Gifts (with tax-registration); characteristics gift, donor and recipient

Gifts (with tax-registration); characteristics gift, donor and recipient

Population Gift characteristics Donor characteristics Recipient characteristics Periods Number of gifts (x 1 000) Total gross value of gifts (million euros ) Mean gross value of gifts (1 000 euros) Total amount of tax due (million euros ) Mean amount of tax due (1 000 euros) Total net value of gifts (million euros ) Mean net value of gifts (1 000 euros)
All gifts All gifts All donors All recipients 2007 93.6 3,925.7 41.9 332.4 3.6 3,593.3 38.4
All gifts All gifts All donors All recipients 2008 89.8 4,272.2 47.6 337.8 3.8 3,934.4 43.8
All gifts All gifts All donors All recipients 2009 98.9 4,210.4 42.6 348.4 3.5 3,862.0 39.0
All gifts All gifts All donors All recipients 2010 54.6 3,585.2 65.7 327.1 6.0 3,258.1 59.7
All gifts All gifts All donors All recipients 2011 52.0 3,630.5 69.8 261.2 5.0 3,369.3 64.8
All gifts All gifts All donors All recipients 2012 50.1 4,218.4 84.1 299.4 6.0 3,919.0 78.2
All gifts All gifts All donors All recipients 2013 97.8 7,202.6 73.7 320.5 3.3 6,882.0 70.4
All gifts All gifts All donors All recipients 2014 156.6 10,367.7 66.2 283.8 1.8 10,084.0 64.4
All gifts All gifts All donors All recipients 2015 52.8 4,731.7 89.6 308.7 5.8 4,423.0 83.7
All gifts All gifts All donors All recipients 2016 54.7 5,141.8 94.0 343.4 6.3 4,798.4 87.7
All gifts All gifts All donors All recipients 2017 72.7 6,507.2 89.5 406.8 5.6 6,100.4 83.9
All gifts All gifts All donors All recipients 2018 67.2 6,604.9 98.2 399.5 5.9 6,205.5 92.3
All gifts All gifts All donors All recipients 2019 70.9 7,480.6 105.5 454.5 6.4 7,026.1 99.1
All gifts All gifts All donors All recipients 2020 82.4 9,112.1 110.6 586.7 7.1 8,525.5 103.5
All gifts All gifts All donors All recipients 2021* 88.5 7,413.3 83.7 532.0 6.0 6,881.3 77.7
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table shows statistics about gifts. The gifts are made up for all gifts with a tax-registration on the gift available.
Because of the revision of the income statistics, there are differences between 2010 and 2011. From 2007 until 2010 background characteristics of donors and recipients represent the situation on the 31st of December in that year. From 2011 onwards characteristics from donors and recipients represent the situation on the 1st of January of the given year.

Data available from: 2007.

Status of the figures:
The figures for 2007 to 2020 are final. The figures for 2021 are preliminary.

Changes as of November 2024:
Figures for 2020 are finalized.

When will new figures be published?
New figures will be published in the first quarter of 2025.

Description topics

Number of gifts
Number of gifts (for which tax-registration is availabe) in the year of publication between a unique donor-recipient combination.

Total gross value of gifts
The total gross value of gifts is the total value of all gifts before deduction of tax.

Mean gross value of gifts
The mean gross value of gifts is the mean gross amount of gifts.
Total amount of tax due
Total amount of taxes due on gifts.
Mean amount of tax due
Mean amount of tax due on gifts.
Total net value of gifts
The total net value of gifts is the total gross value of all gifts minus the total amount due to taxes.

Mean net value of gifts
The mean net value of gifts is the mean value of gross gifts minus the amount due to taxes.