Resting point2 file Polisadministratie (01-01-2023 - 17-02-2024)

Quantitative and qualitative data on benefits and pensions subject to wage declarations are included in this database. The providers of the data are withholding agents such as pension funds, benefit agencies and insurers and sometimes employers who provide benefits. The data relate to the period and amount of the benefit and pension. Job data is available in the SSB/DSC files (S)POLISBUS and BETAB. The benefit and pension data are defined as srtiv>17, see variable (R)SRTIV. The stocks are rough; No corrections or imputations have been added. Watch out! In many cases, the periods of the four-week declarants are in two separate months. The records of these four-week declarants are then included in both months. In the RP2 files, the amounts are not distributed proportionally over the months. The amount of, for example, RLNLBPH is therefore present in its entirety in both months. When processing these data, it is therefore necessary to correct for the duration of the four-week declaration in a specific month. The distribution key here is: calendar days (number of calendar days of the period in the relevant month) / IKV_TIMEVAK_DAYS (total number of calendar days of the period). For the years 2006 to 2021, the dates of the resting point Polis files can be found in the previous version of the data design. However, fewer fields were included in the previous version than in the data design from 2022 onwards. The order of the fields is also different. More information on how to access the data: > https://www.cbs.nl/en-en/our-services/custom-and-microdata/microdata-self-research ### Methodology The registration of the Polisadministratie covers all income relationships in the Netherlands that are subject to payroll tax, i.e. both wages and benefits and pensions. Only data on benefits and pensions are included in this file. ### Population Benefits and pensions in the Netherlands. Every employer with employees is obliged to withhold wage tax, social security contributions, income-related contribution to the Health Insurance Act and employee insurance contributions. Other organisations that have to pay wage tax or contributions, for example pension funds and benefit agencies, also have this obligation. These companies and organisations are called withholding agents. This file contains details of benefit and pension beneficiaries provided by the withholding agents.