrap the dividend tax to keep firms, then reversed after Unilever kept its headquarters in the UK and public anger rose. The U-turn is a completed fiscal-political act.

## People

- Mark Rutte: https://factrail.ai/people/mark-rutte

## Drivers

- Fiscal-Policy Sustainability: https://factrail.ai/drivers/fiscal-policy-sustainability

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-netherlands-tax-idUSKCN1MP1G4/
- https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/nl-dividend-tax-2018